Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée shares his perspective on Apple’s rumored “iWatch”, noting that the company likely has very ambitious plans for the device given its focus on continually pushing forward the concept of a “personal computer”. [W]hat really floats their [boats], what hardens Apple’s resolve is designing, making, and selling large numbers of...
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Apple tonight posted two new television spots for the iPad and the iPad mini on its YouTube page. The two ads, titled ‘Alive‘ and ‘Together‘, highlight some of the 300,000 apps made specifically for the iPad, using a variety of words to describe them. Apps shown in the ads include AmpliTube, GarageBand, TED, iMovie, iBooks, Toca Hair Salon, Vimeo, and...
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Copyright © 2013 Brandon. Visit the original article at http://isource.com/2013/02/16/review-juicecan/. We’ve talked about the JuiceCan once before. It’s a project looking to get funded on indiegogo, so I reached out to the company and requested they send over a review sample. Knowing this wouldn’t be the final product, I still wanted to get a sense of how this whole...
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Copyright © 2013 brad0885. Visit the original article at http://isource.com/2013/02/15/using-the-128gb-ipad-as-my-main-computer-days-345-and-conclusion/. Well, I made it to Friday – an entire week of using my new iPad as my sole computing device.   I set out at the beginning of the week to see if it was feasible to use an iPad as your main computing device at home and at work.  ...
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In this post I’ll discuss how you can optimize performance, cost, flexibility, and resiliency when building a Windows 8 storage solution. Windows 8 provides two new storage capabilities that enable optimized storage solutions based on these considerations: Storage Spaces and File History. I won’t get into the details of File History in this post, but you can read my complete write-up here. In...
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Apple has added refurbished models of the current-generation 21.5″ iMac to its Online Store in the past several days, offering a faster-shipping alternative to customers looking to get a desktop Mac. New iMac models on the Apple Online Store list a lead time of several weeks to get delivered, while the refurbished models claim to ship in 1-3 days, with $200 and $230 discounts on...
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