There may or may not be hope.
Microsoft announced yesterday that its Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) are now available for the iPad; if you want to do more than look at documents, however, you have to subscribe to Office 365…
eWEEK’s Don Reisinger features a slideshow with 10 alternatives, starting (of course) with iWork.
I had *no* idea there were so many Office variants!!
iPad Browsers Compared: Which Is Best? reviews a shopping cart full of iPad browsers to choose from. Whatever it is you use your ’Pad for, there’s surely a browser to help you get it done.
As you may know, iTunes has a potentially evil feature, the Wish List. Evil, you say? Whatever do you mean? I don’t use the iTunes Wish List feature, but if you were to take a look at my wish list at amazon.com (40+ pages; I kid you not), you’d see just how evil the whole concept is!!
My books addiction notwithstanding, Kirk McElhearn provides a pretty good overview of features and pros and cons of the iTunes Wish List. PYBT: How to use the iTunes Wish List.
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Film Editor Richard Marks A.C.E. to appear at LACPUG March 26
02 UGNN Facebook Update: Springtime for Facebook, lawsuits, faces and selfies
03 Boom 808 for iOS – Banging 808 Drum Machine
04 Now you can access topo maps from your iOS device
05 Furnish helps shoppers to see furniture in their homes before they buy
06 PartyLine for iOS – Meet New Friends And Voice Chat Instantly
07 Print Window 5.0
08 PopChar X 6.5
09 iBeacons Aren’t Just for Retail
10 Virtual TimeClock 14
11 New apps from developers outside the U.S.
12 Mac Day LA? Church of Mac? Church of Apple?
13 Quotes: Ethics and Morality Continue reading
At The Sweet Setup:
Every week we post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.
Today’s victim, er, interviewee:
My name is Jeffrey Abbott. I’m a technical writer by trade, but work on Draft Evolution and The Sweet Setup at night. I also contribute a weekly post to The Pen Addict, which is an absolute blast.
You can catch Jeffrey’s complete story here: Jeffrey Abbott’s sweet Mac setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interview.
You might want to reconsider…
From an article on Opposing Views:
…“Microsoft clearly believes that the users’ personal data belongs to Microsoft, not the users themselves,” said Ginger McCall of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.…
Sounds like Google, no?
The piece continues:
…The problem extends beyond Microsoft according to the Guardian. Apple, Google, and Yahoo all have similar policies. A recent story quoted excerpts from each company policy.…
And have a good morning! :-\
PYBT for the complete scoops:
Microsoft And Others Reserve Right To Read Customers’ Emails
Yahoo, Google and Apple also claim right to read user emails
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Play class, focusing on iPhoto, at Di-No Computers
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
The survey is closed, and here are the results: How Many Apple Products Do You Own? [MakeUseOf Poll]. N.B.: you need to scroll down to the correct survey and click the link (sorry it’s so convoluted…) (Thanks to Andrew Zima for the broken link catch.)
MakeUseOf wants to know: How Many Apple Products Do You Own?
Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page.
Ever notice the Utility folder, in the Applications folder, on your Mac? Go ahead, take a look…
All kinds of interesting stuff in there, eh? 9 Useful In-Built Mac OS X Utilities You’ve Probably Never Used introduces nine utilities and discusses what they’re good for.
Check out this free collection from macappware: http://macappware.com/software/free-fonts/.
