One of the most popular Mac software resellers, Macheist, is known for their unique advertising strategies. Every now and then, Macheist offers deeply discounted bundles of the most popular software. Their latest bundle, the MacHeist nanoBundle, includes 6 applications all being given away for free. Shovebox makes it easy to cram your information into one place for easy reminders and...
If you’re one of the more than 20 million users now getting your chat on through Skype, we think there are a few things you should know. We’ve put together a list of the top five biggest game changers that Skype has to offer. In no particular order: Screen Sharing This has been available to Windows users for some time, but with the latest version of Skype for Mac, users are now able...
Gone are the days of opening the browser to tweet (if they were ever there to begin with). Whether it’s texting, mobile applications, or desktop clients, users are looking for the fastest way to tweet without sacrificing depth. We’ll run a comparison between three popular twitter clients. TweetDeck – Mac/PC/Linux Probably the most popular out of all Twitter desktop clients,...
I am a bona fide news hound. Every day I pour over hundreds of RSS feeds in NetNewsWire for Mac, synced to Google Reader. Alternatively I choose to go straight to the browser form of Google Reader, pure and simple. When I’m in Windowsville however, I rely on a different desktop aggregator to feed my hunger for news. I’ve rounded up five free news clients for Windows, for those of you...
With storage solutions dropping in price year-over-year, companies are building their solution on the back this change. Dropbox is such a company, offering a fast and secure online storage solution, with a starting package that’s absolutely free. Yes, you read that right, free. With the going rate for a 2GB thumb drive floating anywhere between $5-10, having access to 2GB of online...
This coming November marks another arrival of Microsoft’s annual Professional Developers Conference, or PDC to the acronym-challenged. The event is a who’s who gathering among Windows developers – to preview all the latest and greatest in Microsoft software and listen to keynotes from the company’s lead engineers as they lay out the platform’s roadmap: A dog and pony show, more or less...
Ever since it was introduced, Spotlight has consistently been one of my favorite features of the Mac OS. Being somewhat of a power-user when it comes to streamlining my Mac work flow, I notice even the smallest drops in the performance. For me, staying optimized helps to cut down your work flow and the nasty rainbow wheel.
Hot on the heels of Windows 7, you've wondering if your transition to Mac was the right decision. We've put together a list of some great software that you're sure to find useful. AppCleaner The first time you want to uninstall a program, you'll wonder how. There's no control panel to add or remove programs, and you know that tossing that shortcut into the recycle bin didn't...