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iPad news is steady and strong as the iPad enters its third year of life… hard to believe it’s only two years old! Seems like much longer! Here are the best tidbits …
* Apple’s iPad turns 2
* Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday
* How to hack an iPad
* Amazon Fire’did not dent’ iPad sales
* iBooks Won’t see School College Bookstores
* Why the iPad is a salesperson’s best friend
* Apple’s iPad Could be a Pain in the Neck: Study
* Apple Factory Violations in China: Tim Cook: ‘Not Who We Are’
* Apple iPad 3 countdown: how to tell if Apple will launch a new product
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Here comes a generic mix of iPad / iPhone apps just for the season, with something for just about anyone …
* iBooks Author
* Valentine Day Cards
* Photo Sense fast effective retouching
* Photo Collage HD Lite
* DrawCast – Drawing/painting/sketching/doodle
* Valentine Camera+
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I haven’t posted anything about E-Maculation in awhile.  It is a web site dedicated to Macintosh Emulation.  That is the ability to run classic Mac OS on current machines.   Continue reading »

Good news, bad news, rumors and more! I got my wife a new MacBook AIR for Christmas and it’s a killer! Now, I’m not so sure the iPad is the coolest device — I believe if they put iPad’s touch screen for the AIR, THEN we would have the coolest device yet! Maybe.
* Web traffic patterns suggest Apple’s iPad was a dud
* Apple moves in on business equipment through 2013
* Apple iOS 5.1 beta code hints at quad-core iPad
* After 2011′s flop, can Android tablets recover?
* iPad to Feature Quad-Core Apple A6 Processor?
* iPad Maintains Dominance Over Holiday Season
* Apple Dominates Competitors on App Revenue
* Apple gaining on Microsoft in enterprise tech
* Apple’s new retail ambitions aimed at Target?
* Apple iPad 3 Release Date Coming
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iLifeTouch has announced the release of Login HD 1.0 for Mac OS X. It is very simple. Login HD was designed and built to address every possibility when it comes to locking and controlling a locked screen. Hiding this massive effort behind a simple user interface. Continue reading »

The Logger is a computer monitoring tool that records what your employee, roommate or child does on you computer. This useful software utility records every key pressed in your Mac and takes a snapshot of the screen with every mouse click detected.  You can even receive an email every time a keystroke session is started. The Logger creates full HTML reports for every session where you can see all keys pressed and snapshots taken.

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This article on A1Daily.com presents 10 tools, add-ons and software for Mac OS X. These are the author’s weapons of choice when designing and boosting productivity.

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Inspector Pro 3.1, an update to the tool for analyzing FileMaker database systems, lets developers use interactive data visualization to gain insight into their FileMaker Pro solutions. Inspector Pro 3.1′s new Script Universe and Script & Calculation Trees (currently Mac-only) provide unique, interactive views of database elements. Continue reading »

Here comes some very cool apps that bring educational value to younger children …
* Advent Calendar 2011
* The Dirty Little Secret About App Review Sites
* A to Z for toddlers
* Toddler Activity Island
* Kids Canvas for iPad
* Everyone loves puzzles …
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Some new iPad rumors this week, along with some encouraging rumors about iPad3, just when I’m beginning to learn iPad2 …
* iPads in Space & Apple TV Rumors that Just Won’t Die
* ‘Newsstand’ Sparks Surge in Magazine Subscriptions
* What’s Really Next for Apple in Television
* Will computer tablets help save newspapers?
* Future iPad Could Have 3D Gesture Controls
* What are the Essential Apple iPad Apps?
* Apple’s Siri-Enabled TV: 4 Problems
* Apple’s iOS 5: A Good Fit
* iPad 3 retina display
* iPad 3 Release Date
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Industry still talking about Steve, and where Apple is going
* Words of inspiration meant for everyone
* The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
* Macintosh, Orwell and 1984
* Apple profit soars but misses high expectations
* Apple posts video of Jobs memorial
* How Steve Jobs Saved Apple
* Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon
* Where next for Apple shares?
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The Pixelmator Team has released Pixelmator 2.0, the latest version of its groundbreaking image editing tool that provides everything needed to create, edit, and enhance still images. Pixelmator 2.0 features new drawing and retouching tools, Content-Aware Fill, a Healing Tool, a Smudge Tool, and more. Designed from the ground up for OS X Lion, Pixelmator 2.0 now supports Full Screen, Versions and Auto Save, and is available from the Mac App Store for $29.99. Continue reading »

A little something old, a little some thing new, and lots of new iPad rumers, news and views including:
* Free Your iPhone or iPad From the Tyranny of iTunes Syncing
* With iPad, Apple faces tougher market, analysts say
* Brazil’s Batista interested in Foxconn partnership
* Initial iPad launch ‘annoyed and depressed’ Jobs
* Report: Apple’s iPad Dominance Fades
* Apple rumored to be building iPad 3
* Apple Breaks iPad Music Up in iOS 5
* Apple iPad 2 password hack
* Use iPad as Digital Signage
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Indie developer Dale Gillard has announced the release of WPXO 1.0, a companion app for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 users. WPXO is a simple app for your Mac’s menu bar that’s all about speed and convenience when using Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook applications.