Mactracker – A Database of Apple Products

History Tab

What is Mactracker? Mactracker is an unusually useful program.  The Mactracker database is the “go to” source for useful information on Apple products.  Want to know when the Newton had a back-lit screen?  Mactracker will have the answer.  The Lisa 2?  Mactracker has the Lisa 2 in its database.  What was the original version of… Continue reading Mactracker – A Database of Apple Products

Pixlr Image Editor Review

What Is Pixlr? Pixlr is an image editor from Autodesk, where it has some amazing engineering and entertainment software siblings : AutoCad, Maya, and many others. Adobe’s Photoshop is still the top ranking image editor, and trying to make any comparison between Pixlr and Photoshop is like comparing a bicycle to an F-18 fighter jet.… Continue reading Pixlr Image Editor Review

iOS 8.3 and Bad Elf: UPDATE

Some very good news from Bad Elf:  “During Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote yesterday, Apple announced several new services that will be included in iOS 8.4 and available by June 30th.  This release is expected to fix the open iOS bugs affecting external GPS receiver accessories.  Although we had hoped for a 8.3.1 update or… Continue reading iOS 8.3 and Bad Elf: UPDATE

iOS 8.3 Update and Bad Elf Issues

What did iOS 8.3 do to my Bad Elf?

If you have an “older” iPad with a 30 pin connector using an external receiver, like the Bad Elf GPS, it is very likely the receiver is  not processing data correctly through this connector.  After attempting to use Bad Elf with my iPad2 yesterday, I found that my GPS software, CoPilot, was not responding.  I… Continue reading iOS 8.3 Update and Bad Elf Issues

An iOS App To Keep You Motivated: Daily Productivity Quotes

Need a motivational boost?  Something to help your focus?  Well never fear, there is indeed an app for that:  Daily Productivity Quotes.  From its author: “A simple app to provide you with a daily quote to help you with productivity and discipline.”Daily Productivity Quotes is for iPad and iPhone, and is available for FREE (Ad sponsored)… Continue reading An iOS App To Keep You Motivated: Daily Productivity Quotes

Blink – Fast, Instant Video For Your iPad or iPhone

There are too many times to mention that I have tried to take a quick movie or photo, only to miss the shot entirely because it took me too long to get my iPad camera program working. What I needed was to have a “Wild West gun-slinger quick draw” camera moment, and until now there… Continue reading Blink – Fast, Instant Video For Your iPad or iPhone

BizXpenseTracker For iPad and iPhone – Mileage, Expense, and Time Tracking

Where did my money go?

Features: BizXpenseTracker is powerful and easy to use software to help you track and monitor both your personal and business expenses. In addition, it can be used conveniently on your iPhone or iPad. For a $5.99 piece of software (from the App Store), the BizExpenseTracker is feature packed: • Records all of your expenses and… Continue reading BizXpenseTracker For iPad and iPhone – Mileage, Expense, and Time Tracking

Print n Share – More Than Just An iPad Print App

Email Client Launch Window

My Ever Expanding iPad My iPad 2 (WiFi) continues to become a valuable tool.  I bought it primarily to use for emails, and web surfing.  It has evolved to a game console, a highly sophisticated GPS navigation system ( Add GPS To Your iPad 2 WiFi http://wp.me/p2J68t-aY), a remote for my Media center (XBMC Media Center Setup http://wp.me/p2J68t-87),… Continue reading Print n Share – More Than Just An iPad Print App

iPad MyScript Calculator App

MyScript Output

The Quest For The Perfect iPad Calculator From time to time, I find myself wanting to do some quick math on my iPad.   I am not an aero-space engineer, architect, or a nuclear physicist.  So I don’t need complexity.  I want a clean and functional designed calculator that allows me to get my numeric solution… Continue reading iPad MyScript Calculator App