Throughout May when you buy any new Mac (yeah any), it comes with a free 30 day subscription to macProVideo.com ($49.99 value). What does this subscription do for you? How about access to hundreds of video lessons on all things Mac. Want to brush up on iPhoto? Jam in some lessons on GarageBand? Flick through tips [...]
Ditch your projector, get an Apple TV instead
April 18, 2012 By 3 Comments
How many time have you been to a business meeting, talk, or whatever and there is a 5-10 minute (or longer!) delay while the presenter futzes with the projector to get it to work? Personally, I’ve lost count. Heck I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve lost precious meeting or presentation or class time [...]
Connect to your Mac, from your iPad with Splashtop Remote Desktop
April 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Doxie Go Portable Scanner—Simply Computing Product Review
April 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
Although we all try to use less and less paper, sometimes it’s unavoidable. Now here’s the gotcha—how do you make something on paper electronic? Well, with a scanner of course. I remember my first flatbed scanner when I started doing freelance webdesign in the late 90s. Man that thing was huge and slow and loud and not [...]
iPads, Point-of-Sale, and small business—Sounds like a great match to me
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Reading through one of my news summary services (because seriously, there is a lot of tech news coming out at any given time) I caught this post on Read Write Web—How the iPad Is Revolutionizing Local Businesses. I thought from the title I’d be reading about people ditching laptops for iPads (I certainly am in that [...]
FYI: Remember to update MS Office 2011
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Despite the fact that lots of of us really wish MS Office (Word especially) would die a quick and painful death (iWork and Pages people, or better Scrivener from Literature and Latte), when there are updates to MS Office you really should update: Microsoft says the update provides the “latest fixes to Office for Mac 2011. Additionally, this [...]
How tech has changed…and changed us
April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Do you have the Flashback Trojan? Probably not, but here’s how to check.
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Top 10 Accessories for your MacBook-Beyond the Bare Essentials
April 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
Okay, so you have the bare essentials for your MacBook already. So, what else is there? Oh, so many wonderful things! But, let’s be sensible about this, so here are our top ten must-have accessories for your MacBook. External Hard drive Have you ever considered how many things are on your MacBook that aren’t anywhere else? Photos, [...]
The 3 Bare Essential Accessories for your MacBook
April 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
So you have a MacBook. It doesn’t matter if it’s the thin, light (and awesome!) MacBook Air or the portable power (vroom!) of the MacBook Pro, either choice is fantastic. Here’s the thing, though. A MacBook alone is just, well, naked and it just doesn’t have to be. What does Simply suggest as the bare [...]
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