The new MacBook Pro computers, announced last week, have a new data connection port: Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is like USB and FireWire except that it's super crazy fast. It was created by Intel as a way to transmit video and audio as well as data. Q and A on Thunderbolt: What does the Thunderbolt ...
Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users: Book Review
The tech publisher Apress gave me a gratis copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users, by Scott Granneman, available for $49.99 as a printed book or $27.99 as an ebook. While not necessarily for the expert Mac user, this title definitely requires basic knowledge of how to operate OS X. Its ...
Apple and Publishing: What Does the Future Hold?
Pete Cashmore of Mashable wrote a column on CNN.com about why Apple is winning and publishers are losing. Apple just announced that it will take 30% of all subscriptions and purchase fees made through the iPhone/iPad. That 30% cut includes sales of all newspapers, magazines, and books purchased ...
Apple Store Opening at Grand Central Terminal?
Is Apple opening a store at Grand Central? And if so, where will it be? Rumor has it that the store will not be located down where the other shops are--it will be replacing one of the terrace-level restaurants. When Apple already has 4 stores in Manhattan, does it need another? Well if you've ever ...
MacWorld 2011 Expo Cool Stuff
The IvanExpert crew took a trip to San Francisco a couple of weeks ago to attend events in and around MacWorld Expo, and we got to see a few cool things. So we wanted to share the more noteworthy products we encountered. For the uninitiated, MacWorld Expo is a yearly event where vendors and ...
Shorter E-Books for the iPad and Kindle?
This Sunday's New York Times had a story called "Shorter E-Books for Smaller Devices," written by Jenna Wortham, who handles the paper's tech coverage. She writes that she has trouble reading more than a chapter of a standard-length book on her iPad, because she forgets about it or she can't ...