Episode #418


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It what might be a record, Gaz and Guy not only manage to keep the show under an hour, it’s under 50 minutes! Hold your applause though because you may miss the greatest Gaz’s Tip EVER…well we thought it was funny anyway. Samsung loses round one of the most watched patent trial since Edison won his against whoever that other person was! Some terrific feedback from you, our fantastic audience and apparently in some cultures, hippos equals horses.

Some Links:
When Apple sold clothes and wind-surfing boards, yes I said wind-surfing boards
Guy’s App Pick: TotalFinder from BinaryAge software $18.00
Gaz’s App Pick: RapidWeaver from RealMac software $79.00
People’s Pick: None this week, you guys are slacking!

Scary Clowns – Episode 417


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Why do people find clowns so scary? Probably because they just seem creepy in general. Hands up, how many of you find the killer is a clown movies totally plausible? Yep, thought so. The GMen aren’t afraid of clowns…mostly, but tech behaving badly gives them the frights. Guy replaces an iPhone with poor Bluetooth and finds that iCloud was a bit of a fail and Gaz has yet to install Mountain Lion. A clown was the lead that broke the “Who broke into Steve Jobs house?” case and Gaz finds out that some people have a natural fear of our face-painted friends. The way back machine comes into play with a DashBoard Minute from 2005 and wonder of wonders! We now have a closing theme song for Gaz’s tips!

Some Links:
For those times when you need to map your mind
Guy’s App Pick: Robot Riot from Cebturian games $1.99
Gaz’s Mind Node Free
Mind Node Pro $9.99
and Mind Node iOS $9.99
all from Ideasoncanvas
People’s Pick: From Peter on Twitter. Now two IOS app picks I would like to share. Nothing very special, but actually some apps I use regularly, the first one even multiple times a day:

– FLIPBOARD: possibility to collect news from your favorite web sites, rss feeds or twitter and Facebook sites. Nice layout and easy to flip through the pages
– DILBERT: your daily dose of famous Dilbert comic strip. Always a good laugh.

 

I LIke Turtles – Episode #416


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No turtles were hurt (because we like them) in the making of this podcast, but brain cells could be an entirely different matter. We recording a few days earlier from now on which means you get all that GMen goodness a few days early too! Well until you get used to it and don’t think it’s a big deal anymore. Gaz watches the Olympics through the BBC on his iPad and Guy wipes Snowy off his Mac Pro. We’re both amused over the MASSIVE amounts of tablets Samsung sold last quarter (37,000) as well as other courtroom shenanigans from our friends from across the pond who never saw a good design they couldn’t steal! Dorothy Yamamoto asks us about iCloud and much much more!

Some Links:
The Mac Expo…no a DIFFERENT Mac Expo!
Happy birthday HyperCard!
Need to put Lion or Mountain Lion on a USB Stick? (/)
Guy’s App Pick: Tweetdeck from Twitter Free
Gaz’s App Pick: Guardian Eyewitness images from around the world, great pictures.
and Apple’s Preview ROCKS

People’s Pick: From Tenex on Twitter. AirPrint Activator can enable any networked printer to print from an iOS device running at least iOS 4.2 or later. Donationware from Netputting.com

The GMen go for the Gold – Episode #415


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Many Skype issues this week which makes for weird audio quality and we apologize for that, but it’s still a fun and crazy show. We ask if the iPad is a real computer with mixed results and Gaz answers a listener’s question about using an iPad in the UK. From there your two favorite airheads talk about AirPrint in iOS and Nik Hall comes through with a “Gaz’s Tips” theme song! How cool is that?

Some Links
AppAdvice website link to AirPrint iOS Utilities
Apple’s guide to using AirPrint
Guy’s App Pick: iFiles iOS file management app from Imagen $3.99 at the iOS App Store
Gaz’s App Pick: iPhotoLibrary Manager $19.99 from Fat Cat Software
People’s Pick: Flow Free from Big Duck Games FREE!

Mountain Lion Lives While iWork Dies – Episode #414


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No Gaz this week as he’s off on one of those pesky vacations but Guy isn’t flying solo as Tim Verpoorten from SurfBits and the Mac ReviewCast jumps in. They talk about how it’s Tim’s fault his wife hit their garage, bad multiple modems, and a weird iPhoto Library issue. From there it’s off to Some Mountain Lion talk, the death of yet another Apple cloud service, and bigger iPhones with smaller connectors. It’ll all make sense once you listen…trust me!

Some Links
No time for prayer? Not to worry technology has you covered!
The “Save As” command is back…in a way
Guy’s App Pick: Growl from the Growl Project LLC $2.99 at the Mac App Store
Tim’s App Pick: NetNewsWire from NewsGator Technologies for iOS  or for the Mac from their web site
Also from Tim Fiplab mobile application crafters