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Last month Apple released Lion, their new OS X update to Snow Leopard. Lion is only available through the MAC App Center for the cost of $29.99. Before you upgrade a few system requirements: Your MAC must have Intel Core 2 Duo Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon. To locate your processor, click [...]

Trip Cubby is a full-featured app essential for anyone who needs to track mileage for tax deduction or reimbursement purposes. The IRS does require paper records of all business mileage being deducted each year, but for those of us that find keeping track of business mileage on paper an impossible task, Trip Cubby makes this [...]

While traveling to Portland last month, I had the pleasure of sitting next to an Apple Genius from the Wayne, NJ store – now how lucky was I! One of the secrets shared that I know you will all find helpful, especially when you are at the beach or away from the office and see [...]

There are two ways that you can sync your pdf files so that they will appear in iBooks which will allow you to view on your iPad, iPhone or iPod. Sync PDFs as iBooks on iTunes Update iBooks to version 1.1 Open iTunes and click on the “Books” tab under Library section Drag & Drop [...]

FastMac’s U-Socket features a pair of USB ports for recharging your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and any other USB device. The U-Socket’s USB ports output power only when a device is plugged in so the port isn’t drawing power when sitting idle. The ACE-7169 is a standard wall socket available in white for $23 and [...]

Lock the screen orientation Double-click the home button to bring up the multitasking interface, then swipe from left to right. Now tap the portrait orientation lock once to turn it on and again to turn it off. Locate your Lost iPhone Well I hope you never have to use this but just in case there [...]

Place a call on hold: On the iPhone 4, just touch and hold the Mute button to place a call on hold. Display character count in text messages: In Settings, tap Messages, then tap the Character Count switch. The count will now appear as you type when your message exceeds two lines.

Are you just overwhelmed with all the passwords you have? Perhaps you have one password for all your log-ins? Not the safest solution as security experts have warned us not to do. Another no, no, having that notebook or piece of paper with all your passwords written down located near your computer. Well 1Password to [...]

Is one of your goals for the year to be better organized? Well here is a great software program for cataloging your books, movies, music, software, and so much more. You simply hold the product in front of your webcam and it magically reads the UPC and downloads the items cover and any pertinent information [...]

That’s right – you will now be seeing some iPhone 4 Tips and Apps. I finally broke down and jumped over to the iPhone after my contract was up. Just having too many issues syncing my Blackberry to my iMac and iCal. So I will be sharing some tips that I will be learning and [...]