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NATO or not, protect your computers, phones from bad guys and freeloaders
ANDY IHNATKO: A crowd of people, whether they’re coming in for a political protest or a clam chowder cook-off, always draw more people who are looking for open WiFi networks and jerks who like to intercept and exploit personal information via WiFi.
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What Adobe offers photo pros, near experts and amateurs
ANDY IHNATKO: Photoshop, Photoshop Lightroom, and Photoshop Elements are the Three Bears of photo editing. For any given person who grudgingly admits to themselves or their life partners that perhaps there are some moments that merit a photographic recording, one of these apps will be the perfect fit.
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Results make up for awkwardness of iPhoto for iPad
ANDY IHNATKO: Any review of iPhoto for iPad has to deal with an awkward truth: It isn’t a terribly intuitive app. During your first go, you’ll find yourself feeling mystified about what certain buttons do; you’ll be confused about how certain functions operate; and it’s going to take a good while before you discover impressive features that are hidden deep inside the interface, or behind a multi-touch gesture that you haven’t learned yet.
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Google Drive: Cloud storage as only Google can do it
IHNATKO: Google took the wraps off of Google Drive, the newest cloud storage service to suit up and compete to store your pictures, music, and documents. They may be late to the game, but Goggle’s Drive is deeply embedded into the overall Google experience .
Microsoft: Take care of Windows Phone owners!
IHNATKO: I love the latest edition of your Windows Phone OS and I’m excited about Windows 8. So much so that I keep telling my friends and my readers that you’re really on to something and that Apple isn’t the only company that’s producing powerful, simple operating systems that are nicely tuned in to how people define computing today. But you’re waffling about the future direction of Windows Phone.
Why is Instagram worth $1 billion to Facebook and Zuckerberg?
IHNATKO: The decision to buy Instagram makes more sense when you think about the size of Facebook’s war chest and the freedom that it brings.
Can Windows Phone - and Nokia Lumia 900 - take on iPhone, Android?
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: With Windows Phone, and the Nokia Lumia 900 from AT&T, the market finally has a viable third option in the smartphone wars - no, RIM devices don’t count. There are many things to like about the elegant and insightful OS from Microsoft. And the phone itself is a gem. There’s still work to do, but the promise may be enough for some buyers.
More thoughts on the new iPad and the ingenious Paper app
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: After a few more weeks with Apple’s newest iPad, it’s clear that it’s a superior device to anything else in the tablet market — or in the pipeline. Just try out the new Paper drawing app to see just how good this thing can be. It’s also clear that concerns over iPads running hot are largely unfounded outside some random bugginess.
ASUS Transformer Prime more than meets the eye - but still no iPad
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: The tablet-tuens-ultrabook concept in the ASUS Tranformer Prime is a winning concept that actually succeeds in one astounding task - making Android for tablets usable. Unfortunately, the lack of apps for the platform set up a fine piece of engineering to remain an Android-powered also-ran to iPad.
Review: New iPad revolutionary in its subtlety of change
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: The New iPad is a tremendous device. But Apple’s latest crack at the tablet market it created is not great because of the stunning Retina Display, the speedy 4G LTE connectivity, the improved camera or the processing speed. It’s great because Apple understands the sum of the parts is to continue to push to make products better with each step of the creation process.
New iPad Retina Display, Comixology make a potent mix
ANDY IHNATKO: The ridiculously high quality display on the New iPad makes the comic book viewing experience on the device almost as good as holding a paper-based book in your hands. Mix that with Comixology’s new Comics app - still awaiting approval from Apple - and you have a better match than Batman and Robin.
The New iPad is here in all its Retina Display glory
ANDY IHNATKO: The New iPad is here in all its Retina Display glory. Is the new screen all it’s hyped to be? Yes? Is the New iPad all it’s hyped to be? Mostly yes.
Olloclip, iPro lenses for iPhone are great camera accessories
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: The iPhone camera is good, the iPhone 4s is very good as a camera. But the lenses are still lacking in one major capability: wide angle viewing. Accessory lenses like the iPro and Olloclip take iPhone photograpy to the next level with ingenius but simple clip-on systems perfect for nearly any shot - within reason.
Picking the right keyboard for writing on the iPad
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: There used to only be one wireless keyboard suitable for use with the iPad - Apple’s own wireless model. Now there’s a broader selection of full-featured keyboards up to the task. Which is right for you? Depends on what you plan on writing — and how.
Apple unveils the new iPad with Retina display, 4G LTE
ANDY IHNATKO: The new iPad, shipping March 16, is not a drastic reinvention of Apple’s ultra-successful tablet. But with a Retina display that promises better-than-HD quality, 4G LTE wireless speed, an improved camera and a raft of new iWork and iLife apps for editing, the iPad is certainly much more than the previous edition and a much more serious device in the post-PC landscape.
Windows 8 and Metro show true multiplatform OS promise
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: Whether working on a tablet, laptop or even TV, Microsoft is onto something with its Windows 8 Metro user interface. While the OS won’t be released in earnest until later this year, the promise shown in the preview edition is enough to get users excited for what could be - and hopefully the same can be said for app developers.
What to expect when you’re expecting an iPad 3
IHNATKO: What do we know for sure about what Apple will announce in San Francisco March 7? You did say “for sure”? Ah. Well, nothing. But there are many safe guesses to be made, and possibly one or two surprises in store.
OnLive turns your iPad into a cloud-driven Microsoft Office workstation
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: OnLive is a free app that, with the help of a cloud-based server farm, lets you run Microsoft’s Office suite, forgive them Steve Jobs, right on your iPad. While the system requirements - a robust WiFi signal — can make the app’s use a little finicky, it’s still a powerful next step in making the iPad a robust alternative to a netbook or PC.
Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion pushes iOS integration further
ANDY IHNATKO FIRST LOOK: Apple surprised the faithful by announcing the next operationg system, 10.8 Mountain Lion, early Thursday morning. While it’s only a beta for developers at the moment - the consumer version won’t be out until sometime over the summer - one thing is clear: the desktop and mobile experiences are getting closer to the same thing.
Prey takes over your devices to keep thieves under surveillance
ANDY IHNATKO REVIEW: Prey is a powerful - and frightening - piece of computer security software. With it, you’ll be able to not only pinpoint the location of a stolen or lost device, but compile user evidence without detection. As for the invasiveness of the software itself on your system? It’s probably worth the slighly icky feeling to know you machine - and the information on it - is secure and relatively easy to locate.
