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McTiVia – Stream content from your Mac to TV

My biggest problem with accumulating hours of video content on my mac is the inability to watch those shows on the TV.

The obvious solution is the AppleTV but it has its own set of imperfections – everything has to be played via iTunes, which is problematic because it means having to encode hours of video content to the right format just so iTunes can manage it. Also, the newer AppleTV isn’t available in Singapore yet.

So I’m stuck watching videos on my 15-inch laptop screen which isn’t the most ideal way to consume media especially when I have a 50-inch TV sitting in my living room.

Enter McTiVia. This device’s main selling point is the ability to wirelessly bring everything on your Mac to your TV. (That’s what it says on the box).

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Review: Sparrow Mail Client

Sparrow is a elegantly designed app that shows great potential to replace the built-in Mail app in Mac OS X.

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iPad 2 – my quick review

We have got the iPad 2 in our hands and we love it. We tell you why and whether you should buy it.

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Showtimezz – a quick review

Need an app to help you find the movies and where it is being screened and then buy the tickets – all within 2 clicks?

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Crowd sourcing the weather, lah

updated version 1.2.1 is out with some bug fixes!

Got caught in the weather? Get the WeatherLah iPhone app and be prepared for any weather!

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Air Video

Looking for an easy way to stream video from your home PC – check out Air Video!

Review: Nike+ GPS app

Apple has included an app by Nike in their iPod and iPhones since 2006 to track your runs. The first Nike+ kit consists of the small sensor and a receiver which you plug to the back of the iPod. From 2008, first on the iPod touch followed by the iPhone 3GS, Apple included a built-in receiver, removing the need for the add-on receiver.

A few days back, Nike released a new app called Nike+ GPS (iTunes link) – which eliminates the use of the sensor on the shoe by tracking your run with a combination of data from the built-in GPS and accelerometer found on the iPhone and iPod touch running iOS4.
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Air Display – more screen with your iPad

In my review of the iPad, I said that the iPad is a blank canvas that can become what you want it to be, to be more precise, what kind of apps you install in there. Air Display by Avatron Software is a good example of this.

Ever wish you had an extra display for your computer? There’s an app for that! With Air Display, you can use your iPad as a wireless display for your Mac OS X computer.
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Storyboy presents The Nurse with the Red Clown Nose (Giveaway included!)

Place an iPhone in a child’s hands, and chances are that nine out of ten will figure out how it works almost immediately. Having suitable apps that will keep their attention will definitely come in useful for parents, sort of like an electronic-pacifier. To have that app educate and at the same time entertain the child will be a bonus!

The good folks at SkyVu Pictures have come up with the perfect solution: the Storyboy – a series of interactive storybook apps that combine interesting short stories with colorful animation and engaging narration. They have currently more than 20 book apps available in the App Stores that appeal to kids from ages 1 to 7. They also started on iPad development.

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Need a mobile name card reader – check out WorldCard mobile

If you have more name cards of business associates than a pack of poker cards, you need something to help you organise them and get those information into your AddressBook quick! Name card scanners out in the market are usually expensive and more importantly, not mobile. Not till I discover WorldCard Mobile.

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iPad in myHands

Had a pleasant surprise on Saturday morning when I received a SMS text from my brother who was on business trip in the US – “Bought u 64GB iPad” – I had to rub my eyes just to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. But a day later, the iPad is real and in my hands.

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Aperture 3 – The Late Review

Aperture 3 was released just about 3 months ago. I picked up my copy on the first day (paying for a digital copy via an electronic purchase). And immediately, I started working on a review.

Why am I about 2 months and 3 weeks late in posting this? Well, I could blame the amount of time taken to upgrade my library but the truth is, I had extremely mixed feelings about Aperture 3. My review was written, deleted, rewritten and now rewritten again. I think I’m finally onto something here.

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