BestMacs takes the No Phone Zone Pledge
(If you’re expecting some info on the new iPhone 4 and the stuff going on at WWDC, don’t worry, it’s on the way.) Have you ever been aggravated at being stuck behind someone who was clearly more interested in talking on their phone than driving their car? Yeah, that may have been me. I took it to a whole new level. Phone calls, sure. Texting, yeah. Emails, you know it....
Read MoreOpinionSpy
Late yesterday the makers of a Mac security and anti-virus products, Intego, announced that they have seen a new piece of Mac malware in the wild. They call it OS X OpinionSpy because it bills itself as an add-on program that comes with a free screensaver app that will gather your opinion, like a customer survey. Well, it does waaaay more than that, and once you have it, you’re not getting...
Read MoreIs Apple the next Microsoft?
In a word, no. A client today asked me this question in regards to the recent news that the FTC and Justice Department are digging into Apple’s recent activities. I’m admittedly biased but I read the courts findings against Microsoft and was paying attention to a lot of what they did when they did it. One could argue that Apple blocking Flash-based middleware is a going to harm Adobe...
Read MoreApple's Stance on Flash
Unless you have been living under a rock or in Redmond, WA then you likely have heard a bit of the grumblings between Adobe and Apple. To sum up: Adobe is mad at Apple for not allowing their flash standard onto Apple’s mobile devices. Apple is equally peeved that Adobe is whining all of the web about how Apple is blocking their Flash standard in favor of the open standard HTML5 and refuses...
Read MorePlease Help The March of Dimes
More than half a million babies are born premature each year in the United States; almost 1,400 per day. Â That’s why I’m asking you to support my fund raising efforts for the March of Dimes with a tax-deductible donation. The March of Dimes is an organization whose importance my family has experienced first-hand. Â My son Jack was born at 31 weeks gestation; that’s over...
Read MoreObservations from the Technically Challenged
As the newest member of the BestMacs team, my role is simply customer service and organization. It is my goal to keep you, the client, happy and the team on task. However, you should know that I am not what one would call “tech savvy”! In fact, I will be chronicling my adventures as I learn and grow in the Mac world. Follow my articles Observations from the Technically Challenged here at...
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