Saturday, 30 August 2014

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Build a $35 Raspberry Pi-based Time Capsule backup server


Posted: 30 Aug 2014 11:00 AM PDT


Here's a fun weekend project for those of your who like building your own Mac add-ons. Raymi.Org has posted a tutorial on how to build your own US$35 Time Capsule using a Raspberry Pi single-board computer, rather than paying $299 for the official...



Dog Days of Summer: Step away from the iMac and nobody gets hurt


Posted: 30 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT


Reader Lee Richards was taking care of a friend's Jack Russell Terrier a few years back, and as you can see from the photo above, the pup had no qualms about making sure that Lee was playing with him and not the iMac. Says Richards, "Here is a...



Ninja Bunny - The Bad Egg Adventure is a short lived trip


Posted: 30 Aug 2014 07:30 AM PDT


Ninja Bunny - The Bad Egg Adventure is a free game for iPhone and iPad that's available for iOS 4.3 or later. It pits the hero, Ninja Bunny against the villain, Bad Egg and his army of robots. My expectation of this game was a little mixed after...



Wordrix is a fun puzzle, but a puzzling game


Posted: 30 Aug 2014 06:30 AM PDT


Wordrix is available for iPhone and iPad, optimized for iPhone 5, requiring iOS 6 or later. A kind of Scrabble for the iPhone lover, it is free but features an in-app store where the user can purchase coins to unlock different features (base pack...



ESPN Sportscenter updates with new features and faster delivery


Posted: 30 Aug 2014 05:30 AM PDT


The four-letter network as it is known has launched the latest version of its ESPN Sportscenter app. The free universal app requires iOS 7.0 or later and comes with plenty of new features including one that is long overdue. You need to have an ESPN...



Swing better and lower your scores with Golfer Setup


Posted: 29 Aug 2014 04:30 PM PDT


If you play golf you know how frustrating the game can be. Golfer Setup, a US$.99 Universal app runs on iOS 7.1 and could help you eliminate some of those frustrations. First be aware the developer of this app is not a golf professional. He claims...



Slices of Apple episode 3: Customer Service


Posted: 29 Aug 2014 04:00 PM PDT


In episodes one and two of Slices of Apple, we looked at where Apple came from. We toured the crucible of design and engineering that forged Silicon Valley, and examined the fall of a titan in the 1990s when Apple devalued its brand before Steve Jobs...




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