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My top five products of 2014: Mike Rose Posted: 27 Dec 2014 12:00 PM PST It's been all apps, all the time around here as we wrap up our favorites of 2014. For a change of pace, I thought I'd pull together my favorite five products that don't necessarily require a visit to the App Store. Apple Pay & Touch ID (included wit...

Artful for Mac: Desktop art that matches your taste Posted: 27 Dec 2014 10:00 AM PST Artful (U.S. $4.99) is a well thought out app that lets you have any of thousands of public domain artworks as your desktop based on parameters you select. The app works as a menu item, and you pull it down to get a nice control panel letting you ve...

Caturday: Oliver, Dice, and Apple products vie for owner's attention Posted: 27 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST While we're on a bit of a holiday hiatus, here are some happy photos of cats and dogs living in harmony together to remind you of the season. That fellow above using screen cleaners as a pillow is Oliver, a handsome cat who owns his human Benjamin Ra...

Stayful is a must-have money saver for travelers Posted: 27 Dec 2014 06:30 AM PST Stayful is a travel app that finds hotels in a number of cities across North America based on exactly what you're looking for, then gets you the best price possible. Browse photos of the hotels, view a list of amenities and reasons why you might like...

Cubes Challenge: The elusive cube of illusion Posted: 27 Dec 2014 04:30 AM PST Players sort through rows of cubes that create a mesmerizing optical illusion to find the one that is different in Cubes Challenge. Players have 60 seconds to get as far as they can in the run. The farther players get, the more cubes they have to sor...