Convertcast Episode 90 September 20, 2011   Special Guest: Diana McDonough Windows 8 Metro Are they nuts? http://www.extremetech.com/computing/96249-5-deal-breaking-flaws-in-windows-8 Multitasking? Tablets vs desktop/laptop/notebook/netbook - The "No Compromise" computing experience, or is it? (Why would MS want to kill the desktop computer?) All the users with big 48" monitors aren't going to get close enough to touch them. Is this truly just Windows 7 with a touch interface front end? Jerry's experience with Mac lockups, Hard reboots, and finally Time...


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Chopsticks Culture is a new educational iPhone app. Its focus is Chinese cuisine, and the language that surrounds it. The concept is great: photos of authentic dishes, and their names in both Mandarin and Cantonese. You get a transliteration, the Chinese spelling, and audio. Of course, you also get photos of each dish along with its name. There are four categories, entrée, drinks, main, and dessert. Inside each category, you find a variety of subcategories. You learn to recognize dishes that you may not typically see in Chinese restaurants in North America, learn to recognize the name,...


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About a year ago, I discovered Kickstarter. Ok, so I didn't exactly discover it in the way Columbus discovered America, but it was new to me. And the reason I came across it was because of a startup company called Kioky. Strange name. You can read all about their Kickstarter program here, but they're pas that now, and into production. I thought their product sounded pretty ingenious - a frame to hold a screen protector, so that all you had to do was drop your phone in, screen first, and everything would line up. Those of you who have followed me for a while, know that this is the very thing I've...


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Not long ago, Edward wrote a review of PDF Converter for iPad. I was quite disappointed to discover it was neither a universal app, nor available for the iPhone. Then I discovered PDF Printer, which seems to do exactly the same thing, only it is a universal app. (Hooray for universal binaries!) Not only is PDF Printer a universal binary, but it costs less than PDF Converter - $2.99 as opposed to $6.99! PDF Printer will turn virtually anything you have into a .pdf file. From the menu, you choose where you want to get the information that you want to turn into a .pdf.  The first option...


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"ROS (Robotic Operating Systems) Everywhere!" says Willow Garage's Steve Cousins by Frank Tobe, Owner/Publisher of The Robot Report   Willow Garage's ROS (Robotic Operating System) provides a collection of software libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. ROS provides device drivers, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and advanced libraries to help application engineers understand camera, video and 3D data.   ROS is open source and free to use, change and commercialize. The system is used by a growing number of popular personal...


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Convertcast Episode 89 Sept 14, 2011 Which tablet? Acer Iconia Samsung Galaxy ASUS Transformer Evo 3D root and spyware Nook color root Hybrid - original nook software still available;  tablet software on device Totally Android Bootable sd card USB 3.0 Windows 8 Follow Diana on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304) 884-JAGS (5247) Download the episode directly here. Subscribe via iTunes. Add our RSS podcast feed. http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Feeds/ConvertCast


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We are pleased to report the release of new version of PDF Provider for iPad and iPhone . Updated our most powerful PDF converting tool. It's already available on the App Store. PDF Provider for iPad Provider for iPhone  The valuable addition in version 1.6 is the native support of Dropbox. From this version you will be able to sync your Dropbox account with the PDF PROvider documents - download from and upload documents to your Dropbox account right from the application. PDF Provider is a powerful convertor, which allows you to convert documents from lots of formats such as MS Word,...


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Convertcast Episode 88 August 30, 2011 I took a look around the interwebs for some Windows Phone 7 news. Their app store has hit a whopping 30,000 titles. According to our old friend Surur over at wmpoweruser, http://wmpoweruser.com/analysts-confirm-windows-phone-7-as-the-3rd-ecosystem-but-remain-guarded/ The Mango "resuming" screen is lame. Microsoft job posting - The Windows Live DRX team produces the SkyDrive client applications that fuel our customers thirst for stable, secure and available online storage. DRX is building experiences to deliver all of your content from the cloud and your...


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My friends are forever teasing me about my "god phone."  I carry it around as though it were the most important thing in the world. (It is.) Now they're concerned that I'm carrying the Steve Jobs Bible. I'm okay with giving that impression. But let me tell you why they are saying this. Not long ago I was talking to someone on my new favorite social media site, Google +, about an iPhone case called The Little Black Book. I thought it was really clever, but I said I wouldn't race out to get it because it didn't have a camera cutout. And then, recently, a mention of  Pad and Quill on TiPb....


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Occasionally I'll watch an app video to see what the game play looks like. Sometimes it's enough for me to make the decision to try the game. More often than not I'm left underwhelmed. So before agreeing to try TouchStars from Touch Action, I clicked on the youtube link to see their promo. I liked the video so much, I agreed to look at the app. Take a look for yourself before I continue. I hope that gave you as big a giggle as it did me.   TouchStars starts is not one of those games that will blow you away with eye popping graphics or a brilliant soundtrack. It's old school...


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