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joshschnell - who has written 797 posts on Macgasm.

Well, I'm pretty much addicted to all things Apple, and Twitter. That's probably all you really need to know. If I'm not posting here, I'm probably wasting time on Twitter.

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Adobe Flash on the iPhone, Text to Speech, and an iTunes tip

Friday, March 19, 2010

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In this week's episode of the Macgasm videocast we talk about the drama surrounding the Adobe Flash show down on the blog. We also get a pretty sweet iTunes tip from Corey, and with finish it up by talking about Text to Speech in OS X. Be sure to add us in iTunes. Music Provided by Siktransit. [Download iPhone Version][Subscribe in iTunes]

Protect your iPhone screen with a BodyGuardz

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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We originally asked for a ScreenGuardz, but a shipping mix-up afforded us the ability to try out NLU Products’ BodyGuardz instead. We’re glad they made the mix-up, because they gave us the opportunity to talk about the importance of protecting the glass on your iPhone. Sure, a BodyGuardz protector isn’t going to protect you [...]

Amazon set to take on Apple’s ebook app by releasing OS X software.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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It’s a happy day today for competition. Today, the largest e-book vendor on the market has announced that they’re going to be releasing an application for Mac OS X. Amazon has put together a free eBook reading application in a hope to directly compete with the iPad, and Apple’s iBookstore. No longer [...]

Add color labels to your email with Mail rules

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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In my ongoing effort to reclaim my inbox, I’ve realized that both smart folders and mail rules can seriously cut down on the clutter. One thing I’ve been working with on and off is trying to figure out a way to quickly see when a tip comes into my inbox. Normally, it’d just [...]

Mega Man II for the iPhone demonstrates how crappy touchscreen controls can be.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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I played my fair share of the original Mega Man II, and frankly I should have left my memories in the past instead of trying to relive them on the iPhone version. Mega Man II was probably one of the defining moments in my gaming life. It was one of the first games that stuck [...]

iPad preorders slowing down

Monday, March 15, 2010

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Anyone who thought that iPad’s were going to continue to fly off the proverbial shelves as fast as they were during the first day were clearly smoking something. Hey, the worlds excited, we get that! But, continuing to sell 120,000 iPads per day is a tall order. Anyone who follows Apple releases knows that there [...]

Fashionista and a Geek? Clothes will soon power your gadgets.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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How often do you find yourself with a dead iPhone or iPod and nowhere to charge it? A dress that is being featured tonight at the annual Cornell Design League Fashion Show could ensure that this never happens to you again. The dress contains cotton fibres that are coated with electrically conductive nanoparticles. The coating [...]

Canada’s online Apple store is busted.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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Here’s some fun news for your Saturday afternoon. Canada’s version of the online Apple store is broken (2:16PM EST). I’d like to take this moment to recognize web developers around the world. God knows someone’s getting their ass chewed out by a middle management type who thinks you can drag and drop a website like [...]

Some iPad details starting to trickle in

Friday, March 12, 2010

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It’s iPad pre-order day, so that means there’s some interesting tidbits coming out of Cupertino today. I thought I’d mash two together since they’re a bit short to have their own posts. Apple’s selling 20,000 iPads an hour? Take an ID number, and subtract a lower ID number and you’ll get a nice little surprise, or [...]

Safari 4.0.5 is available. Open software update!

Friday, March 12, 2010

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I’ve been having a really bizarre problem with Safari lately. Every single time I open up the top sites page when opening a new tab my video gets all messed up. The images within the top sites section gets all borked. It only happens within the Top Sites section, but it’s enough [...]