Monthly Archives: April 2015

12-Inch Retina MacBook Receives Mixed Reviews From Early Adopters

A handful of users within the discussion forums claimed that they regretfully returned their new MacBooks shortly after receiving one because of those compromises, including the frustration of looking for and purchasing USB-C adapters that are needed to connect various Digital AV, VGA or USB devices, peripherals and cables to the single USB-C port on the ultra-slim notebook.

…After spending a day trying to hunt down USB-C adapters in Apple stores (weren’t available at Best Buy, where I bought mine), I got to thinking about what I loved and what I didn’t.

…The two reasons I ultimately returned it were that the keyboard didn’t agree with me and, after some practical thinking, I realized that there were going to be issues managing using two laptops concurrently.

…Most of the programs I use a lot are limited to two installations, and keeping track of what is activated on which laptop presented possibilities like taking one of them on a trip having forgotten to deactivate/sign out on the other one, which could be a real problem.”

Not all early adopters of the new MacBook have been disappointed, however, with many other users pleased with the notebook’s ultra-thin and lightweight design, high-resolution Retina display, fanless architecture, all-day battery life, Force Touch trackpad, redesigned keyboard with butterfly mechanism, portability and more.

…If Apple can manage to combine the performance of a MacBook Air with the feature set of the 12-inch MacBook, with a matching or lower than $1,299 entry-level price point, the notebook will be an even more attractive product for prospective buyers in the future.

… Apple’s latest distribution numbers show that 81% of iOS devices are now running iOS 8 or later, less than one week after the release of the Apple Watch. 17% of devices used to access the App…?

… One of the most talked about new features of the Apple Watch is its ability to sync with an iPhone’s Passbook app, displaying a user’s credit cards and boarding passes easily on the wrist….?

… Popular image editing app Pixelmator was today updated to version 3.3.2, introducing a more powerful repair tool and introducing support for the new Photos app and the Force Touch trackpad found in…?

… iCloud Photo Library was introduced with iOS 8, but with the launch of the Photos for OS X app, it’s now available on the Mac.

Fintie Folio Ultra-Slim Case for iPad 4th Generation With Retina Display, the New iPad 3 & iPad 2 with Auto Wake/Sleep Feature Stylus Holder – Violet

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Fintie Folio Ultra-Slim Case For Ipad 4Th Generation With Retina Display, The New Ipad 3 & Ipad 2 With Auto Wake/Sleep Feature Stylus Holder – Violet

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…This review is from: Fintie Folio Ultra-Slim Case for iPad 4th Generation With Retina Display, the New iPad 3 & iPad 2 with Auto Wake/Sleep Feature Stylus Holder – Purple (Electronics)

…This review is from: Fintie Folio Ultra-Slim Case for iPad 4th Generation With Retina Display, the New iPad 3 & iPad 2 with Auto Wake/Sleep Feature Stylus Holder – Black (Personal Computers)

The flap holding my iPad slips and I have to push the iPad up to take pictures as the cover is over the eye.

…This review is from: Fintie Folio Ultra-Slim Case for iPad 4th Generation With Retina Display, the New iPad 3 & iPad 2 with Auto Wake/Sleep Feature Stylus Holder – Red (Electronics)

iMac with Retina 5K display Review

Going one further than 4K, the Retina iMac’s 5K display features a pixel-resolution of 5,120 x 2,800, which lends it more than 14.7 million pixels – four times that of the non-retina 27-inch iMac.

But instead of running at its native resolution, which would render elements on the desktop uncomfortably tiny to use, the new iMac uses the same pixel-doubling scaling as Apple’s Retina smartphones, tablets and notebooks to make icons, text and Retina-coded apps appear incredibly sharp and detailed.

Going from an iPhone 3GS to an iPhone 4 (and an iPad 2 to an iPad 3) in the past, I’ve become accustomed to the leap in clarity that upgrading to one of Apple’s Retina devices brings – but the new iMac is on another level.

…At 217ppi, it’s technically short of the MacBook Pro with Retina’s 228ppi, but its larger display means that you can do more – whether it’s editing high-resolution images without having to zoom out, or editing 4K movies at 100% in Final Cut Pro X with the timeline in full view.

…Starting at £1,999 (US$2,499 or AUS$2,999), the new iMac can’t be had with loose change and Apple is pitching the machine at multimedia types who actually need all those pixels – from videographers to image editors – in addition to regular computer users with deep pockets.

The base model gets you a 3.5GHz (Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz) quad-core Intel Core i5 Haswell CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB Fusion Drive and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2GB graphics.

…It’s worth bearing in mind that Apple’s recent OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite update means that Late 2013 27-inch iMac and later can now drive a 4K display, which can now be had for under £300 (around US$448, or AUS$575). That means that you can pick up the latest non-Retina 27-inch iMac – still an attractive machine in itself – and a 4K display as a secondary monitor for less than the cost of a Retina iMac.

…Moreover, that monitor is only currently supported by the Retina 5K iMac (which you’re trying to avoid) or the Late 2013 Mac Pro, which at a base cost of £2,499 (US$2,999 or AUS$3,999) is even less affordable than the Retina iMac itself.

…iFixit rated the Retina iMac 5 out of 10 for its upgrdability difficulty (with 10 being the easiest to repair), noting the trickiness of prising the display’s glass and LCD apart (they are now sealed together rather than held together by magnets), and the need to apply fresh double-sided sticky tape to reseal the iMac into its original condition once finished.

SEO Tips For A Better Online Presence

When it comes to search engine results, your site should be as near to the top as possible if you want a good return on your investment.

…When using SEO techniques to set up a website, it is better to use several short articles pertaining to a similar topic instead of one very long article.

…A large part of search engine optimization isn’t just getting visitors to your site, its having them return and spend time on your webpages.

…Use a properly descriptive title tag to make sure that search engines can best understand the content of your web page.

…It’s a good idea to make sure that the first block of text on any website can be used as description tag for HTML.

…Make sure that you create a site that has a specific targeted audience, as this will allow you to better enhance your SEO strategy.

…While you will need to include important keywords that the bots are looking for, understand that the bots are not making purchases from you, and the humans are.

…Correct use of keywords will help drive visitors to your site by allowing search engine spiders to properly rank your page in the listings.

…Proxies that are associated with a banned website or a spam site will negatively affect your search engine ratings, and could prevent you from getting the website traffic you are working towards.

…Use a properly descriptive title tag to make sure that search engines can best understand the content of your web page.