MBW Picks

A summary of the featured books, hardware, & software apps as selected by the hosts of MacBreak Weekly.

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Entries from August 2010

Picks from MBW 209: iPee TV

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Hardware & software: River of News for iPad for $2.99 from Leo Laporte. Apple Magic Trackpad for $69.00 from Alex Lindsay. Withings Wifi Body Scale for $159 from Alex Lindsay. Witch at http://manytricks.com for $19 from Andy Ihnatko. Books: McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales from Andy Ihnatko.

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Picks from MBW 208: Your Plastic Pal That’s Easy to be With

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Hardware & software: iLuv Anti-Glare Protective Film for iPad for $9.15 (on Amazon) from Leo Laporte. Walkie Talkie Pro for iPhone for .99 from Alex Lindsay. Sigil at http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ for free from Andy Ihnatko. Books: Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood from Andy Ihnatko. Without Feathers from Andy [...]

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Picks from MBW 207: The Freshmaker (alt title: Sloppy Seconds)

August 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Hardware & software: CloudApp at http://www.getcloudapp.com for free from Don McAllister. Green Eggs and Ham for iPad for $3.99 from Alex Lindsay. MintyBoost at http://www.ladyada.net for $19.50 from Andy Ihnatko. Yogile at http://www.yogile.com for free from Frederick Van Johnson.

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Picks from MBW 206: There’s A Hack For That

August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Hardware & software: OmniFocus for iPad for $39.99 from Leo Laporte. NoteDetector for iPhone for $4.99 from Alex Lindsay. AppleJack at http://applejack.sourceforge.net for free from Andy Ihnatko. Bonus: Nice deal on iWork ’09 at Amazon.  $32.30. Now in 4k:

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