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Chuck Joiner finishes off the MacVoicesTV coverage of Macworld | iWorld 2012 with a summary, some thank-you’s and an outtake or two. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices.

As the show floor of Macworld | iWorld 2012 closed, we caught Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer. The two deliver their opinions and judgements on the new direction and events of this year’s show. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoicesTV is sponsored by [...]

The Cirque du Mac 9 party was yet another highlight of Macworld | iWorld 2012. As always, The Macworld All-Star Band rocked the stage and the audience. Watch the band members (in alphabetical order) in action: Christopher Breen, Bryan Chaffin, Dave Hamilton, Paul Kent, Chuck La Tournous, Bob LeVitus and Duane Straub. This is Part [...]

The Cirque du Mac 9 party was yet another highlight of Macworld | iWorld 2012. As always, The Macworld All-Star Band rocked the stage and the audience. Watch the band members (in alphabetical order) in action: Christopher Breen, Bryan Chaffin, Dave Hamilton, Paul Kent, Chuck La Tournous, Bob LeVitus and Duane Straub. This is Part [...]

The Cirque du Mac 9 party was yet another highlight of Macworld | iWorld 2012. As always, The Macworld All-Star Band rocked the stage and the audience. Watch the band members (in alphabetical order) in action: Christopher Breen, Bryan Chaffin, Dave Hamilton, Paul Kent, Chuck La Tournous, Bob LeVitus and Duane Straub. This is Part [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Ken Ray of Mac OS Ken fame joined Chuck Joiner of MacVoices for a discussion of “Mac, iPad and iPhone Essentials: The Stuff You Gotta Have.” Rather than focus on all the cool new products at the show, Ken and Chuck reviewed some of the hardware and software that they [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, a distinguished panel of tech-oriented parents host Chuck Joiner to discuss the challenges of parenting brought on by the ever-changing world of technology. Not long ago, the problem was addressed by limiting time on the family computer. With the arrival of the iDevices, and access to the web in the [...]

A must-see at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was Art Authority for iPad. Jim Teece of Art Authority reviews the impressive credentials of their app that gathers together the world’s great art works before giving us a tour. Explaining how Art Authority not only lets the user view, but also “touch” and interact with art in [...]

In the Mobile App Showcase at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Doug Jeffrey and Jake Simon of 2×6 Apps explain how, with their app FavorIt, you can use your Facebook friends and their choices to help you find some of the best apps in an increasingly crowded App Store. FavorIt makes it easy to change what [...]

A new exhibitor to Macworld | iWorld 2012 was Sort Shots. Creator Christa Taylor explains how Sort Shots for iPad helps you organize and arrange your photo library via key words, orientation, star ratings and more. For those who prefer the folder metaphor, Christa’s Photo Folder has you covered. Just create a folder, move or [...]

Delivering an easy, intuitive method of creating panoramas with the camera in your iPhone or iPad, TourWrist was a hot topic at Macworld | iWorld 2012. TourWrist CEO Charles Armstrong talks about how easy it is to create and share the world around you in a 360-degree panorama, and shows the intuitive viewing experience available [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Andrew Smith of Studio Six Digital describes their new iAudioInterface 2 a tool for use by audio engineers to do work on everything from your home theater set-up to a stadium concert environment. iAudioInterface 2 provides an XLR microphone input, a Toslink digital audio out, and a digital audio link [...]

The Ecamm Network presence in the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was dedicated to Printopia. Chris Kent talks about the latest features of the utility that lets you easily print from your iPad. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoicesTV is sponsored by Smile, the [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012 we talked to Hillary Money in a crowded Blue Microphones booth about their new products. Hillary showed us the improvements and enhancements of the Sparc Digital is a studio level mic that can connect to both your Mac and iPad and the new version of their iOS device mic, the [...]

The Global Delight booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012 had a similar look to last year: another “Best of Show” award, this time for their new video editing app for the iPhone, Game your Video. Rahul Arun Shetty showed us just how easy and fun it is to add effects and edit footage captured on [...]

One of the more intriguing conversations we had at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was with Tracy Evans of Theatrics, the producers of the online sci-fi video series Beckinfield. Billed as “mass participation TV,” Tracy explains how it all works to put you, me, anyone into the series as a character, their Tech Talk with special [...]

From the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Tom McVay discusses the two primary components of Marketcircle‘s offerings to business. Billings Pro is a multi-user time tracking and invoicing solution, and Daylite helps you with managing your projects, team and overall business. With customization options available through a network of partners, Marketcircle can [...]

Another enterprise software company making themselves known in the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was xTuple. Wally Tonra reviews their offerings, which include accounting, customer relationship management, purchasing, billing and more. How can any of that be free? xTuple has open source roots which allow you to get started free and [...]

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Kaspars Dancis of Codo Software introduces us to Cobook, a new, smart address book program that uses Apple’s Address Book data (and leaves it untouched), but provides a better interface that boasts speed, improved data entry and social media integration. The audio-only version of [...]

Did you know that UPS doesn’t offer Mac software to customers? We didn’t either. At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Chris Larson of NRG Software reviews the capabilities, including direct interface with UPS and a Safari extension that enhances usability, of NRG Ship, their product that facilitates shipping and tracking of packages through UPS. Now you [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Florian Albrecht of Boinx Software shows us how easy it is to work with the new iStopMotion for iPad. iStopMotion is great on the Mac, but is even more accessible on the iPad because of both the interface and the built-in camera. Even better, using their iStopMotion Remote Camera , [...]

In the iKeyboard booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Erin Vogel and Lindsey MacDougall show off the iKeyboard, a plastic overlay for the iPad keyboard that helps the touch typist work with the iPad’s virtual keyboard. Erin and Lindsey show how it goes on easy and comes off easy, with no magnets or adhesives to [...]

From the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Joey Coleman of Apparent put the new Doxie Go through its paces, with and without cables. Just run your photo, document, business card or whatever through the Doxie Go, and it will hold the image until you get around to connecting it to your Mac. Even [...]

Dan Wassink of Noteboom Productions was in the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012 to introduce his Mac and iPhone tutorial series of videos that help new users get up to speed with the Mac OS, iMovie, Keynote and Bento to name a very few. With a screencast approach, Dan can help you [...]

The Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was where we found Mark Munz of Unmarked Software. Mark was showing TextSoap, a clipboard content utility that lets you the text from documents, web pages and more. Sounds simple, but it is something that can be surprisingly time-intensive if you don’t have TextSoap to [...]

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Reubin Bakker of uncomplex acknowledges their unique way of letting Mailplane users know they were going to be exhibiting at the show, then gets down to what MailPlane offers to those frustrated with their current way of accessing Gmail. Replies, their other product, provides [...]

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Feda Karkour of Cognito Software explains the benefits of Moneyworks, their cross-platform accounting package that scales up as your company’s needs change. MoneyWorks is a true double-entry system, assuring integrity of your data and a clean audit trail when you need it. The audio-only [...]

In the Macworld | iWorld 2012 OS X Zone, Marty Ford of GeekJam demonstrates LiveWorship, a multimedia control application for managing live events such as worship services. Able to draw from collections of graphics, text and media assets on the fly, LiveWorship, LiveWorship can be used for any live presentation situation where flexibility and adaptability [...]

In a very home-like booth on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba shows off the ease of use of AirFoil for sending any audio, not just iTunes, from your Mac to AirPlay speakers anywhere in your home, and how Piezo will let you record virtually any audio on [...]

In the Garmin booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Johan-Till Broer brings us up to date with the changes that have happened since Navigon and Garmin became one. New offerings include new versions of the Garmin StreetPilot and NAVIGON navigation apps, the Garmin GTU 10 GPS Tracking Unit that can be used for your car, [...]

From the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jason Evans of iSupport explains how their three different models of iSupport enhance iPhone photography. A chassis that holds your iPhone and accommodates a better lens, with options for more accessories, the iSupport provides an affordable, more stable way to use your iPhone for shooting video. [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jeremiah Fowler of MacKeeper discusses their bundle of sixteen utilities that helps keep your Mac running smoothly, protects you from the bad guys’ efforts and more. Including security system clean-up, optimization, an uninstaller to name a few, consider MacKeeper when making a system utilities package decision. The audio-only version of [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Martin Frid-Nielsen of Soonr introduces us to Soonr Scribble, the app that lets you view, annotate, comment on and mark up virtually any document with just the swipe of a finger or stylus. Not just for Word, Excel, Powerpoint or PDFs, you can also annotate pictures as well. The audio-only [...]

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, nivio launches their United States presence with a large booth and exciting capabilities. Paul Chakour explains how nivio puts a virtual PC in your browser and even on your iPad via their subscription service. What makes it more interesting is the ability to subscribe to applications [...]

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Mike Evangelist of Code 42 Software, makers of CrashPlan, discusses the major funding they recently received, and what it means to both the company and its customers. Code 42 isn’t just for individuals, however. Mike talks about the enterprise presence that you might not know about, [...]

Each year we run into people on the show floor of Macworld | iWorld 2012 engaged in guerrilla marketing. Very few of are interest, but occasionally someone shows something that appears viable. This year, it was Belal Breaga Bakht with his iHead iPhone case, a Kickstarter project (you can find the iHeadCase page here). Nicely [...]

In a crowded i4Software booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012, CEO Michael Zaletel introduces Video Camera , a groundbreaking video app for iOS that can connect up to eight iOS devices as video sources, record them all, and then edit them together or separately into the same final project, all on your iOS device. The [...]

Looking for remote control for your home? Crestron has you covered. At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Steven Ricks outlines what their system can take care of, from thermostat to blinds, music to light and more. With over 200 products already in place and more being added soon, chances are what you want to do is [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Paul Chadha of Recosoft shows off their latest addition, PDF2ID Enterprise, which delivers InDesign-to-PDF conversions for corporate customers who need to do such conversions on hundreds or thousands of documents on a regular basis. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoicesTV is sponsored [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, “Best of Show” Winner Olloclip had them standing in the aisles. Patrick O’Neill shows us why their 3-in-one iPhone lens system is such a success. With wide-angle, fish-eye and macro options built into a compact, easy-on-easy-off unit, the Olloclip is an iPhone must-have. The audio-only version of this episode is [...]

Last year, BulletTrain was on the show floor without a booth, doing guerrilla marketing. This year at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jake Ehrlich and crew are back with a full booth presence to show off the new version of BulletTrain Express, a chassis that fits an Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Apple Magic Trackpad into [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Aaron Campbell of Dane-Elec profiles the MyDitto, a plug-and-play hybrid solution that includes both USB and cloud-based storage, as well as the new MyDitto Pro NAS, how they deliver functionality while maintaining the security that is critical in today’s world, and how the whole system works, including backups. The audio-only [...]

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Alex Tsepko of MacPhun delivers a whirlwind tour of three of their Mac photo manipulation applications, Snapheal, FX Photo Studio Pro, and Color Splash Studio. Making sophisticated photo effects both easy and fun, all three applications are both approachable and affordable, regardless of your [...]

In the Other World Computing booth Macworld | iWorld 2012, Chris Haeffner introduces us to this year’s must-have products, including the Power2U AC/USB In-Wall charging solution, the forthcoming MiniStac Max to beef up your Mac mini’s storage, and for the big boys, the new Jupiter mini-SAS line of enterprise storage solutions. The audio-only version of [...]

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Brian Berson of FileThis introduces their new product, FileThis|Fetch. Dedicated to integrating paperless statements from your bills (bank, credit card, electric company, gas company, etc.) into your paperless workflow, FileThis|Fetch automatically downloads and presenting the paperless statements so you don’t have to. With a strong emphasis [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Paul Levine of Rage Software makes good on his promise a few months ago, and shows off SEIntelligence, the new search engine optimization tool that not only delivers valuable information about who is visiting your web site, but also how to manage your tags and content to [...]

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Frédéric Aloé, the Co-Founder & CEO of Coladia Software introduces TapDesigner, their new, free app that prototypes other apps. TapDesigner lets you design the look and flow of your app before you ever start talking to a programmer to make it work. Frédéric discusses [...]

From Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Dom Leca discusses Sparrow , the latest and greatest email program for the Mac. What could be new in an email program? Dom explains the lean and mean approach that Sparrow takes to help you manage your email flood in a fast, efficient and new way that [...]

From Macworld | iWorld 2012 and the Mac OS X Zone, Neil Cameron of CHLSoftware profiles their document management system, DocMoto. Based on tagging, DocMoto makes sure you take the time to tag by incorporating it into the data organization process, and can catalog virtually any type of file, including emails. The audio-only version of [...]

On the show floor at Macworld 2012, Scott Archer explains what his company’s accounting software offers to businesses that have outgrown entry-level programs and want to step up to a multi-user, auditible system with support for the migration of systems before and after the change. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. [...]

From the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jonathan Hammer, President of e3 Software, talks about their bulk email product Direct Mail. Jonathan explains how the software works, the steps they take to keep your message from being construed as spam, and the control you have over what you send and the information [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jerry Krinock explains how FileGoBack helps you find what you’re looking for faster and easier in Time Machine, and how BookMacster will help you keep keep track of and sync your browser bookmarks across multiple Macs and even with your PC. The audio-only version of this episode is available on [...]

In the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Terra Knoble, the Resident Pixie, Communications & Marketing for Splasm gave us a tour of their products that range from the casual to the productive, including CheckBook, CheckBook Pro, Audiobook Builder, Griddle and ViddyUp. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. This [...]

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, David Wetherelt of SoftClouds discusses eventScan, their solution for taking event attendee data, collecting it, and integrating it into your customer management realties system, including an iPhone client, and their latest service, mobi2Clouds. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoicesTV is sponsored by [...]

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Nik Fletcher of Realmac Software talks about their new to-do iOS app, Clear, which sports a super-clean, intuitive user interface, the state of their flagship web site creation tool Rapidweaver and what to expect in the next version. The video version of this episode is available [...]