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From the show floor at Macworld 2011, Gretchen Cathey of the Worth Ave.. Group explains why your homeowner’s insurance isn’t enough when it comes to your Mac, iPhone or iPad, from both a value and peril perspective. Find out how affordable protection for your iPhone or iPad can be for things such as broken screens, [...]

At Macworld 2011, Brad Lowe of SuperSync demonstrates how easy it is to keep multiple iTunes libraries current and in sync, whether it is just across your home or office, or across the globe. Brad covers the feature set of SuperSync that goes far beyond just syncing, covering music recovery from your iDevice and more. [...]

The folks at CodeWeavers decided to do something different for the release of Impersonator, the tenth edition of CrossOver Mac, and selected the show floor at Macworld 2011 to do it. CodeWeavers” Chief Operating Officer Jon Parshall, dressed in drag, describes the advantages of not having Windows involved in running Windows programs from both a [...]

In the Sanho booth at Macworld 2011, Hendrick Heyrman talks about how they were able to overcome their disagreement with Apple regarding the MagSafe Connector and find a simple, affordable and legal way to connect their HyperJuice external MacBook and MacBook Pro batteries, giving you hours of power anywhere you happen to be. The audio-only [...]

On the Macworld Live stage at Macworld 2011, a panel of Mac technologists discuss the challenges of raising children in a connected world that is constantly changing. Social media use, gaming, cell phone use,texting, balancing tech with real world activities, and how much tech is too much or not enough are all discussed by the [...]

At Macworld 2011, Jake Ehrlich and Leo Vassershten of BulletTrain show off the BulletTrain Express, a chassis that fits an Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Apple Magic Trackpad into an ergonomic, unified surface for controlling your Mac remotely, whether it is in front of you on your desktop or across the room in your home [...]

From the show floor at Macworld 2011, Giulia Giovanelli of Canson shows off the latest improvements to Papershow, their technology that provides inexpensive paper-to-display capabilities for everyone. Papershow is now focusing on the education market, providing a means of sharing what’s on paper with everyone in the classroom affordably. Giulia explains the benefits for both [...]

In the Parat Solutions booth at Macworld 2011, Peter Jauss introduces us to the PARASYNC, a 20-slot iPod dock that will charge and sync up to 20 iPod nano, iPod touch or iPod classic units at one time. Peter explains how not just schools, but museums and even cruise ships are using this product to [...]

At Macworld 2011, Niel Levonius, , Director of Corporate Strategy for AltiGen, introduces the iFusion, a dock for the iPhone that turns it into your home or office phone, with charging, speakerphone, wired handset, and audio capabilities all built-in. The audio-only version of this episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoicesTV is sponsored [...]

On the show floor at Macworld 2011, Christopher Klein of SMART Technologies demonstrates the latest capabilities of the SMART Board, and talks about why their products reach far beyond their traditional education market. The audio-only version of this show episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoicesTV is sponsored by…

From the show floor at Macworld 2011, KL Chang of AWIND explains how their new product, MacTiVia, can broadcast your Mac’s screen to your big-screen television without the bother of cables or physical connections. The audio-only version of this  episode is available on MacVoices. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by:

The Road to Macworld is finally coming to an end…at the front door of Moscone West and at the start of Macworld 2011. If you’re in San Francisco for the show, I hope you’ll stop by any or all of the sessions I’m participating in and say hello. The schedule includes: Thursday at 5:15 PM [...]

On The Road to Macworld, Adam Engst of TidBITs and Take Control ebooks and host Chuck Joiner made a virtual visit to the Connecticut Macintosh Connection to talk about the evolution of Mac OS X and his session at Macworld on that topic, what Macworld means to him, the challenges facing a digital book publisher [...]

Mark Fuccio, the Senior Director for Data Robotics discusses their experiences at Macworld 2010, and why they were so pleased with the results of their “Spirit of Macworld 2010″ video contest. We show you the two videos that won their producers a Drobo S of their very own, and talk with Doug Chapin and Melody [...]

In our last Macworld 2010-themed show, we take a look back at a busy, fun and successful week, from the start at the Final Cut Pro SuperMeet to the end at a jazz restaurant with friends. Along the way we sample the sights and sounds of the 46 on-site shows produced, provide some on-camera and [...]

(Note: This is a limited-length sample of the full bootleg. Download the complete 640 x 360 version for the best experience.) One of the highlights of the Macworld 2010 night life was Cirque Du Mac 7, and the highlight of the party was the annual appearance by the Macworld All-Star Band. If you were there, [...]

In what he billed as a Celebration of Macworld, Tim Robertson of OWC Radio closed out the Macworld 2010 Main Stage with an all-star roster of guests pulled from the audience to talk about what Macworld means, both present and future. Sharing their thoughts on the show were: Grant Dahlke – Other World Computing Paul [...]

In the Boinx Software booth at Macworld 2010, CEO Oliver Breidenbach shows off the new versions of FotoMagico and PhotoPresenter, talks about why BoinxTV, was so widely used to produce and deliver video at Macworld 2010, and teases us with some feature in the next version of the software, including a streaming feature from within [...]

From Macworld 2010, Peter Skinner of Ten One Design demonstrates Inklet, a Macworld Best-of-Show winner that turns the trackpad on your MacBook or MacBook Pro into a graphics tablet, suitable for sketching, creating and more. Software-based, Inklet lets you draw using many of your favorite graphics apps such as Photoshop rather than having to learn [...]

In the Carina Software booth at Macworld 2010, Tim Debenedictis talks about the history of their astronomy software, Voyager, and how it has gone mobile as an iPhone app, SkyVoyager. The GPS and compass functions of the iPhone make it perfect for orienting yourself for nighttime observations, and SkyVoyager takes full advantage of that, providing [...]

From the show floor at Macworld 2010, Doug Pelton of SelveServeApps explains how his company can help your small business develop an iPhone app. With various capabilities beyond the basics available, SelfServeApps makes the process approachable and affordable for anyone who wants an iPhone and iPod touch presence. The audio-only version of this show is [...]

In the Other World Computing booth at Macworld 2010, Grant Dahlke shows the speed of their new EXTREME Enterprise solid-state drive by booting into all of the Adobe Creative Suite apps at once, and the durability of the device by beating it on a table. While speed comes at a price, if you need to [...]

At Macworld 2010, Satheesh Akkinepall of BeeJive shows how their app lets you stay in touch with your friends no matter what instant message service you (or they) prefer. BeeJive allows simultaneous presence on a wide variety of different services, takes advantage of all the rich media features of the various services, integrates push services [...]

In the Livescribe booth at Macworld 2010, Maureen Keating and Eric Petitt show off the latest enhancements to the Pulse Smartpen. How smart can a pen be? Eric takes us through both the basics, including both capturing notes and audio from whatever you are doing, transferring that information to your Mac and thirty apps that [...]

At Macworld 2010, Amada Erickson of Joby summarizes the many flavors of the Gorillapod, the adjustable, portable and versatile tripod device that lets you hang a camera, iPhone or iPod securely from virtually anything. More versatile and useful that you might initially think, Amanda explains that there is now a family of Gorillapod devices that [...]

We caught up with Nancy Gravley of The Mac Observer on the show floor (and not at a party) at Macworld 2010 to get a different view of the show. Nancy focuses on the Mac industry from a new users and senior users’ perspective, and talks about some Mac and iPhone products that everyone can [...]

From the Macworld 2010 show floor, security guru Rich Mogull of TidBITS and Securosis talks about what is and isn’t worthy of concern in the world of computer, iPhone and iPad security. Rich wrote the cover article in the March 2010 issue of Macworld, and helps makes sense of what you really need to pay [...]

In the Rogue Amoeba booth at Macworld 2010, CEO Paul Kafasis shows off the latest version of Radioshift, their software to stream almost anything from the internet, and the integration with their AirFoil iPhone/iPod touch and Mac apps. Just a few clips and you can send any audio from your Mac to anywhere in your [...]

Roaming the exhibit hall floor at Macworld 2010, Michael Simmons of Cultured Code talks about how to get some previews of upcoming changes and enhancements to both the desktop and iPhone versions of Things, their task management application suite. Michael explains the philosophy of their product, at least one feature they’re working on, their iPad [...]

In the Mobile Applications Showcase on the Macworld 2010 show floor, Hootan Mahallati , Product Manager for TripIt reviews how their web service combines with their TripIt iPhone app to put all your travel information, including hotel reservations, flight information, rewards numbers and more in your iPhone. With sync capabilities, live updates on and more, [...]

On the show floor at Macworld 2010, Paul Scandariato of Apparent introduces their affordable Doxie portable USB scanner. While Doxie can scan locally, its primary target is the cloud: Google Docs, EverNote, Flickr and more. Pal talks about why scanning to the cloud is preferable, how to leverage the cloud services for things like optical [...]

At Macworld 2010, Tyler Barth of Blue Microphones shows the latest additions to their line of high-quality audio input devices for the Mac and iPhone. The next-generation Mikey promises to deliver even better sound to your iPhone recordings regardless of where you make them, and the Yeti is the first USB mic to boast three [...]

In The Omni Group booth on the Macworld 2010 show floor, Brian Covey talks about their priority for getting all of their apps to Apple’s iPad. More than just scaling up existing applications, Brian discusses their approach to leveraging the iPad’s capabilities while keeping the apps lean and mean. All this iPad focus doesn’t mean [...]

From the Macworld 2010 show floor, Jay Nelson of Design Tools Monthly and Design Tools Weekly helps us understand the importance of fonts in a world that seems to be increasingly moving away from paper. Understanding and choosing the right font for the job may be the easiest way you can improve the look of [...]

From the show floor at Macworld 2010, Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline takes a break to talk about the evolution of his show, his amazing archive of demonstrations and tutorials, how the show has grown and been enhanced, and his recent expansion into YouTube space. The audio-only version of this show is available on MacVoices #1043. [...]

From Macworld 2010, Christian Rueb of equinux talks about why he made the trip from Europe to attend the show, even though his company isn’t exhibiting. Christian also updates us on their product line and how it is evolving, and comments specifically on MediaCentral, their home theater application. The audio-only version of this show is [...]

At Macworld 2010, Andrew Taylor, Founder and CEO of MacSpeech, updates us on their latest product, MacSpeech Scribe. Andrew explains why MacSpeech Scribe, a one-click solution is the most advanced and easiest-to-use MacSpeech product yet. Andrew also talks about their specialized vocabularies, available for the medical and legal professions, and how they enhance MacSpeech products. [...]

From a busy booth at Macworld 2010, Mike Mahan of Tunebug shows off their Vibe and Shake products that turn virtually any surface into a speaker. Put one on your desk, on a box, or on your head and enjoy your music without a speaker system. Mike talks about the characteristics of the two products, [...]

On the show floor of Macworld 2010, Omaha Sternberg of iGame Radio talks about the state of games on the Mac, what was hot at Macworld for game enthusiasts, and the iPhone’s status as a gaming platform. Omaha also discusses what the iPad will mean for games, suggesting it will take things to a whole [...]

From the show floor at Macworld 2010, author and video expert Richard Harrington discusses his efforts to bring superior video techniques to the rest of us. Rich discusses getting it right from the ground up, from camera set-up to final production, why so many users want to use greenscreen, and why the tools you have [...]

From the show floor at Macworld 2010, Giulia Giovanelli of Canson provides a tour of PaperShow, a product that combines the best parts of whiteboard, telestrator and plain old pen-and-paper to give you new control and capabilities in your business presentations. Driven by a special pen interface, PaperShow users can annotate presentations, meeting notes and [...]

At the end of a very busy first day at Macworld 2010, Adam Engst, Tonya Engst and Joe Kissell take some time to discuss first impressions of the show, what they saw, what impressed them, and what the future holds for the year’s biggest Mac event. The audio-only version of this show is available on [...]

In the Recosoft booth at Macworld 2010, Paul Chadha demonstrates their newest PDF conversion software, PDF2Office for iWork. Want to do more with your PDFs? PDF2Office for iWork converts them to either Keynote or Pages files, complete with formatting and graphics. Paul demonstrates just how easy and effective it is. The audio-only version of this [...]

From the show floor at Macworld 2010, Neil Ticktin, founder and publisher of MacTech, and MacsimumNews‘ Chief Macsimizer Dennis Sellers announce MacTech’s acquisition MacsimumNews to create MacNews, the newest place to keep up with the rapidly changing Apple and Macintosh universe. The duo discuss the combination, the new site (in beta at the moment), and [...]

At Macworld 2010, Bernd Hahn of Navigon shows off the updates to their Navigon MobileNavigator iPhone GPS navigation app. One if not the most popular app in its category, Navigon’s latest edition provides 3D representations of terrain, buildings and more to help the user orient themselves, improving the navigation experience. Bernd also explains the pricing [...]

At Macworld 2010 in San Francisco, John Chaffee of BusyMac talks about why there have been few major updates to their calendar program, BusyCal, but lots of minor ones. John talks about what features are a priority going forward, and why BusyCal trumps iCal for helping you keep track of your schedule. The audio-only version [...]

In the Music Theater on the Macworld 2010 Show Floor, The MacJury convened to discuss the show, take questions from show-goers, and provide some favorite selections from the hundreds (thousands?) of products on display. The panel that attendees got to hear from, and see, included: Tonya Engst Jeff Gamet Ted Landau Chuck La Tournous Chuck [...]

At Macworld 2010, TJ Varghese of Quickoffice talks about their Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite, a “Macworld Best of Show” winner”. Quickoffice Connect allows the user to work with Microsoft Word and Excel documents on the iPhone, and also offers integration with MobileMe, DropBox, Google Docs and more. TJ explains the three different flavors of Quickoffice [...]

From the CrashPlan booth at Macworld 2010, Matthew Dornquast, co-founder of the company, discusses the promotional strategy that involved giving away copies of their premium product at Macworld, and the response they received at the show. Matthew also reviews their different levels of service and what makes them unique, the security of your data both [...]

At Macworld 2010 in San Francisco, Jeff Holove, the CEO of Eye-Fi, explains the features of their new Eye-Fi Pro X2 Wireless card that lets you send photos and video directly from your camera to your Mac, or a variety of online services. Boasting an 8GB capacity and Class 6 speed, the newest version of [...]

On the show floor at Macworld 2010, Brian Verenkoff of Buffalo Technology explains the two primary functions of their new Dualie. A combination hard drive and iPhone/iPod dock, Dualie also offers twp USB ports for connecting additional drives, and a 500GB 2.5″ drive with both USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 ports. Dualie puts all this [...]

In the Fujitsu booth at Macworld 2010, Michael Sidejas demonstrates the newest addition to the ScanSnap line of document scanners, the accompanying software that can make even the most faded receipt legible, the optical character recognition capabilities available, and how it all comes together to deliver a solution to organize your paper documents on your [...]

On the show floor at Macworld 2010, Kristen Brocoff of CarMD shows their hardware device that can help you diagnose what is or isn’t wrong with your car. Quite literally a plug-and-play solution, CarMD provides much of the same information your mechanic gets when they service your car at your dealership, and even lets you [...]

On the show floor at Macworld 2010, Jennifer Lynn of HyperMac reviews the company’s line of external battery solutions for MacBooks, iPods and iPhones. They look good, they deliver power for your mobile devices, and house military-grade batteries. Jennifer explains what that means, and why you need to consider it when making a portable power [...]

The Mac Roundtable crew took the Main Stage at Macworld 2010 to talk about the success of the show, Apple’s absence, provide some show picks, and answer audience questions. Participants included (in order of appearance): Chuck Joiner – The MacVoices Group Don McAllister – ScreenCastsOnline Ken Ray – Mac OS Ken Victor Cajiao – Typical [...]