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Program : Google Currents Price: Free Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-currents/id459182288?mt=8 Website: https://www.google.com/producer/home When Google Currents was announce yesterday, we were initially a bit skeptical that the app would do what it said it would.  But then we have seen so many supposed publishers come and go quickly due to the fact that they did not do the job as advertised. As for Google Currents, the app works well and for those who bothered to read the instructions on…

This morning, Google announced the availability of Currents, their Flipboard like application for the iPhone, iPad and Android.  The App system itself produces very nice clean type and has a number of popular magazines already in the system, including out Call-A.P.P.L.E. News.  You can download the Google Currents version of Call-A.P.P.L.E. News at: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowyI4W/call_apple_news You can download the Google Currents App from the following location: http://www.google.com/producer/currents?referrer=utm_source%3Dlinkshare%26utm_medium%3Dweb%26utm_campaign%3DCAow6LoV

This article is presented for those with Intel Macs (and PCs) who choose to have an alternative operating system available. It is possible to install it as a Dual-Boot system, Virtual Machine, or just run it from the live DVD. Late last month (November) Mint 12 was released to the public (free). Mint is a full multi-media distribution of Linux. There has been a lot of extremely positive press about this version. It’s almost as if someone hired the PR…

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everybody. This review will be just a quick one. I’m not an expert with this sort of thing and have only dabbled with it from time to time… What is it? Handbrake is simply a transcoder. It converts DVD’s to video files and video files from one format to another. Does it work? Yes. It does what it was designed to do quite well and actually is fairly stable in spite of having not been updated in…

According to the OfficeforMac blog (http://blog.officeformac.com/), SP1 for Office 2011 is to be released within the next week.   According to the blog, the biggest change in SP1 will be the ability for Outlook to sync between Outlook 2011 and Apple Sync Services. For more about the update, check out the Microsoft Office for Mac Blog at: http://blog.officeformac.com/

Ebay has purchased the online payment services company PayPal for a reported $1.5 billion USD. The purchase was made using stock swaps based on the July 5, 2002 value of PayPal’s stock and is still subject to the stockholder approval and the regulators. While the acquisition appears to solidify Ebay’s online services, it also presents a problem with respect to the amount charged for transaction fees as well as the quality of service. Until now, Ebay was forced to advertise…