Macworld "Nick Spence"

What happens when you give a two and a half year old an iPad

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Some have called Apple products little more than toys, but this is what happens when you give a two and a half year old an iPad.

This blog has now moved

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT

We have recently restructured our blogs at Macworld. This blog by Nick Spence has been incorporated into the Macworld Team blog http://www.macworld.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=8. Macworld Editorial"

The Undercover Laptop Sleeve for your MacBook, iPad

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT

For £14.99, the Undercover Laptop Sleeve promises to turn your MacBook laptop into something a little less desirable to thieves. Both splashproof and tearproof, the sleeve covers sizes devices 8 - 17-inches, which could include Apple's new iPad.The Undercover Laptop Sleeve is available from Lazybone.

KentLyons, Macmillan Cancer Support and the April Fool's Day Ruse

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:15:00 GMT

As someone who read newspapers professionally for eleven years, one of the annual highlights of a lowlight job working nights was checking the papers each 1 April. A time before the Internet, and barely a computer in the office, you'd often have to wait until the second editions to discover fact from fiction, although between us we managed to spot most of them.

MEDL Mobile - What Apple's iPad means to us

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:20:00 GMT

With Apple's iPad about to be released in the US later this week, with a UK launch to follow in April, Macworld caught up with Dave Swartz, co-founder of MEDL Mobile. With a range of iPhone applications already available, MEDL are perhaps best known for the App Incubator, a scheme that helps turn individual ideas into real applications available on the iTunes App Store. MEDL helped Coventry binman Rob Shoesmith develop his first iPhone application in Problem Halved.

Photoshop CS5 sneak peek: Content-Aware Fill, new lens correction capabilities, more

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Meanwhile, Adobe is offering the creative community the chance to register for an online launch event that will take place on Adobe TV on 12 April at 4pm to celebrate the unveiling of CS5.

iPods and iPhones: Siemens Hearing Instruments and protecting your ears

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:05:00 GMT

Apple's iPods, iPhones and MP3 players in general hit the headlines every few months or so over concerns about hearing loss.

Steve Jobs Cheese Head - A Mac Fanboy Guide

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Kyle T. Webster - From illustrator to iPhone developer

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:00 GMT

Renowned illustrator Kyle T. Webster has worked for most major publications in the United States, and his artwork has appeared on beer bottles, music posters, billboards, apparel, buildings, banners, doughnut boxes, magnets and buttons, menu boards, wine bottles and wine glasses, people's skin, book covers, and even in the form of a giant corn maze.

Simon Cowell: How do you use an iPod?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Pop svengali Simon Cowell has revealed he has no idea how to use an iPod.

GelaSkins offers Marvel Comics Masterworks for iPod, iPhone

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Want Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Daredevil, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange and many others on your iPod or iPhone? Now you can.

Film critic Roger Ebert speaks again thanks to a MacBook

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Here's famed film critic Roger Ebert speaking again after thyroid cancer robbed him of his voice and TV work as a much respected pundit.

Leo Laporte now on Justin.TV

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

This may be old news to some, but but US tech journalist Leo Laporte is now on Justin.TV and can be seen in the UK at weekends thanks to the live feed.

Felicity had iPads in 1999

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT

It seems the term iPad was used as far back as 1999 in an episode of US TV show 'Felicity' previously shown on ITV2 in the UK.

iPhone makes appearance in Simpsons couch gag

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Apple's iPhone, rather the MyPhone from Mapple, founded by Steve Mobs makes an apperance during The Simpsons opening credits couch gag shown in the US recently.

Apple Data Center Maiden NC: The view from above

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Here's the impressive sight of the Apple Data Center Maiden NC, North Carolina.

The new Samsung Michael Jackson Gold 500GB External HDD

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Here's the new Samsung Michael Jackson: This Is It Limited Edition 2.5" Gold 500GB External HDD S2 Portable (S-Line) hard drive currently doing the rounds on blogs.

iMac on fire

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Anders Norman from Sweden suffered the horror of a house fire last week. Surviving the tragedy was his Apple iMac, which despite first impressions (below), still works.

Fisher-Price iXL tipped as Apple iPad for kids

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Due to be unveiled at the 107th American International Toy Fair held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York today, the Fisher Price's iXL is being pitched, by some at least, as the Apple iPad for children aged 3 to 6.

Apple unveils Aperture 3, then keeps mum about it

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

The online Apple Store, as many will know, shut down this morning, during which time traditionally the company adds new products unannounced.

Introducing the iPaper iPad

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:30:00 GMT

iPhone developer Revolutionary Concepts have come to the rescue of anyone wanting to seen sporting Apple's new iPad weeks before the official launch.

Join the Save BBC 6Music Facebook group

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT

A new Facebook group has launched dedicated to saving the BBC's digital radio channel 6Music.

My Monkey Valentine

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

This rather funky Paul Frank Be My Valentine Case (pictured right) for either iPhone 3GS or iPod touch is available from the Apple Store.

Q&A - Philippe Briere, Adobe on 'Trust Your Source' anti-piracy campaign

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:40:00 GMT

Adobe Systems and Computers Unlimited have recently united to publicise how important it is for customers to be aware of the value of legitimate software.

FileMaker profiles - BusinessMan management system from Computech

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:30:00 GMT

The newly launched BusinessMan management system from Computech is built on the Apple owned award-winning FileMaker data base software. Available in two versions, BusinessMan Pro and BusinessMan Enterprise, the software allows companies to manage all aspects of their business from prospect first contact to invoice.