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Mark Coppock on Sep 30th, 2010 in
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Introduction
Of all the capabilities offered up by the cloud, perhaps the most convenient and productivity-boosting is the ability store files and access them from anywhere. Services such as Dropbox, Apple’s MobileMe, Microsoft’s Live Sync (more recently Mesh), and Zumodrive are just a few, and for a relatively low cost (including free), it’s possible to save a file on one machine and access it from any number...
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Mark Coppock on Sep 26th, 2010 in
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Sometimes it’s the simplest apps that come in handy. When you need to know how to dress for the day, you can check the forecast with a weather app. When you need to keep track of your automobile’s mileage and maintenance, you can use an automobile tracker. And when you need to convert from one unit of measure to another, you can use a—you guessed it—conversion app.
Because such apps are typically so...
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Mark Coppock on Sep 18th, 2010 in
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Every now and then, a person wants to get their Vegas on. A little blackjack, some video poker, maybe a little Texas hold ‘em: nothing can pass a few idle moments like some pretend gambling.
That’s why Astraware’s Casino is a breath of fresh air for webOS users. Offering 11 fun-filled games in a fast, responsive interface, Casino is well worth the very reasonable $2.99 purchase price.
Casino’s games range...
webOS is great at a good many things. Multitasking, Synergy, unobtrusive notifications, and others are all real strengths. The native Memo, Tasks, and Calendar apps, however, are not among them. Where Palm was known for making robust PIM (personal information management) tools in Palm OS, they clearly chose to focus on other things so far in the development of webOS.
The webOS Tasks app might be the weakest of them...
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Mark Coppock on Sep 8th, 2010 in
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As a WordPress user, I’ve been remiss in failing to provide a review of the excellent webOS app Poster. It’s been in the App Catalog for awhile now, and I’ve used it extensively for making quick edits at AboutwebOS.com as well as moderating comments. It’s a great app and should be installed and running on every WordPress blogger’s webOS device.
Installation
Poster supports both self-hosted and...