January 27, 2012

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Doxie Go + Wi-Fi bundle available

Apparent adds Wi-Fi to Doxie at Macworld | iWorld 2012. The Doxie Go document scanner now scans anywhere and syncs scans wirelessly to Mac, PC, iOS, and the cloud.

Zebra Label printers on Mac OS X “Lion”

How does a Zebra label printer run on a Lion machine? Without special drivers, until recently: not very good. The last driver update by Apple took care of that. Lion’s Zebra capabilities are exemplary now.

Review: Helicon Focus Pro x64

Helicon Focus is an application that allows you to create a completely focused image from several partially focused images by combining the areas in focus. Its main use is for macro photography and microscopic photography, but it does wonders to beat the diffraction problem on landscape photography as well.

eBook self-publishing tips

Self-publishing is hot, but many self-published ebooks are created without much eye for detail or correctness. As a result there are many titles that are simply not written well enough to be read by a large audience, even if the content by itself isn’t bad. Here are a few tips to ensure your ebook won’t fail as a result of sloppiness.

Printing less of more

The title of this story isn’t a typo. Some products out there exist that allow you to print big documents on less paper, while others support printing with less ink to save money. A couple of services exist that allow you to save paper and ink when printing office documents and web pages. PrintEco is [...]

Kodak starting over again as mean, lean printing company?

So, big name Kodak has gone bankrupt. Most people think of photographic film when they hear the name Kodak. But Kodak was and is more than an enterprise involved in photography technologies. It has an established name in printing as well with its NexPress printing presses. The only problem is that it’s not making a [...]

Review: Corel AfterShot Pro

Corel has released its first professional photo catalogue and RAW editing software, AfterShot Pro. It’s based on a number of technologies that are widely known and respected in the photography world, such as Noise Ninja, Perfectly Clear, and Bibble Pro, and it’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users.

Apple Picks MathType for iBooks Author

Apple has chosen MathType as the equation editor for its new iBooks Author application for Mac. Authors are now able to create ebooks that include mathematical notation which can be read on iPad tablets.

Apple iBooks Author. Sell your eBook only through Apple

Apple iBooks Author is a new content creation tool by Apple. It’s free and targeted at textbooks for students and pupils, but a quick glance of the software reveals you can just as easily use it for iPad books — anything but novels, really. Yes, you can, but can you sell your book too?

Review: Ergonis Typinator 5

Ergonis just released Typinator 5, their text expansion app. The major new feature is undoubtedly scripting support, which enables users to create generic and versatile text snippets. Using a simple inclusion mechanism based on files in an “Include” folder, text expansions can execute external scripts and include their results in the expansion. But that’s not all.