Running an iMac in My Lap With Luna Display
If you own an iPad you already have at your fingertips an impressive piece of display technology, so why not put that to work with your Mac as a second display?
Continue ReadingIf you own an iPad you already have at your fingertips an impressive piece of display technology, so why not put that to work with your Mac as a second display?
Continue ReadingAmazon’s latest deal with Apple changes the way consumers buy Apple products on Amazon, and takes out the middle man.
Continue ReadingAlong with new iPhones, Apple announced augmented reality features this week and they could be what the technology has been waiting for.
Continue ReadingApple customer care used to be superior. But my latest experience suggests that’s not the case any longer.
Continue ReadingRecently, you may have noticed a near-flood of headphone articles on GeekDad. Now one of us is taking a stand.
Continue ReadingYesterday’s Apple event saw a number of big reveals, but surely none were as shocking as the arrival of Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto to announce the impending release of ‘Super Mario Run’ for iOS.
Continue ReadingThere is no shortage of wireless keyboards for the iPad. But why settle for just any wireless keyboard? The Brydge is designed with the high-end in mind. But does reality match concept?
Continue ReadingComputer history has plenty of dark corners where the light no longer shines. Learn about several interesting parts of history that might be news to you.
Continue ReadingWhat do a computer company, a Japanese cat, and a GeekMom have in common? They’re all turning forty this year! Find out what other geeky things and people share Rebecca Angel’s birthday year of 1976.
Continue ReadingAccording to Apple’s Senior VP of Marketing, having an older computer is shameful. You know what I think is shameful? That attitude. In fact, I think it’s downright harmful.
Continue ReadingTarDisk gave two of us their Pear disk, an external drive designed just for Macs. Results were… interesting.
Continue ReadingIf Apple made a car…
Continue ReadingWhen I heard that the Apple store ten minutes from my house would be providing an in-store class for kids, I couldn’t get my kid signed up fast enough.
Continue ReadingA review of the graphic biography ‘Steve Jobs: Insanely Great.’
Continue ReadingFor someone with extensive PC experience, Apple is not all that user friendly.
Continue ReadingHow one more gadget has helped me achieve less screen time.
Continue ReadingBodyguardz ScreenGuardz Pure + The Crown offers full coverage for your phone with a tempered glass screen protector and molded aluminum frame to curve around your phone.
Continue ReadingCheck out our weekly Geekaway: The Apple Thunderbolt Monitor
Continue ReadingSophie’s 5-year-old son is starting to learn spelling at school. As a result, she has been on the lookout for anything that will help him.
Continue ReadingCheck out our weekly Geekaway: The Pick Your Own Apple Toy contest
Continue ReadingWe’ve been tracking with the new “Toys to Life” game Sick Bricks, but this week we had a close look at all the characters available and how the kids reacted to them. So far it’s looking good.
Continue ReadingWith time scarce, I find podcasts to be the best tool to help me find out about the things I might want to explore further. GeekDad of course has its own but I thought I might outline five more that I really enjoy for five flavors of geek.
Continue ReadingThis week, HBO unveiled HBO NOW, its standalone subscription service for the non-cable subscribers out there. In a temporary partnership with Apple, set to launch alongside April’s new season of ‘Game of Thrones,’ HBO has taken the first shot in a battle that may finally erode the cable complex as we know it.
Continue ReadingAnother day another Angry Birds game. But actually this combination of match-three and role play development in Angry Birds Fight! looks pretty good.
Continue ReadingLong available as a browser plugin on the Windows, Linux, and OS X platforms, Tuesday morning LastPass made a free, native application available for OS X through the App Store.
Continue ReadingSetting up an Apple ID for your child is a breeze with the new iOS 8 Family Sharing setting!
Continue ReadingTrue story — in 1984 my dad made what I believe to be one of the most important purchases in my 14-year-old life. He bought our family one of the very first Macintosh computers. Correction — while my younger brother and sister used it, I am under no illusions that this purchase was primarily for my dad and myself. I can’t remember my mom ever using it, and years later I would realize what a sacrifice my parents made to purchase that quite expensive computer (for the time) and give their oldest son access to what was most likely the hottest growing sector at the time.
Continue ReadingYou can now enjoy the Pokémon TCG Online on your iPad.
Continue ReadingNow that we’re all up to speed on Apple’s forthcoming offerings, the time has come to ponder our purchases. Plan on being an iPhone 6 early adopter? Our friends at Zazzle have you covered.
Continue ReadingRovio today announced the different packs and play schemes for their up coming racing game that uses Angry Bird Transformers.
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