Category: Reviews-HowTos

Colorful icons with helpful tooltips make Email Pro for Gmail’s interface a pleasure to use.

The only clunky thing about Email Pro for Gmail 2.1 (Mac App Store only) is its name. This slender app provides a convenient way to get to your Gmail m…

The Mac|Life 101 series is where you can come to learn new and simple ways to do things with Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems. Whether you’re new to the platform, or just want to learn a new technique, then MacLife 101 is for you.With t…

I was a big fan of Cygnett’s WorkMate case for the iPhone 4 and 4S (). I was thus unsurprisingly eager to get my hands on the WorkMate for iPhone 5, a $25 case from the company offered in black and slate grey, black and olive green (which the co…

Between Google Hangout video conferences for work, Skype videos and calls for podcasts, and FaceTime chats with family and friends, I use AV-chat apps several times each week. But I’m not always an active audio participant: I’m a heavy user of…

To the uninitiated, Metal Slug 2 looks like any one of a number of old side-scrolling action games where you run around shooting guns in every direction – think Contra, but more cartoony. There’s a reason it’s kept its cult following (while remaining…

Valentine’s Day is probably the most polarizing holiday on the calendar. There’s no religious affiliation or controversial figure being celebrated, but there’s typically a very clear split in opinion on the event between those who have a partner for it…

A sense of mystery can be a strong force that connects you to a place. Kairo relies heavily on mysteriousness, and a thick layer of atmosphere too, to draw you deep into its minimalistic realm. For such an empty place, the blocky architecture and dark …

House of Marley is a fairly new entrant in the headphone market, arriving in late 2011 among a host of other celebrity branded headphones. In order to standout in the crowded market, House of Marley decide to make it their goal to not only offer top au…

In the past, Kairosoft has brought us cartoonish simulations of what it’s like to be a video game creator (Game Dev Story) or shopping mall proprietor (Mega Mall Story), among many others, but its latest iOS affair has you catch and train various eleme…

“Engage hyperjig!”

“Oscillate the optical refractor!”

“Frog blast the vent core!”

Nonsense, right? Wrong. When it comes to the iOS game Spaceteam, these commands are the difference between life and death.
To read this article in …

At first glance, Napkin (Mac App Store link), by Aged and Distilled, appears to be a Mac program for sketching and annotation of images. And indeed, it does that. But a closer look reveals the program is best suited for idea illustration and quick…

Remember how different the first iMac looked? That giant bulge, the whole computer one candy-colored piece? Who had seen anything like it? The new iMac is a head turner too, with a less-giant bulge in back, tapering to an impossibly thin edge, just 5 m…

Cygnett describes its $20 Bulldozer case for the iPhone 5 as offering “extra-protective silicone.” The case is available in orange or black; I reviewed the orange unit.

The Bulldozer case is designed to be impact resistant, and Cygnett says it…

Reader Ned Chessman is curious about a Mail feature. He writes:

I have a recent iMac and I’m planning to purchase a MacBook Air. I’ve created a lot of signatures in Mail on my iMac and I’d hate to have to recreate them on my laptop. Is there…

I want to sync my Google Calendar to my Mac, but the Calendar app in Mountain Lion doesn’t seem to give me the option to set or change the calendar server. Any suggestions? The option to sync the Calendar application is still available in Mounta…

Like its desktop cousin, Innovationbox’s PassLocker for iOS offers a simple and streamlined interface for managing your logins and passwords. Instead of going for lots of features like its many competitors, the app focuses solely on storing your…