There will be a mass influx of Australians with iPhones hitting up San Francisco soon, for Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. I've covered the topic of using your AU phone in the US before, but here's a TLDR; version. But before I explain how to get on to a US network, I'll state the obvious: make sure your iPhone is unlocked before you go! Please, ...

I've whined before here about the lack of external facing Mac Pro related activity within Apple, but I thought it was time to go over some facts again, about how we got to where we are, and to day dream at what a new Mac Pro could bring.


Mac Pro Box by camknows, on Flickr

The current Mac Pro platform (based on the Nehalem core Xeon CPUs) was released in August 2010, with a mild update ...

ProCutX lets you use your iPad as a control surface for Final Cut Pro X. I'm not a hardcore user of FCPX and I don't really know how useful using an iPad to control FCPX would be versus a keyboard and mouse, but, the app is only $1.99 and I already have an iPad, so let's give it a shot!



Once you grab the app for the iPad off the App Store, it will prompt you for an email address to send a link & instructions ...

If you even remotely care about music, you should at least listen to some good music, on half decent audio equipment. I'm not talking about $10,000 speakers with an amplifier the size of a car, in a room hand crafted for best acoustic response, connected with cables made out of unobtanium-213. That's all audiophile woo woo bullshit nonsense. Just a quality set of speakers and a decent ...

My relationship with new electronic devices is that of a revolving door policy (kinda like the Australian cricket team, hey-ho). I don't purchase anything with the intention that it will be with me for very long, as my needs and my tastes change rapidly. I have owned an iPad since day one and besides the fact Apple has released new ones, it's probably the Michael Clarke of ...

Home automation has been a fascination of mine ever since I saw Beyond 2000 back when I was kid. Opening doors with a chip in your hand! Turning off lights from a mobile phone! It was just so futuristic and now, we can do all that futuristic stuff. But it's generally kludgey and lame. When Belkin announced the WeMo it looked like this home automation stuff might not suck and be relatively affordable, so when they asked me to review it, I was super interested.

The easiest way to describe the WeMo is a power switch that you ...

Whenever someone asks me why I like Apple stuff so much, I use this quote I ripped off from someone, but I can't remember who: Apple tells you "this is the best choice and that's it" where as other companies like Google or Microsoft will say "here's all your options, have at it" - I like the fact people smarter than me have made the choice for me. Steve Jobs described this in an All Things D interview a few years ago:



And Steve is right. Apple has ...

Right now, in 2013, us nerds have an opportunity to make a difference in the world. Finally, people are coming around to the idea - an idea we've held for decades - that technology can make profound, positive impacts on people's lives. They may not realise it and assume "it just happens", but when they unlock their iPhone or buy an app on their iPad, there's ...

Look at your favourite iOS apps. Go on, grab your iPhone or iPad and look at the apps you've collected. Chances are, the best ones, the ones you adore, were developed by small teams, with just a handful of people.

These small teams are creating apps that are used and enjoyed by millions of people. Not hundreds of people, not large multi billion dollar ...