MarkUp – The web designer’s screenshot tool
Envoy recently released its new app entitled MarkUp. (You can download it here). This is the tool for web developers that want to annotate websites on the go. Built native for both the iPad and the iPhone, MarkUp allows anyone to take a screen shot of a web page, add notes, and draw on the shots to outline update notes for developers, upgrade ideas for clients, or simply highlight unique features of a particular website. Made by designers, for designers, this tool also allows for bookmarking of frequently visited sites; a helpful tool for staging environments with multiple client builds on...
read moreHow to install an ad-hoc app using a PC
This tutorial is a brief outline of what steps you will need to take in order to install an ad-hoc app onto your device using a PC. This is to be used for all apps in development or apps that won’t be included in the app store itself. 1) Download the latest version of the iPhone Configuration Utility and install it: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 2) Plug in your device 3) Click the “Provisioning Profiles” section in the left sidebar 4) Drag in the .mobileprovision file to the list view window 5) Click the “Applications” section in the left sidebar 6) Drag in the...
read moreiPad2 a significant bolster to healthcare
The iPad was a game changer for doctors. The device’s size, ease of use, and connective abilities allowed previously unheard of possibilities to doctors at the exact moment they really need it; standing in front of you. The iPad2 is almost certainly going to push the next wave of medical adopters to take the plunge. The iPad2 has a few tactical advantages for doctors. One, it is significantly quicker. The device can burn through images at a blistering pace as compared to the original iPad. This is particularly handy when reviewing a series of scans with, or for, a patient. The second...
read morePC users rejoice; you now have an iMac-ish
For a long time we have had friendly wars of words with our PC friends everywhere. One sentiment that has been repeated however time and time again is that most would buy an Apple product if it didn’t have Apple’s OS on it. Well now you can, sort of. In a world where creativity is dwindling by the minute, we have Lenovo coming along and gripping some sizable market share out of Apple’s cash-filled hands. Apple is not estimated to loose their death grip on the “all in one” market but it is certainly now having to swat Lenovo away with a stick. Competition though...
read moreWhy we won’t be using a computer soon enough
Not too long ago we mentioned here the projected tablet sales; nearly 71 million to hit the streets by the end of 2012. While surfing the web on a tablet is much easier than you iPhone or Android in terms of physical space, many, many more folks actually have smartphones. The newest stat has the world hitting 850 million smartphones by 2015. That is a staggering number that has nearly 1 in 8 people on planet earth holding a smartphone within 4 years. If that is the case, why would anyone need a computer? As it stands now urban professionals are relying more and more on mobile technologies to...
read moreiPad 2 – what oh what will it be?
I am sure by now everyone knows that the list of folks who panned the iPad early on were, to put it kindly, wrong. They were wrong about it being a “big iPhone”, they were wrong about people wanting to buy it, and they were most certainly wrong about the fact that it would literally change the world; or at least how we interact with it on the mobile side. Since its birth there have been several, and I do mean several, companies scrambling to catch up. In the end though it has bee slow until recently. Now that others have at least put out a product, Apple has to release number...
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