By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

When my wife and I were selling our loft to buy a ground floor brownstone apartment in 1995, we used a local real estate agency that was…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

When I first got my iPhone I found HP iPrint [iTunes Link] in the App Store. It’s a free application that enables you to print photos to your HP Read the full story »

Tags: appstore , ePrint App , Evernote , Hewlett-Packard , How to print from the iPhone , How to print from the iPod Touch , HP iPrint , Inkjet printer , iPhone , iPhone Printing , iPod Touch Printing , iTunes , Printing

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

UStream has launched UStream Producer, a free desktop application that allows any live video producer the ability to manage video and audio sources, include pre-recorded video, photos screen captures in a live stream, Read the full story »

Tags: Desktop Video Streaming , Live Streaming , livestream , livestream procaster , Media Streaming , Procaster , Streaming Media , Streaming Video , UStream , UStream Producer

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

Kris Smith and I used to joke that we could start a new reality show by launching Qik on our iPhones, hanging them on a string around our necks and walking around New York City, streaming the sights and sounds of…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

Did you watch the iPad Keynote video yet of Steve Jobs unveiling the iPad? I believe they’re quite proud of it: “Our most advanced technology in magical and revolutionary device at and unbelievable price.”

And proud…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

First, I got the name right! Do I get a gold star? *grin*

Now, on to the hardware specs:

• Full-capacitive 9.7″ glass touchscreen (just like the iPhone/iPod Touch)
• 1 GHZ proprietary

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

A few weeks ago I told you about the Ski Report iPhone app that brings crowdsourced trail and resort information to you via your iGadget, forcing resort reports to be more transparent and accurate about the Read the full story »

Tags: Apple , augmented reality , Global Positioning System , gps , Handhelds , iPhone , iTunes , RealSki , RealSki for iPhone , Ski Resorts , Skiing , Snow , Snowboarding

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

If you’re a user of Google Voice and the iPhone, you might remember that period in time when you were salivating over the release of the Google Voice app…that never arrived.

Apple…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

If you don’t need every feature that Adobe squeezes into Photoshop and have a decent broadband connection then free online photo editor Sumo Paint could be…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

9to5Mac claims that they’ve spoken with a few print publishers about the upcoming Apple Tablet iPad reinforcing what most of us already know but with a few extra details. These conversations…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

It must be about a year ago that I discovered Prezi. It’s an online presentation application with a twist – literally. See, unlike the slide deck format that we’re all accustomed to, Prezi uses a single- Read the full story »

Tags: Business , editing , freemium , Online and offline , Page layout , presentations , Prezi , Usability , YouTube

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

If this isn’t a great reason for me to upgrade to a Garmin navigation system, then I don’t know what is.

I don’t know about you but I’m tired of the robotic voice on my current navigation…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

When are manufacturers and developers going to get a clue about competing with the dominance of Apple’s iPod/iTunes/iPhone hegemony?

Apparently, not soon enough.

A team from Bach Technology who were the original creators of the original Read the full story »

Tags: Android , Apple , Bach Technology , Digital Rights Management , iPhone , iPod , iPod Touch , iTunes , iTunes LP , MP3 , MusicDNA

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about WebMii, a service that ranks your web presence based on what it finds about you using Google, Yahoo, Bing and a variety of…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

I made a big mistake. I let my wife borrow my mouse and now she won’t give it back. Ah, love.

With that in mind, I’ve been thinking lately about how much I’ve actually grown to enjoy the Read the full story »

Tags: Bamboo Pen and Touch , Graphics Tablet , keyboard , MacBook , Microsoft Windows , Mouse , Touchpad , Wacom , Wacom Bamboo , Windows

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

Instapaper has been around for awhile now, allowing you to read longer form web content in a context or device that’s usually better suited for the task. Instapaper has a an iPhone app that will let…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

I’ve been following the development of Vook (the company) and Vooks (the products) for some time. The concept fascinates me. I want it to be a successful new media format.

A Vook is basically an enhanced book…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

Need more evidence that Amazon is gearing up for the Apple Tablet onslaught? Here you go.

Today, Amazon announced major changes to the royalty program for what it calls its “Kindle…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

One of the biggest and (in my opinion) unfounded gripes about the Kindle – even for the K1 – was that it “only” let you read ebooks. It didn’t have social features or a decent web browser, it didn’t…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

I don’t know about you but I’ve always found the “full-screen” option in most Flash-based video players to be more of an annoyance than a feature.

Consider this: You’re watching a video on your computer that may have been shot at…