Michael Rose

Editor

blog http://geekparent.com
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Mike's first Mac (a 128K original) served him well through high school and its successors (a 512KE, SE, SE/30 and IIsi) were loyal stalwarts during editorial jobs at the Carnegie Mellon college newspaper, followed by a 10-year career in editorial technology at Time Inc. titles Entertainment Weekly & LIFE. Since leaving the print publishing world, Mike has helped manage IT and now works as a creative director for MJM Creative Services, an NYC events and face-to-face marketing agency. He has written for TUAW since November 2006. Mike & his family live in Brooklyn, NY .

Michael Rose's Latest Posts

Yahoo! Axis delivers synchronized browsing for iPad and desktop

by Michael Rose (May 23rd 2012 11:00PM)

Want your desktop browser pages to show up on your iPhone or iPad, so you can keep on browsing where you left off? There are a few products already offering this feature, including the capable Firefox Home, but Yahoo's mobile product team didn't want to stop with a simple sync engine. They ...

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Two new carrier Siri ads feature John Malkovich

by Michael Rose (May 23rd 2012 10:25PM)

It's a pity that they don't feature a doorway that lets you crawl inside his brain, but the ever-fascinating John Malkovich is the star of two new "Celebrity Siri" ads. Previous ads have featured Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson chatting with Apple's iPhone 4S-based digital assistant. The ...

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More updates: Safari 5.1.7 will block out-of-date Flash plugins, tech note updated on FileVault bug

by Michael Rose (May 9th 2012 6:30PM)

It's a busy Wednesday in the software mines of Cupertino, as Apple followed up the release of OS X 10.7.4 with a patch to the Safari browser and a tech note detailing how to back out from the password/plain text issue in legacy FileVault accounts and other circumstances. Safari 5.1.7 patches ...

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iOS 5.1.1 update now available in iTunes and OTA

by Michael Rose (May 7th 2012 2:02PM)

The latest point release of Apple's mobile OS hit today, with fixes for several issues on the iPhone and iPad. iOS 5.1.1 (about a 50MB download over the air, depending on your device) addresses the following issues: Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock ...

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Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Listener's choice

by Michael Rose (May 6th 2012 8:10PM)

Tonight's Talkcast is all about you -- not that it isn't about you every week, but this week in particular. It's our Listener's Choice show; we discuss what you want to discuss, help solve your tech problems, mull your crackpot theories. We welcome your calls, questions and comments at 10 pm ET, ...

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Articulate launches Storyline authoring tool, outputs training modules to iPad and HTML 5

by Michael Rose (May 4th 2012 8:00AM)

Learning professionals have long been familiar with Articulate's Studio line of e-learning tools. The suite allows content developers in both enterprise and educational contexts to easily leverage PowerPoint slideshows in building out interactive, scored and narrated lesson modules. The Studio ...

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Friday Favorite: PollEverywhere Mac Presenter grows up

by Michael Rose (Apr 20th 2012 4:00PM)

When your job (or schoolwork) involves giving presentations to rooms full of more-or-less interested parties, you know how hard it can be to maintain a constructive level of audience attention. The economical cloud audience response system (ARS) provided by the mad scientists at PollEverywhere ...

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Padcaster iPad shooter frame debuts at NAB

by Michael Rose (Apr 20th 2012 1:30PM)

The Padcaster, which we told you about in March, showed off this week in its public debut at the NAB show in Las Vegas. As expected, the rigid mounting frame for the iPad makes it easy to use Apple's tablet on a tripod or with other film accessories like lights, microphones or 35mm lenses. An ...

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Dear Aunt TUAW: Why can't I find a USB hub that charges my iPad?

by Michael Rose (Apr 19th 2012 8:00AM)

Dear Aunt TUAW, When you go to Amazon or Best Buy or Newegg and search for powered USB hub for a nice new iPad... Good luck! The results provide lots of choices. The kicker is adding the iPad to the search terms does not help, as all it does is get items that explicitly state they will not ...

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Flashback removal tool for no-Java 10.7 Lion now available

by Michael Rose (Apr 13th 2012 11:35PM)

The security risks of having a Java virtual machine/runtime environment on your Mac have been highlighted over the past two weeks, as the Flashback trojan spread widely by taking advantage of a vulnerability that Oracle had patched months ago -- but that Apple had not. There is a mitigating ...

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