Michael Rose

Editor

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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. From 2001 Mike worked in IT and as a creative director for MJM Creative Services, an NYC events agency. As of May 2013 he's a Senior Sales Engineer at salesforce.com. He has written for TUAW since November 2006. Mike & his family live in Brooklyn, NY.

Michael Rose's Latest Posts

Talkcast tonight: T-Mobile iPhone & news of the week

by Michael Rose (Apr 14th 2013 6:10PM)

The wait is over, assuming you were waiting; now that T-Mobile has joined AT&T, Verizon and Sprint in the roster of US carriers selling the iPhone, there are more choices for customers. T-Mobile's new-look approach to plans, contracts and subsidies is making a splash; is it enough to ...

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Matrox DualHead2go adapter broadens your monitor horizons

by Michael Rose (Apr 9th 2013 8:30AM)

If your widescreen ambitions can't be contained by a mere 1920x1080 HD screenscape, the fine folks at Matrox have a solution for you. The DualHead2Go Digital Mac Edition display adapter, priced around US$160, is built and marketed specifically for the Thunderbolt and DisplayPort-enabled Mac ...

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T-Mobile preorders for iPhone 5 kick off today

by Michael Rose (Apr 5th 2013 8:30AM)

Ready to think pink? Scrappy fourth-place US cell carrier T-Mobile is eager to serve; the company's pre-order run for the iPhone 5 has launched today. Phones will ship to customers on April 12. Last week, Engadget confirmed that the T-Mobile model of the iPhone 5 -- which will be available ...

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Mac 101: Easter eggs

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st 2013 10:00AM)

For decades, programmers have hidden secret features and surprises inside the software they write. Such tidbits are known as Easter eggs, after the annual holiday hunt. (Note that undiscovered hard-boiled eggs may eventually create less pleasant surprises if left to mature in warm places.) As ...

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Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: Watching the detectives

by Michael Rose (Mar 24th 2013 7:00PM)

At last weekend's Engadget Expand conference, three Apple-centric brains put on their thinking caps to forecast the company's next big product move. Although analyst Gene Munster, blogger/investor MG Siegler and our own fearless leader Victor Agreda, Jr. may not have found consensus on the ...

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WSJ: Apple acquires WiFiSLAM indoor location tech startup

by Michael Rose (Mar 23rd 2013 11:07PM)

In a reported $20 million acquisition deal, Apple has bought the "indoor GPS" company WiFiSLAM, according to the Wall Street Journal Digits blog. The startup, founded by Stanford CS grad & former Google coding intern Joseph Huang, offered a way to let smartphones find their location ...

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Turn your iPhone into a satellite phone with SatSleeve

by Michael Rose (Mar 21st 2013 2:30PM)

So, you've got your iPhone with you, but you're stuck in the middle of the Indian Ocean or on top of Everest? [Turns out that you can make iPhone calls from Everest. –Ed.] Fear no more -- the SatSleeve from Thuraya will magically transform your iPhone into a satellite phone. The sleeve, ...

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Five apps for business card scanning

by Michael Rose (Mar 18th 2013 1:00PM)

Persistent critters, those little analog cardboard rectangles. Even with the option to scan QR Codes, email vCards or bump phones to swap contact information, the venerable business card keeps on trucking -- and keeps on making it challenging to leap from analog to digital information. If your ...

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Sorry: No Talkcast this week, folks

by Michael Rose (Mar 17th 2013 9:30PM)

I wish we could make it happen, I truly do -- but all our hosts are traveling, about to be traveling or otherwise indisposed. (No, we do not have over-celebration disorder, but we do wish everyone a happy St. Patrick's Day!) No show this week, but enjoy our past shows on the feed and we'll ...

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Apple's new "Why iPhone" page reminds customers of key features

by Michael Rose (Mar 16th 2013 5:00PM)

If ever an email should have arrived with a Minnie Riperton song as its soundtrack, this is the one. On Saturday afternoon, Apple sent a blast message to customers pointing out how awesome the iPhone 5 is, in so many different ways. The email points to a new "Why iPhone" page on Apple's site, ...

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