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MacTech announces a full year of events

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2011)

MacTech has been doing well with its annual Mac IT conference event (which I've attended the past two years here in Los Angeles), and the company recently announced that it is spreading out with some one-day MacTech InDepth events. But this morning, the company revealed that it's going even ...

Black Friday offer: Free MacTech subscriptions for 100 readers

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 22nd, 2011)

MacTech magazine is the go-to resource for Apple techs and admins, developers and IT pros. Neil Ticktin and Ed Marczak put together a tremendous publication, and we're happy to let you know about a special holiday offer for TUAW readers. Follow this link to sign up, and the first 100 readers to ...

MacTech offers free Mobile Device Management Primer

by Kelly Guimont (Nov 18th, 2011)

First, it was a few people who wanted to get work email on their personal iPhones so they could keep up with the office even if they weren't there. Then it was a couple of high level people who decided they'd get iPhones as their official company phone. Now you have stacks of them all over the ...

MacTech 2011 pulls in huge attendance, videos available now

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2011)

MacTech Conference 2011 was held this week in Los Angeles, California, and since last year, this conference has definitely grown. There were almost twice as many people as last year's event, says MacTech publisher Neil Ticktin, reaching a total of almost 350 people. There were plenty of great ...

MacTech 2011: What keeps Aaron Hillegass up at night

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2011)

Big Nerd Ranch founder Aaron Hillegass took the stage at this week's MacTech Conference 2011, and his talk was labeled, simply, "Going Mobile." That's a big topic, so after going through a few reasons why business and individuals might be for and against making mobile apps (all pretty standard ...

MacTech 2011: Guy Kawasaki's keynote address

by Kelly Guimont (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Guy Kawasaki was the keynote speaker for the first day of MacTech 2011. Instead of a talk about Enchantment or Bozosity, this talk took a different turn: It was about Steve Jobs. Specifically, it was about what Guy had learned from Steve and from working for Steve. I really liked his talk ...

Daily Update for November 2, 2011

by Steven Sande (Nov 2nd, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

MacTech benchmarks Parallels and VMware Fusion

by Mike Schramm (Nov 2nd, 2011)

The 2011 MacTech Conference starts up here in Los Angeles today, and TUAW will have reports and interviews live from the conference all week. Before things begin, however, MacTech has been busy benchmarking (as usual). Its latest benchmarking showdown features virtualization software options ...

MacTech In-Depth events focus on a single topic

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 21st, 2011)

We've been impressed with the MacTech Conference (coming up again soon) and this week the organizers announced a series of one-day seminars laser focused on a single topic and dedicated to going "in depth" on that topic. The seminars will be different each time, and they will be in different ...

MacTech Conference 2011 lists speakers

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 2nd, 2011)

MacTech Conference 2011 has announced its list of speakers, and it's a great list. We already knew Guy Kawasaki would be giving the keynote, but add to that more focused talks by Daniel Jalkut, Aaron Hillegass, Andy Ihnatko, Justin McWilliams, TUAW alum Justin Esgar. Many more will be there ...

WWDC Interview: AEC Software

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 22nd, 2011)

Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Dennis Bilowus of AEC Software at WWDC 2011. Dennis was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. AEC makes FastTrack Schedule, which is ...

WWDC Interview: Fetch Softworks

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 15th, 2011)

Chances are if you used an FTP program on your Mac in the 90s, you used Fetch. The code was purchased from Dartmouth College a while ago, but the software lives on. In this interview Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) talks to Jim Matthews of Fetch Softworks at WWDC ...

WWDC Interview: Soonr

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 14th, 2011)

Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Martin Frid-Nielsen of Soonr at WWDC 2011. Martin was kind enough to tell us about his thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to ...

WWDC Interview: GameSalad

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 13th, 2011)

Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Dan Treiman of GameSalad at WWDC 2011. Dan was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak ...

WWDC Interview: Marketcircle

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 13th, 2011)

Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Alykhan Jetha of Marketcircle Inc. at WWDC 2011. Alykhan was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up ...