iPad

Aug 4 2010

Your iPhone and your iPad team up to help you take sneaky reconnaissance photos

EZ Cam is a sneaky little app for the iPhone and iPad¹ … and when I say “for the iPhone and iPad,” I mean it because you’ll need both.

MobAc Design came up with this $2.99 US app (EZ Cam Lite also available) that brings Remote Camera Sharing to the iDevices. You simply launch the app and make a wireless connection between any two devices using Bluetooth, WiFi, or 3G. From there, both devices can see a camera’s-eye-view in real time. Once your target is in sight, snap a picture using the controls on the iPad and the photo is taken on the iPhone and instantly transferred to the iPad for viewing.

Imagine, since this is a Bluetooth, WiFi or 3G connection being made between the devices, you can be in a totally different place than the iPhone, lying in wait with your iPad and be in full control of the camera… which is going to come in handy when you need to take that quick picture of the guy who finds your iPhone laying around all by itself and takes it for himself.

I wonder if Gary Powell was testing EZ Cam when he left that prototype iPhone 4 unattended.

or iPod touch [↩]

By RickMacMerc • apps, hax0r, iPad, iPhone, iPod, photography • 2 • Tags: 3g, Auto, Bluetooth, Cam, Draft, eye view, gary powell, iPad, iPhone, ipod touch, lying in wait, mobac, prototype, reconnaissance, reconnaissance photos, remote camera, Sight, snap, target, time, wait

Jul 26 2010

Two awesome apps that work awesome together—1Password and Dropbox

The folks at Agile Web Solutions just announced that on of my favorite apps, 1Password Pro, now offers synchronization of secure information using one of my other favorite apps, Dropbox. If you don’t know what 1Password is, check out this episode of MacMercTV that explains the ins and outs of the desktop version of the program.

As you can see, 1Password is a highly secure database for keeping track of web site logins, but it also handles notes, credit cards, bank accounts, and software registration information—I just didn’t have time to go into it all in the video! And, obviously, they also have an iPhone and iPad app, but the question is, how to synchronize the data across all these devices with all their different abilities and restrictions?

With the update of 1Password Pro 3.5 for iOS devices and 1Password 3.3 for Mac, the 1Password ecosystem is now fortified with fully-automated “cloud” syncing awesomeness! Using Dropbox, a free online storage service, users can securely store their data in the cloud, and synchronize their Windows, Mac and iOS devices automatically.

Now, your website logins, notes, credit cards, bank accounts and software registration information can be available on all of your Mac, Windows and iOS devices, automatically and effortlessly the way God intended.

I cannot recommend 1Password strongly enough—your passwords are the only thing between you and identity theft and this application makes it so easy to be outrageously secure while not being forced to hand-enter crazy-long passwords across the iOS’ three keyboards. They make it just as easy to be secure as it is for you to be lazy and open to attack.

1Password for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is available in the App Store for $9.99 (USD), and the Pro version is available for $14.99 (USD). A Single User license of 1Password for the Mac is available for $39.95 (USD) and a five user Family License for $69.95 (USD). A fully functioning, 30-day trial of 1Password may be downloaded for free from Agile Web Solutions’ Downloads page.

How secure are your passwords? I’d love to hear what you think of 1Password and Dropbox in the comments.¹

scroll down, they’re there [↩]

By RickMacMerc • apps, cloud computing, iPad, iPhone, macmerctv, password, productivity • 2 • Tags: 1password, agile web, awesomeness, bank, desktop, desktop version, episode, free online storage, iPad, iPhone, MacMercTV, password, service users, software, software registration, storage service, time, version

Jul 25 2010

The Ultimate Apple Commercial Song List… iPod, iPhone, iPad and more

What follows is a comprehensive list of the songs used in the Apple iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad television ads over the years. Much of the list comes from this page on Wikipedia, to which I’ve added links to iTunes for all of the songs¹ and YouTube videos for most. If I have missed any, please drop me a note in the comments and I will be sure to track it down and post it.

I have always loved Apple’s advertising and the music they source is often a quiet character setting the tone of the whole ad while the gadget takes center stage. I wanted to create a spot where I could access them all in one place and I thought I’d share that place with you.

Which ad is your favorite? Drop me a comment… if you tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine.

Product	Song & Artist (click link to open in iTunes)	Video
iPod 1G	“Take California” The Propellerheads
iPod 3G	“Ride” The Vines
iPod 3G	“Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix)” N.E.R.D.
iPod 3G	“Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” Jet
iPod 4G	“Channel Surfing” Feature Cast
iPod 4G	“Walkie Talkie Man” Steriogram
iPod 4G	“Saturday Night” Ozomatli
iPod 4G	“Technologic” Daft Punk
iPod 5G	“Original of the Species” U2
iPod 5G	“Sparks” Wynton Marsalis
iPod 5G	“Someday Baby” Bob Dylan
iPad	“There Goes My Love” The Blue Van
iPad	“Gold Lion” Yeah Yeah Yeahs
iPad	“Never Stop (Original)” Gonzales
iPad 2	"Extraordinary Machine" – Fiona Apple
iPad 2	Unknown. Leave a comment if you can identify this song.
iPad 2	Unknown. Leave a comment if you can identify this song.
iPhone (Oscars)	“Inside Your Head” Eberg
iPhone	“Perfect Timing (This Morning)” Orba Squara
iPhone 3G	“$165 Million + Interest” (into) “The Round Up” David Holmes
iPhone 3G	“You, Me and the Bourgeoisie” The Submarines
iPhone 3GS	“If I Had Eyes” Jack Johnson	No video found
iPhone 3GS	“Mr. Pitiful” Matt Costa
iPhone 3GS	“Submarine Symphonika” The Submarines
iPhone 3GS	“Stringing Up Conkers” The Boy Least Likely To
iPhone 4	“When You’re Smiling” Louis Armstrong
iPhone 4	"Nothing But Time" – Opus Orange – EP
iPhone 4	"Be Patient (Still)" – Single – Smidi
iPhone 4	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – Nat King Cole
iPhone 4	"On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314" – The London Philharmonic Orchestra
iPhone 4	Unknown. Leave a comment if you can identify this song.
iPhone 4	Unknown. Leave a comment if you can identify this song.
iPhone 4	Unknown. Leave a comment if you can identify this song.
iPhone 4	Unknown. Leave a comment if you can identify this song.
iPod + iTunes	“Hey Mama” Black Eyed Peas
iPod + iTunes	“Vertigo” U2
iPod + iTunes	“Feel Good Inc.” Gorillaz
iPod + iTunes	“Lose Yourself” Eminem
iPod + iTunes	“Love Train” Wolfmother
iPod + iTunes	“Flathead” The Fratellis
iPod + iTunes	“Mi Swing Es Tropical” Quantic and Nickodemus
iPod + iTunes	“Dance Tonight” Paul McCartney
iPod + iTunes	“Work That” Mary J. Blige
iPod + iTunes	“Shut Up and Let Me Go” The Ting Tings
iPod + iTunes	“Viva la Vida” Coldplay
iPod + iTunes	“Pachuco” Kumbia Kings
iPod nano 1G	“Gimme That” The Resource
iPod nano 1G	“Cubicle” Rinôçérôse
iPod nano 2G	“The Audience Is Listening Theme Song” Cut Chemist
iPod nano 3G	“1234″ Feist
iPod nano 4G	“Bruises” Chairlift
iPod nano 5G	“Bourgeois Shangri-La” Miss Li
iPod nano 6G	Short Skirt/Long Jacket – Cake
iPod shuffle 1G	“Jerk It Out” Caesars
iPod shuffle 2G	“Who’s Gonna Sing?” Prototypes
iPod touch	“La La La” The Bird and the Bee
iPod touch	“Music Is My Hot Hot Sex” Cansei De Ser Sexy
iPod touch	“What I’m Looking For” Brendan Benson
iPod touch 2G	“Around the Bend” The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
iPod touch 2G	“No You Girls” Franz Ferdinand
iPod touch 3G	“She’s Got Me Dancing” Tommy Sparks
iPod touch 4G	"Come Home" – Plastique Universe – EP
iTunes	"All You Need Is Love" – The Beatles
iTunes	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
iTunes	"Here Comes the Sun" – The Beatles
iTunes	"Let It Be" – The Beatles
iTunes	"Yesterday" – The Beatles
MacBook	“Run” Broadcast 2000
iMac (also Mac OS X Leopard Welcome)	“Exodus Honey” Honey Cut
MacBook Air	“New Soul” Yael Naïm