VC Video Blog – July 7, 2011

Posted by Justin on Jul 7, 2011, Categories: Apple Stuff, Virtua

Today we discuss OS X Lion's possible release date, jailbreak me 3, the app store's amazing amount of downloads, and how to turn your iPad into a MacBook Air. Link to iPad to MacBook Air case: Click...

Posted by Justin on Jan 24, 2011, Categories: Apple Stuff

Today we discuss the Macintosh's 27th birthday, the 10 billionth app sold (and hilarity ensues), more on the white iPhone, and a new Apple employee who knows a lot about NSA security. And as promised the original Macintosh video: <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/apple/justins-vblog-jan-24-2011/" class="button-white"><img src="http://virtuacomputers.com/wp-content/themes/smoke/image/b1.png"> Read More</a> <div style=" margin-top:26px;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="bloglist-panel"> <div class="bloglist-title"> <h1><a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/iphone-apple/sonic-hedgehog-spins-iphoneipad-tomorrow/">Sonic the Hedgehog spins to iPhone/iPad tomorrow.</a></h1> <h2>Posted by Justin on <span style="color:#777777">Oct 6, 2010,</span> Categories: <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/ipad-apple/" title="View all posts in iPad" rel="category tag">iPad</a>, <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/iphone-apple/" title="View all posts in iPhone" rel="category tag">iPhone</a> </h2> </div> <div class="bloglist-image"> <div class="bloglist-comment"><div class="bloglist-comment-number"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="1717 http://www.thebigappleblog.com/?p=1717">0</span></div></div> </div> <div class="bloglist-post"> <p>Sega returns to it's roots. The super fast hedgehog will be available for download tomorrow (the 7th). Check out the trailer: Download this or be haunted for the rest of your...</p> <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/iphone-apple/sonic-hedgehog-spins-iphoneipad-tomorrow/" class="button-white"><img src="http://virtuacomputers.com/wp-content/themes/smoke/image/b1.png"> Read More</a> <div style=" margin-top:26px;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="bloglist-panel"> <div class="bloglist-title"> <h1><a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/apple/vlc-ipad/">VLC Player for the iPad is Out Now</a></h1> <h2>Posted by Justin on <span style="color:#777777">Sep 21, 2010,</span> Categories: <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/apple/" title="View all posts in Apple Stuff" rel="category tag">Apple Stuff</a>, <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/ipad-apple/" title="View all posts in iPad" rel="category tag">iPad</a> </h2> </div> <div class="bloglist-image"> <div class="bloglist-comment"><div class="bloglist-comment-number"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="1654 http://www.thebigappleblog.com/?p=1654">0</span></div></div> </div> <div class="bloglist-post"> <p><a href="http://www.thebigappleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/vlc.jpg"></a> Tired of Apple controlling what media you can watch on your iPad? Well now there is a fix to that problem Applidium has just released a VLC Player app for the iPad. That's right you can now watch your favorite shows, movies, or whatever else you want to watch without commercials. The launch of the VLC app means you can now view videos in pretty much any format on your iPad. Gentleman start your torrents because the iPad has just become that much more useful and fun. If Best Buy thought the iPad was cannibalizing laptop sales before I...</p> <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/apple/vlc-ipad/" class="button-white"><img src="http://virtuacomputers.com/wp-content/themes/smoke/image/b1.png"> Read More</a> <div style=" margin-top:26px;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="bloglist-panel"> <div class="bloglist-title"> <h1><a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/iphone-apple/live-dallas-invest-icam-app/">Live in Dallas? You should invest in the iCam App!</a></h1> <h2>Posted by Justin on <span style="color:#777777">Aug 24, 2010,</span> Categories: <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/iphone-apple/" title="View all posts in iPhone" rel="category tag">iPhone</a> </h2> </div> <div class="bloglist-image"> <div class="bloglist-comment"><div class="bloglist-comment-number"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="1424 http://www.thebigappleblog.com/?p=1424">0</span></div></div> </div> <div class="bloglist-post"> <p><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9HPTAC83.html">AP reports</a>: Vincent Hunter was on vacation in Hartford, Conn. when alerted by his iCamm app on his iPhone that the motion detectors in his house in Dallas TX went off. Hunter using an internet based web cam that he has installed in his home watched two men try to break into his home. He immediately called 911 and at the same time his alarm company called the authorities. The webcam showed the police showing up minutes after the suspects fled the scene. For a $4.99 app Hunter was able to stay on top of...</p> <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/iphone-apple/live-dallas-invest-icam-app/" class="button-white"><img src="http://virtuacomputers.com/wp-content/themes/smoke/image/b1.png"> Read More</a> <div style=" margin-top:26px;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="bloglist-panel"> <div class="bloglist-title"> <h1><a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/misc/scott-pilgrim-iphone-ipad/">Scott Pilgrim vs. The iPhone and the iPad</a></h1> <h2>Posted by Justin on <span style="color:#777777">Aug 11, 2010,</span> Categories: <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/misc/" title="View all posts in Misc" rel="category tag">Misc</a> </h2> </div> <div class="bloglist-image"> <div class="bloglist-comment"><div class="bloglist-comment-number"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="1301 http://www.thebigappleblog.com/?p=1301">0</span></div></div> </div> <div class="bloglist-post"> <p>Scott Pilgrim, the Michael Cera movie opening this weekend, was originally a graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The novel is now available for the iPhone and the iPad in all of it's anime goodness. It even comes with the chapter one (of 6) free!. Oni Press (the publisher of the novel) teamed up with Comixology to release this wonderful app. Download it <a...</p> <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/misc/scott-pilgrim-iphone-ipad/" class="button-white"><img src="http://virtuacomputers.com/wp-content/themes/smoke/image/b1.png"> Read More</a> <div style=" margin-top:26px;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="bloglist-panel"> <div class="bloglist-title"> <h1><a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/apple/kindle-now-on-the-ipad/">Kindle now on the iPad</a></h1> <h2>Posted by Justin on <span style="color:#777777">Mar 22, 2010,</span> Categories: <a href="http://virtuacomputers.com/category/apple/" title="View all posts in Apple Stuff" rel="category tag">Apple Stuff</a> </h2> </div> <div class="bloglist-image"> <div class="bloglist-comment"><div class="bloglist-comment-number"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="248 http://www.thebigappleblog.com/?p=176">0</span></div></div> </div> <div class="bloglist-post"> <p>The other day I brought you breaking news that Amazon released their Kindle software on the Mac (post is <a href="http://www.thebigappleblog.com/2010/03/18/kindle-on-the-mac/">here</a>). Now today they have introduced the Kindle App for all Tablet Computers including the iPad. Now you may ask yourself how did Apple let this happen? Well Amazon's big secret is how you purchase their books. You don't purchase through the Kindle App, but through a mobile web page (mostly that loads in Safari, as opposed to an in-app browser). 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