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An Efficient and Fun iOS E-mail App: Spark by Readdle

January 5, 2016 Luc Beaulieu

Except for a few months of BitNet e-mail on a VAX mainframe server, I have been using the default UNIX mail app for almost 25

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BusyContacts: a simple and easy to use CRM alternative for OS X

February 22, 2015 Luc Beaulieu

The guys that brought you the famous OS7 Now Up-to-Date, followed by BusyCal, have done it again with a contact application on steroid: BusyContacts. I have

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OSX Yosemite and iOS8 Keynote: an interactive classroom duo

January 24, 2015 Luc Beaulieu

When Apple decided to rewrite the iWorks’ suite over 18 months ago, many were disappointed by missing features. Zoom to Yosemite and iOS8 versions, and

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Heartbleed Exploit as viewed by xkcd!

April 11, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation.   The good news: iOS, OSX and 1Password not affected 😉

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Human-computer interaction took a dramatic turn 30 years ago

January 24, 2014 Luc Beaulieu

Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday. – Steve Jobs The release of the first Graphical User Interface or GUI for

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What is going on at Mekentosj with Papers 3?

November 12, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

Having a PDF management system, which allows in-app citation (e.g. WORD, Pages, Mellel, …), is a necessity for scientists and researchers. On OSX, we have

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OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) is available and free!

October 23, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

Wired is running an interesting piece about the latest operating system from Apple. In part past, Apple provided free or very low cost upgrade for

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Getting your e-mail Inbox sorted-out with SaneBox

September 16, 2013 Luc Beaulieu

I receive around 500 e-mails per week to my work e-mail account. About 40% of these e-mails are not “important” in the sense that they do not

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Digital Office I: Introduction and Hardware

May 27, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

Working efficiently in the digital world is not as easy as it sounds, in particular as you get more and more files to deal with.

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