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Justin Hartland
About Justin

Justin is an active and creative entrepreneur who runs a software company out of Los Angeles. As a long-time Apple devotee, he enjoys the brilliance behind the company and the innovative ideas that other developers add to it.

My Latest Posts

Below are the latest blog posts from me that have been published on Apple Reviews.

Apple Thunderbolt Display

Apple Thunderbolt Display October 2nd, 2011

The new Apple Thunderbolt Display is an amazing monitor that performs incredibly and looks great, too. If you have an Thunderbolt-enabled Mac, we say, what are you waiting for? The new display trumps the previous 24-inch Cinema Display. Sure, that one was nice, but this one is much better. And here's why. The new Thunderbolt Display has the same basic design as the previous Cinema Display. It it 27 inches with an IPS screen, and a 2,560 x 1,440 pixel resolution. It ...

Thanks, Logitech, for introducing Harmony Link, a device that allows us to use our iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch as a universal remote. This $100 device sits next to your television and easily communicates with your iOS device through Wi-Fi. It can also control up to eight pieces of hardware at a single time, including your television, blue-ray player, DVR, DVD, and everything else you might have. It's all done using a custom app. The complete Harmony remote line uses ...

Tunesque makes app searching easy

Tunesque makes app searching easy September 12th, 2011

We already know how much we love Spotlight: just a simple search helps us find absolutely anything on our Mac. And now that we've discovered Tunesque, any kind of search is done with ease. Tunesque is an awesome app for your Mac that helps you find apps, music, movies, and books on the iTunes store. Yes, we know we can do this already.. but we have to launch the Mac App Store app or iTunes - both of which can be ...

CreatePDF: Adobe’s newest app

CreatePDF: Adobe’s newest app September 5th, 2011

This week marks the launch of CreatePDF, a new app from the makers of the popular Adobe Acrobat. Adobe's app, designed for iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Touch is built to open documents in various formats, then easily covert them to PDFs. Though CreatePDF is not the first PDF conversion app, it is, indeed, the first one built using the same technology as Adobe Acrobat. Because of this, CreatePDF delivers high quality PDF files that preserve all of the details, including links, ...

If you need the convenience of running Windows alongside OS X, Parallels has an updated version that's going to rock your socks: Parallels Desktop 7.0. The popular virtualization solution now features new solutions to coincide with Lion. Though they've added over 90 new features, the most notable is the inclusion to be able to create a virtual machine that runs Lion, as opposed to just Windows. This is due in part to a change in the end-user license agreement on Mac's part. This ...

Are you looking for the best mobile browser for your iPhone? Look no further than Dolphin, the simplest and most efficient way to browse the mobile web. It is easy to use, has awesome add-ons, and everything you want can be done with just the touch of your finger. Here are our favorite features: Gestures To go along with their theme of simplicity, gestures are used to simplify the way that you navigate the mobile web. Everything is done with ease, using just ...

The word is abuzz that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has stepped down from his post. During his stay as the head of Apple, he transformed the company into something, well, sensational, building an empire of Apple followers who can't get enough of their swag. His memorable keynote speeches, announcing favorites like the iPod, iPhone, and newest versions of our favorite desk and laptops were always much anticipated through the tech world. Just this week, things hvae changed. Jobs' memo to the ...

We can't avoid it: it's back-to-school time. And although we might not love it, we can love what comes with the territory: an excuse to get new stuff.Put down those papers and books, folks. The newest essential for back-to-school this year are apps for your iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. Here are our favorites: Graphing Calculator Graphing calculators can cost a bit of moolah, but this one is free and works on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. It includes standard math functions, ...

Want to create your own YouTube? Of course you do. That's why we recommend that you check out Mediacore, a new video publishing platform that puts you in charge... even if you don't have a tech-savvy bone in your body. Damien Tanner and Stuart Bowness have developed a way to provide individuals and businesses with the ability to create their own videos and be in charge of the whole process.They've created a  SaaS video publishing platform that provides users ...

Apple has launched their new Find My Mac tool for developers who have achieved access to their new iCloud service. This allows users to locate, lock, and even completely delete the hard drive to a lost Mac computer. Find My Mac is similar designed to Find My iPhone, a service that allows you to find your iPhone if you've lost it. A main difference, however, is the fact that Macs don't have a GPS, so the service seems to use Wi-Fi ...

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