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A Web hosting update from Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 Internet; the latest gear from Steve “Mr. Gadget” Kruschen; GroupLogic Product Manager Brian Ulmer introduces mobileEcho, an iPad file sharing app; for news about a potential Mac malware threat that even Apple takes seriously, you’ll hear from noted author and commentator Ted Landau.
We explore the ongoing problems with Google’s mobile platform, which includes the Android OS and the Chrome OS, and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook. Featured guests include: Peter Cohen, co-host of the “Angry Mac Bastards” radio show and Executive Editor for The Loop, Avram Piltch, Online Editorial Director of Laptop magazine, and cutting-edge commentator Daniel Eran Dilger from Roughly Drafted Magazine and AppleInsider.
Macworld’s Lex Friedman discusses Microsoft’s decision to acquire Skype; noted industry analyst Ross Rubin, of the NPD Group, provides further insights into this unexpected merger announcement; discover Apple’s well-known database app, FileMaker Pro, with Ryan Rosenberg, the company’s VP of marketing and services. He will also offer case histories of how this database app is used in the real world, such as managing a rock and roll concert.
We discuss a new potential malware threat on the Mac with commentator Kirk McElhearn, and author Adam Engst, from TidBITS and Take Control Books; Kyle Wiens, from iFixit, tells you what they learned after tearing down a new iMac; Macworld Editorial Director Jason Snell discusses the new all-in-one desktop computer’s pro features.
