Category: 764: Mac Treat #176: iTunes Allowances, Apple News Recap, Spam Sieve Review

It looks like there is some snow in the forecast so maybe we will have a winter weekend. We sold 15,000 Chill Pill mobile speakers on Groupon this week–it was the largest number of sales of a single product in 24 hours for our company. Artie and his team will be putting in a lot…

I’m still holding out hope that there will be a snowstorm today that will allow me to get in some good runs on the mountain. Due to a very scary concussion that my brother sustained several years ago, I started wearing a helmet while snowboarding, and haven’t looked back since. One of the products that…

The age of Aquarius may have just ended (Jan 19 – Feb 18), but the *Aqua Speck Case is on sale–at 50% off!* In the dregs of winter (is this winter?), adding a splash of color to your unibody 15″ MacBook Pro will cheer you up in no time. The Speck Case offers solid, translucent…

Hey, all you Manchester, NH and surrounding area folks! One of our favorite newspapers, “*The Hippo,*”:http://www.hippopress.com is hosting their annual “Best Of” awards, and we need your vote! We’re still new in the area, but if you’ve been to our location in the Mall of New Hampshire and have had a good experience, tell them:…

I’ve previously mentioned that I started to use Spam Sieve from “*C-Command software*”:http://www.c-command.com and I wanted to follow up with what is a very glowing report. My email address is very public, so the amount of spam I receive is totally out of control. While we maintain spam filters on our servers, cranking up the…

*Happy Birthday, Steve…* It’s a bittersweet day…though mostly bitter: Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, and today would have been his 57th birthday. “*Read more on this story here.*”:http://macdailynews.com/2012/02/24/today-is-the-57th-anniversary-of-steve-jobs-birth/ “*Watch his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address.*”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UF8uR6Z6KLc “*Read more about Steve’s life here.*”:http://www.answers.com/topic/steve-jobs *2011 iPhone Sales Top 28 Years of Mac Sales* Yep, you read…

For those of you who share a home computer between family members, this is a helpful tip if you’d like to give the kids access to the iTunes Store without giving up your credit card number. To set up a monthly iTunes Allowance, follow these steps: * Log in to your main account (your administrative…

Dear Friends, The sap is running in the sugar maples, clearly the earliest in my memory, the ground is bare and even my kiwi plant is starting to bud. This is the mildest winter that I have seen here in the Green Mountains, but it is not over yet and there is snow in the…