A new file format and few new features make this a visually attractive but less-than-essential update to the long-standing database program from Apple subsidiary FileMaker, Inc.

The animation tool Hype offers quick and easy HTML5 design tools to animate your Web site.

Wacom’s Inkling isn’t quite a graphics tablet, nor is it a note-taking device like the late, lamented CrossPad, but Steve McCabe finds that it still fills a niche of its own.

The details vary from person to person, but the basics are the same: When and how should one replace a dying Mac, given limited resources? Steve McCabe ponders his situation, proposing a variety of approaches and inviting readers to participate in the thought experiment.

Ever wanted to access a FileMaker database on your iPhone or iPad? The solution to that problem is FileMaker Go, but you may need to modify your database to make it useable, particularly on the iPhone’s small screen.

New Zealand educator Steve McCabe may be a fan of Apple hardware and software, but he’s not buying Apple’s claim that enhanced iBooks will make a difference for education. Grade: C-. Really must try harder.

Plagued by the appearance of pure white Web sidebars that should have been grey, Steve McCabe turns to TidBITS Talk for the solution, which stems from an unexpected setting in the Universal Access preference pane.

It's easy to become accustomed to high-speed Internet access, but as Steve McCabe has discovered, unlimited Internet access isn't necessarily available everywhere in the world.