MagicPrefs for Magic Mouse (Mac OS X only)

I bought a Magic Mouse almost as soon as it came out and, as much as I loved the touch interface, thought it was a bit limited in terms of functionality. The older Mighty Mouse had side buttons and a middle click button which allowed me to trigger Mac OS X features like Expose, Spaces, or Dashboard. These buttons were gone in the Magic Mouse to make room for the beautiful design and large touch surface.

MagicPrefs is a very small and lightweight app that runs in the background and takes full advantage of the Magic Mouse’s touch surface. It gives full control over touch gestures and empowers the Magic Mouse with features found on the newer MacBook touchpads and the iPhone.

To download MagicPrefs, click here: http://vladalexa.com/apps/osx/magicprefs

If you want to see it in action before downloading, just watch the video below:

WiFi in Your Car (and Everywhere Else)

I initially wrote this post on my personal blog as a reply to someone who asked for an easy and slightly inexpensive way to get WiFi in their car without buying a dedicated 3G WiFi router.

Portable 3G WiFi routers are slowly becoming more popular. But most people who may want internet access everywhere may already have USB 3G modems, which may actually eliminate the need for a dedicated 3G WiFi router. Let me explain:

About 6 months ago, I bought a USB 3G modem to use with my MacBook and netbook. The little guy was great and gave me internet access nearly everywhere when plugged into either computer. The 3G modem combined with the minuteness of my netbook was just an awesome and powerful mobile internet device.

One time, however, while I was on the commute to work with a couple for friends, they wanted to use my 3G modem as well. I couldn’t just give them my modem because I was actually doing work but I also wanted to share my connection with them. So, the genius that I am (not really), I remembered Mac OS X has built-in internet sharing! Windows has a similar feature as well called ad-hoc networking.

Anyway, with the 3G modem and Mac OS X’s internet sharing, my netbook basically became a portable WiFi router eliminating the need for me to have to buy a dedicated 3G WiFi router.

For information and instructions on enabling internet sharing, click the links below:

Mac OS X: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8156.html
Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

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(Picture obtained from http://www.novatelwireless.com)

Pastebot

Of all the awesome iPhone apps out there, the ones that interest me the most are able to sync with a desktop counterpart. For example, Things on the iPhone lets me take my GTD list from my Mac on-the-go. The concept of being able to simultaneously use my iPhone both as a powerful standalone device and as an extender to what my desktop can do really just does it for me and Pastebot is a perfect example of exactly what I mean. Here, have a look:

For even more information or to download to your iPhone, click this link: http://tapbots.com/pastebot/

zuuOffice: Office in a Box

It’s time to start running your business smarter, better, and more efficiently. Here’s how:

zuuOffice: Office-in-a-Box from zuuMedia on Vimeo.

Push E-mail for Gmail

Google’s widely used Gmail (as well as Google Mail for organizations) has just released support for push e-mail.

To find out more information and set it up on your device, click this link: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/push-gmail-for-iphone-and-windows.html