Catholic Tech Talk

For years backups have always been a challenge.  For anyone else who has lost a hard drive or had a computer crash you know the importance of backing up your files and data.  The solution has often been a local external hard drive connected to the computer and or a local network.  This is ok [...]

Ever since I was a kid I have loved music.  I remember spending hours sifting through and listening to 45′s (yes, I’m that old).  Later on, like many people, I amassed the large number albums, then cassettes, and then CD’s.  There was always a few problems I ran into with these: Storage Finding the music [...]

One of the great things about the iPad has been to truly bring print media such as magazines into the digital world without losing all of the great formatting we enjoy with them.  Now you can get great Catholic magazines this way on your iPad.  As a Florida resident and parishioner in the Diocese of [...]

I’m of the generation that does not know the Mass before Vatican II.  I do not know how difficult that transition was for the Catholics who experienced those changes.  I’m not alone either I know.  The Mass and the language really hasn’t changed much at all in over 30 years.  Beginning the first Sunday of [...]

First of all, I would like to introduce the newest convert To the Catholic Faith, my iPad! I have over the last week successfully transformed it into the “cathPad”. I will give an overview of the apps I have installed as well as tips and tricks that you can use when that Protestant is trying [...]

Smarty Ears is a software development company that has designed several iPhone and iPad apps for speech development practice. Their apps are appropriate for all ages, and they even have some programs designed for use with toddlers.

5 free Mac apps worthy of your workflow.

One of the more popular advances in cell technology in the last few years is applications. From doing your taxes to fitness, there is, as the slogan goes, an app for that. But for something more interesting, how about being able to travel through Rome from your smartphone? Not only is that totally possible, but there is more than one way to do it.

As Catholics, we love to read and there a lot of great books that have been written on the faith as well.  eReaders and ebooks are getting a lot of attention, and if you’re finding it confusing . . . I can understand.  I read a lot of articles about ereaders in particular that are often full [...]

Right now, “The Daily” is getting all the publicity and buzz after launching the widely-anticipated and closely-watched online news magazine for the iPad. So far, the reviews have been mixed, and it remains to be seen how many folks will actually purchase a subscription after the two-week free trial expires.

Portable audio inspiration from great Catholic saints.

CatholicTV, one of the leading providers of online Catholic video, recently released their iPhone app – and it’s pretty slick.

I’ve had my iPhone for a little more than 6 months now, and it has been an incredible experience. I’ve had Blackberries and Palms before, but this ‘fella integrates my tech life with my ‘real life’ more seamlessly and more enjoyably. It didn’t hurt that I also made the complete switch from PC to Mac.  [...]

Dropbox was, at least for me, the best app of 2009. This was my favorite app of 2008 as well. It’s just that cool. Dropbox allows you to share & sync files between multiple computers. Each machine has a folder and any additions/deletions or modifications are instantaneously synchronized across all machines. All files are also [...]