About Jackson Chung
Jackson Chung, M.D. is MakeUseOf's former Chief Executive Officer. Despite having a medical degree, he's always been passionate about technology, and that's how he came to be MakeUseOf's first Mac writer. He has close to 20 years of experience working with Apple computers.
iRobot Roomba 760 Review and Giveaway
Who doesn't like a clean house? Actually, let me rephrase that - who doesn't like a self-cleaning house? Imagine a world where you needn't lift a finger to sweep or mop your floor. We'll be taking a look at a cleaning robot from the most dominant manufacturer available in the market today -- the iRobot Roomba 760. Rest assured that the unit wasn't sponsored by iRobot -- we bought it ourselves, so be prepared for a clear and honest review of the Roomba 760. We're also giving this Roomba 760 away and so if you'd like to be in the running to win it, simply join the giveaway after the review.
New iPad Review and Giveaway
The third generation (2012) iPad was announced on March 7, 2012, and have recently reached their new owners across the globe. How does it compare to its predecessors -- the iPad 2 and original iPad? We're giving away a 16GB WiFi iPad which we'll be giving away to one lucky reader. So read on to find out how you can be a proud owner of a new iPad.
Create Your Own Wi-Fi Hotspot With Connectify
Connectify turns your laptop into a personal wireless hotspot. Windows makes this possible, but makes you disconnect from Wi-Fi and connect with a wired connection to do it. We're giving away a whopping 25 Connectify Pro licenses worth $1000 in total! Stay tuned for the giveaway.
The BEST Portable Apps You Will Ever Carry Around in Your Pocket
Who doesn't love portable apps? You can carry them around in your thumbdrive, or launch them from a cloud drive. They don't need to be installed and yet, allows you to commandeer any computer with your choice of applications. Today, we'd like to announce the release of our Best Portable Apps page!
MOO MiniCards Review and Giveaway
Today, we'll be taking a quick look at what MOO is all about and we placed several test orders with them to find out how great their print quality is. We'll also be giving away 5 packs of 100 MiniCards after the review so stay tuned!
Rebuild iTunes From Your iOS Device with CopyTrans 4 [Giveaway]
We get asked this question a bunch of times: How do I transfer music from my iPod back to my computer? Well, with each new revision of iTunes, the answer is pretty different depending on the method. Today, we'll take a look at a solution that strives to deliver the same perfect results every time. CopyTrans 4 is $19.99 Windows application that can help you to restore your iTunes library from any iOS device. We'll be giving away 25 free copies of CopyTrans 4 this week so find out how you can win one.
Samsung Galaxy S II Giveaway
You're going to like this one. In the coming few weeks, we'll be giving away one of the most coveted mobile phones today -- the Samsung Galaxy S II! Find out how you can be in the running to win it.
Getting Started with the Internet of Things eBook [Giveaway]
How cool would it be if your computer could talk to your sprinkler system and tell it to water your plants if the past few days have been really hot according to Weather.com? It would be friggin' awesome! And you can actually make this happen, if you know the bits and bobs involved and have a knack for programming. This week, we'll be giving away 25 copies of Getting Started with the Internet of Things by Cuno Pfister from O'Reilly Media. Jump in for a quick description of the book and join the giveaway!
Speck CandyShell Flip for iPhone 4 Review and Giveaway
We've reviewed several cool iPhone cases here. Some were highly-protective like the Otterbox cases, others were environmentally-friendly. Interestingly, iPhone cases by Speck claims to be neither. They prefer to be simply iPhone cases and they're doing a heck of a great job.
Pixelmator - The Image Editor That Mac Users Should Be Using [Giveaway]
Ever since we first featured Pixelmator in March 2010, it has been improved in so many ways. It's pretty much the affordable Photoshop alternative for Mac. We're giving away 25 copies of the latest version of Pixelmator this week, worth almost $1,500 in total; and saying goodbye to GIMP.
Speck SeeThru SATIN Case for MacBook Air Review and Giveaway
Now that we're giving away a MacBook Air, it's only appropriate that we offer a nice case to accompany it, right? This week, we'll be giving away five beautiful SeeThru SATIN cases by Speck for the 11" MacBook Air.
ioSafe Bulletproof 250 GB Rugged Portable
If all you have ever wished for is a 250 GB portable hard drive enclosed in a bulletproof, crushproof, waterproof, and shockproof aluminium enclosure; you're in luck! We just happen to have one lying around -- it's the recently released ioSafe Rugged Portable hard drive. Retailing for $150, this virtually indestructible portable USB 3.0 hard drive was the talk of CES '11 in January. We're giving one away to a very lucky MakeUseOf reader to enjoy. We also have 10 licenses for Genie Timeline Professional (worth $60 each) as additional runner up prizes.