As soon as my fingers leave the keyboard and hunt for a mouse or trackpad to select an app, link or file on my computer, I feel like I’m slowing down. Speed and efficiency is incredibly important to ...

The Web giant picks up Clever Sense, maker of Alfred, a butler-like app that uses artificial intelligence to help customers find restaurants. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and ...

Alfred, as its congenial, obedient name suggests, is like a butler for your Mac. It's an app launcher, a search utility, and a general productivity tool that lets you automate aspects of your workflow ...

Most everyone has security cameras these days that stream live video to your phone wherever you are. It's not necessary to run out and purchase a stand-alone security camera if you have an old phone ...

Recommendation technology is getting a renewed interest with consumers, especially after the announcement of Siri’s full integration into Apple’s iOS starting with the new iPhone 4S. Finding a new ...

When I first reviewed Alfred, the app- and file-launching utility, back in early 2011, I praised it for its simplicity: You’d invoke the utility with a shortcut key-combination, type the first few ...

The latest update to Alfred adds a selection of smart new features, one of which is a new way of grabbing selected text from any Mac app and pushing it straight into one of your other Alfred actions – ...

The introduction of the Macintosh back in 1984 helped release us from the bondage of the command-line interface. So, it seems ironic that there’s a relatively new category of Mac productivity apps ...

Quicksilver. LaunchBar. Google’s Quick Search Box. These are all applications designed to put instant information at your fingertips. For those having been on the Mac for a while now, you’re probably ...