Stories by Jackie Dove

Wacom Bamboo Slate review: Smartpad marries traditional note-taking to online output

Clipboard style smartpad bridges the gap between handwriting and keyboarding, but clunky software tarnishes the results.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 review: Image editor boosts its photo-manipulation features

Brand new guided edits make changing facial features, creating text from images, making multi-textured collages a snap.

Adobe Premiere Elements 15 review: Upgrade moves consumer videographers more deeply into creative turf

From haze removal to matching musical scores, this version simplifies complex moves with baby steps.

Aurora HDR 2017 first look: Macphun's flashy editor turbocharges your photos

Batch processing, combined with new tools and presets, promise to make your pictures sizzle.

Microsoft Pix review: iOS photography app uses artificial intelligence to rival Apple’s Camera

AI-based iOS shooter focuses on people but offers minimal after-shot flexibility.

Prisma review: Intelligent photo effects app taps into deep learning for an edgy art connection

Intermittent performance issues plague stunning AI-based photo app.

Corel Painter 17 adds new brushes, gradient tools, and texture painting

Painter stays on top with new features and enhancements for professional artists.

Adobe brings Lightroom to the living room with an Apple TV app

Creative Cloud subscribers can use Lighroom for Apple TV to see their photos on the biggest screen in the house.

LiquidText for iPad review: All you need for deep research projects

Gesture-based app smoothly integrates multiple document annotation.

Alien Skin Exposure X review: Film emulation app offers new organizing tools

Historical photo presets join a swift, lightweight organizer to create unique film looks and special effects.

Flickr's slick iPhone update puts filters in the foreground

Flickr has unveiled updated camera shooting features such as new, live-view filters; customised filter adjustments; and sophisticated grid, zoom, focus, and exposure lock controls. And everything's wrapped in an intuitive, gesture-based interface.

Magnus iPad stand offers sleek design, limited positions

Ten One Design's Magnus Low-Profile Magnetic Stand for iPad holds your tablet in place using magnets, and the nifty design of the stand means that with your iPad (2 or later) in the stand, the thin aluminum base of this low-profile stand is literally...

New MacBook Airs offer all-day battery life, better graphics performance

If Apple has anything to say about it, the future of the notebook will be long and healthy. And it will be exemplified in the new versions of the MacBook Air, announced during Apple's WWDC 2013 keynote, and available immediately.

Standzfree iPad floor stand serves niche audiences well

Standzout's $100 Standzfree Telescoping Floor Stand for iPad is a tall, upright stand that lets you get your iPad off your desk or table and position it virtually anyplace in your home or office.

HTC One debuts UltraPixel technology, but is the phone's camera all it's cracked up to be?

Is the HTC One a smartphone that takes pictures or a camera that makes phone calls? That question may sound facetious, but there's the buzz around the upcoming HTC One and its newfangled UltraPixel camera--which will land in consumer hands on April 1...