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After a long absence, Micromat returned to Macworld/iWorld 2014 with TechTool Pro 7, the latest iteration of their hard drive health and repair utility. Christian Pickman covers about the new features, gives us a tour of all the Micromat products, and talks about his shifting identity.

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Photos, photos everywhere…so many places you can’t always find them. At Macworld/iWorld 2014, Sandra Ponce de Leon of Trunx explains how their app and service consolidate photos from everywhere, online and off, and store them in their cloud service. That’s just the start, however. Sandra explains EchoPix, video storage, the variety of ways Trunx can share your photos and how you can set up photo collaboration.

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Need a good mic? Blue Microphones has you covered. In their booth at Macworld/iWorld 2014, Hillary Money gave us a look at their coming update to the Mikey that will support the lighting connector, and take portable recording with your iPhone and iPad to a new level. The same connector is coming for the Spark mic, the studio-quality mic with the distinctive look. Hillary also teases us with an upcoming headphone announcement.

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Productivity had a big presence at Macworld/iWorld 2014, and ZenDay was part of that trend. Richard Phan, co-founder and CEO of ZenDay explains how their app works by combining your things-to-do list with the empty spaces in your calendar to help you assure that you’re making the most of your time, especially those gaps in your calendar where you would other wise be waiting around for your next appointment.

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At Macworld/iWorld 2014, John Christopher updates us on the services of DriveSavers, the folks you want to call when things go horribly wrong with your storage device. John discusses not only hard drive recovery, but also iPhone, iPad and even camera card recover, urges everyone to backup so they don’t have to use DriveSavers, and shares yet another you-won’t-believe-it data recovery story.

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Your iPhone has a great camera, but it gets better with the olloclip series of lenses. From the show floor at Macworld/iWorld 2014, Patrick O'Neil, the creator and founder of olloclip takes us through their expanding product line of specialty lenses for the iPhone 4 and 5 series, and the power and creativity that they put in your pocket affordably. Unlike others that are bulky and unwieldy, olloclip lenses slide on and off easily and require no special mounting hardware. Philip also gives us a sneak peak at the upcoming olloclip for iPad, and talks about his being named "Entrepreneur Of The Year" by Entrepreneur magazine, testifying before Congress about the utility and impact of 3D printing on small business, and even participates in an impromptu colorful sock show-down.