Hello Everyone,

I am please to announce that I am hosting The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live call-in talk show.

Join me, along with invited guests, as I explore the world in which we live and the world which lives within us.  As you listen or participate in a family-friendly, no-holds-barred discussion, you will find yourself being drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery, majesty, and wonder that is The Secret Life of Mark Marcus.

You can listen and participate via telephone, an Internet-enabled computer, or Smartphone application.  No need to sign up on a website or be required to enter any pin codes.  Just join in and let your voice be heard around the world.

To listen or participate via phone just call:
(724-898-1193 during the show’s scheduled time.  That’s all there is to it.

Can’t listen live?  No problem, download/listen to past episodes on demand, at your convenience.

For more information including an audio PROMO for the next scheduled episode, show times, the ability to listen or participate via computer and more, go to:
http://candleshore.com/secrets

Let’s Make A Joyful Noise, Together!!!

Mark

Hello Everyone, 

Recently I took a long walk in my new neighborhood.  At one point I discovered, to my chagrin, that I was hopelessly lost.  Being a user of mobile GPS solutions for the blind and low vision, I decided to put those GPS navigation Apps (including AT&T Navigator) on my iPhone 3GS and Code Factory’s Mobile Geo, on my Windows Mobile based Samsung Epix, to the test.

Listen to my audio description of my experience published here as a 12 minute Candle Shore Podcast.

Mark
Episode:  Getting Gone With Mobile Geo

Hello Everyone, 

If you’re a podcaster, you will certainly find this free online audio recording calculator useful.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,
Do you use: Facebook, Twitter or Email?

Want to know as soon as something happens?  If so, then Boxcar is for you!  Read the rest of this entry »

Hands On with Windows Phone 7 Series:
Microsoft helped kick off Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress with the long awaited launch of its latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. Lead Analyst and Managing Editor, Sascha Segan, managed to get some hands-on time with the new OS.
Click Here to read full article.

Hello My Fellow Johnny Appleseeds:

I am happy to report that less than 2 hours after I posted yesterday’s article regarding my recent experience with iTunes’ failure to correct a server error regarding one of my podcast shows, I received a personal email informing me that the matter would be resolved immediately. 

Today, Sunday, February 14, less than 24 hours after I posted yesterday’s article regarding my recent experience with iTunes’ failure to correct the server error, the matter has been successfully resolved.

I will not offer an apology to Apple nor will I retract my previous post on this issue for, regardless of the outcome, it was necessary for me to publicize what should have remained a private matter in order to get Apple’s attention. 

But, Horatio, what about those who do not have an online forum from which to demand satisfaction?

And The Saga Continues …

Mark
Click Here to read previous article on this subject.

Hello Everyone, 

As a content provider, I recently sent the following to the iTunes Store in a final ditch effort to resolve a problem I have encountered with regards to the distribution of one of my podcast shows. 

In short, I cannot recommend the iTunes Store as a reliable means of podcast content distribution. 

To Fellow iTunes Podcast Content Providers: beware!!!

Mark  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

I hope you enjoy this approximately 4 minute episode of the Candleshore Podcast in which I demonstrate the newly updated, now comfortably VoiceOver accessible bi-directional, real-time, spoken language translation application, Jibbigo, for your iPhone 3GS.

Folks, the predecessor to the Star Trek’s Universal Translator is really here. 

Enjoy,

Mark
Episode 46:  A Real-Time Bi-Directional Spoken Language Translator for your iPhone 3GS

Hello Boys and Girls, 

The following cNet iPhone App recommendation is a “must-have” for blind and low vision iPhone 3GS VoiceOver users as many of its 27 included utilities such as a talking compass and an optical magnifier make it well worth the $0.99 price tag. 

Click Here to read the cNet review.

Click Here to purchase the application directly from the iTunes store.

Enjoy,

Mark

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