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( Back to Top ) 5 Ways to Celebrate New Year's In Style with Your Mac or iOS Device
Fri, Dec 30 @ 10:35 AM
Christmas 2011 is now but a memory and New Year's Eve is imminent -- but are you ready to share the joy with friends, thanks to your Mac or iOS device? Or maybe you've cut the cord on your cable or satellite and aren't sure of where you can watch the ball drop at midnight? Fear not, we've got some ideas for making the most of your New Year's Eve with your Mac, iPhone, iPod touch and/or iPad. Times Square Live, No Television RequiredWith each passing year, many of us cut the cord on expensive cable and satellite bills and catch up with our favorite TV shows using Hulu, Netflix or other methods. That generally works great until live events such as the ball dropping in Times Square on New Year's Eve -- but fear not, even this event can be found online if you know where to look.LiveStream.com just so happens to hold an annual New Year's Eve worldwide webcast, with its 2012 live event kicking off on Saturday, December 31 at 6pm EST. You can tune in right now from your Mac to catch a recap of this year's festivities, but mobile devices users can only access the live stream so you'll have to tune in after the appointed time on Saturday. The only downside is that you won't get Dick Clark, but here's hoping one day soon ABC will choose to livestream the iconic host and his show via their iPad app. A Skypey New YearWe can't always be next to loved ones when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, but thanks to the wonders of modern technology, we can at least see and hear each other when the magic hour arrives. One of the most popular -- and cross-platform -- ways to do this is with Skype, which now extends to Facebook users in a web browser, should you so desire, as well as Mac, iOS, Android and Windows users.For example, maybe your friend or family member is lucky enough to be among the millions swarming into Times Square this weekend but you're stuck back at home. Have them fire up their Skype app on any 3G-equipped iPhone and they can make their own broadcast as midnight approaches and share it with you or even a small group of others via Skype Premium, completely live. Your Own BroadcastIf your New Year's Eve plans are more ambitious than video chatting with a friend or family member, why not set up a live Ustream event from Times Square -- or even right from your living room -- streaming the big event to hundreds, thousands or potentially millions of others who might get a kick out of it?Don't worry about the FCC broadcast rules or even having the funds to buy the necessary gear, because Ustream makes it easy to livestream right from your internet-connected iPhone, iPod touch or iPad 2, and your viewers can text chat and even conduct polls about your little show while it's still going on. You won't be leaving out users with desktop or notebook computers either, since they can join in the fun via Mac or PC from anywhere in the world. Keep Tabs on Loved OnesIf livestreaming the big event isn't your cup of tea, you can at least stay close to your friends and loved ones by using the Find My Friends app which Apple introduced with iOS 5. Find My Friends can come in particularly handy for your iPhone-loving pals when you all get separated during a New Year's Eve party -- just make sure that everyone has been added and accepted prior to splitting up, naturally.However, if the plan is to jump from one party to the next and then get together closer to midnight, free iPhone apps like Loopt can really come to the rescue, automatically sharing your location with friends while you save money at the same time with built-in, location-based Groupon offers. Don't Forget to Share the MemoriesOnce the festivities are underway Saturday night, you'll want to capture the memories using your iPhone and share them with friends across the globe. Facebook and Google+ are obvious candidates for immediate photo sharing -- not to mention status updates as the big night progresses -- but there are plenty of other, more intimate options available such as Path, which lets you share with up to 150 friends but selectively post to Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr and Facebook at the same time.Last but not least, be sure you keep a backup of those memorable photos by signing up for your free iCloud account (or transitioning an old MobileMe account, if you haven't already). Be sure to set up Photo Stream before you leave the house on Saturday and once you come stumbling back Sunday morning with a hangover, your iPhone will automatically upload all of your photos to iCloud via Wi-Fi, where you'll find them ready to view or edit in iPhoto or Aperture once you sober up. (And don't forget to archive your videos too, since they don't get uploaded to Photo Stream!)Follow this article's author, J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter(New Year's ball image courtesy Dvice.com)
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