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Skype for iPhone 1.1 Update

Late last night I saw an update notifications on my iPhone 3GS for Skype. New version? Sweet! I updated it and checked out the release notes for Skype 1.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch. It sports some new languages... Full Story

Posted on July 1, 2009 3:22 AM

Apple, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, & others settle on micro-USB phone charger standard

One phone charger for all? There can be only one! According to Reuters, telecom firms have backed standard phone charger in Europe. No, hell hasn't frozen over. Yes, you will finally be able to use a single charger that... Full Story

Posted on June 29, 2009 11:19 AM

Skype for iPhone Blocked in Canada

I learned that the Skype for iPhone app is unavailable to our Canadian friends across the border in the Apple iTunes App Store. I contacted Skype for comment and their representative told me, "There are some patent-licensing issues which prevent... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2009 11:39 AM

Belkin GoStudio Turns iPod into Recording Studio!

Now you can turn your iPod into your own mini, hand-sized recording studio with Belkin's GoStudio.  It can record stereo audo directly to an iPod Classic, Nano or Video with its two built-in microphones, a mono speaker and four... Full Story

Posted on November 6, 2008 9:02 PM

Fab Four Heading to Rock Band; Can iTunes Be Far Behind?

In an auspicious time for the music business, we may have the first big hint that the Beatles may finally be on the way to Apple's iTunes.That's a big leap of faith but hear me out: The Beatles' label Apple... Full Story

Posted on November 4, 2008 8:52 AM

NuTsie Streaming iTunes to Your Phone

Regional mobile carrier Alltel has launched NuTsie, a service that allows users of almost a dozen of the company's handsets to stream certain titles from their PC's iTunes collection to their cell phones. This makes the operator the first U.S.... Full Story

Posted on September 25, 2008 6:59 PM

Can't I Tether Up My iPhone ...?

Tethering is a feature that allows you to use your mobile smartphone as modem to connect to the Internet or corporate LAN over your carrier's cell phone network. Unfortunately, Apple has not integrated tethering into the iPhone -- both the... Full Story

Posted on September 17, 2008 7:02 PM

Touch-Screen BlackBerry Coming!?

According to reports in today's Wall Street Journal and on CNBC, pesky Research In Motion (RIM) plans to introduce a touch-screen version of its BlackBerry to thwart the challenge posed by the popularity of Apple's iPhone. (And no wonder... Full Story

Posted on May 16, 2008 1:12 PM

CNET's Tech Tips Can't Be Beat

So many tech sites and so little time! With that in mind, I've always found CNET to be very useful, especially for its handy Tips & Tricks. In fact, it's usually my first stop when I've got to figure... Full Story

Posted on May 12, 2008 4:45 PM

Zune To Come with Copyright 'Cop'?

Now we know some (at least) of the reason that NBC pulled its TV shows, etc., out of iTunes and threw its lot in with Zune -- pricing and copyright protection. In a nutshell, NBC doesn't want to price... Full Story

Posted on May 7, 2008 1:53 PM

DRM-Free MP3 songs - You're joking, right?

Amazon.com today announced it will launch a digital music store later this year offering millions of songs in the DRM-free MP3 format from more than 12,000 record labels. According to Amazon, every song and album in the Amazon.com digital music... Full Story

Posted on May 16, 2007 2:27 PM

iTunes streaming to mobile phone using Slingbox and Apple TV

Apple TV has become the ultimate hacker magnet allowing users to use the Apple TV in ways Apple hadn't intended. As discussed recently, Apple TV was hacked to allow Asterisk, the open-source IP-PBX to run on it. Check out the... Full Story

Posted on April 10, 2007 10:28 AM

Jobs, DRM and the Record Labels: It's a Finger-Pointing Festival!

Of course we're excited about Steve Jobs saying that he'd love to offer all of us free music on iTunes, but the record labels have his hands tied with their DRM schemes. (All kinds of reports on that here and here.)... Full Story

Posted on February 7, 2007 3:14 PM

Wal-Mart Does the iTunes Shuffle

Not too surprised, but happy to hear about the big boy of retailing, Wal-Mart, extend its reach into our homes by now offering video downloads of movies and TV shows through a partnership with all six of the major Hollywood studios (20th Century... Full Story

Posted on February 6, 2007 12:13 PM

Apple vs. Apple: All You Need Is Love

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Apple Inc. (aka Apple Computer) and Apple Corp. (aka The Beatles) have worked out their long, long, long dispute about who owns the Apple trademark. Now a glimpse of the details of the deal can... Full Story

Posted on February 5, 2007 1:24 PM

Is the Wii the Center of the Media Universe?

How about this for irony -- a simple hack enables Nintendo's Wii to access a computer's  media collection, with the Wii remote (you know, the one with the strap problem) then being used to view photos and browse iTunes playlists on a TV. ... Full Story

Posted on January 18, 2007 5:32 PM

Beatles on iTunes: Sooner Than You Think?

I heard the news today, oh boy ... Much buzz today about the apparent resolution of when and where (forget about if), the Beatles LPs/CDs will be available for download. More on that here. Not too surprised that Apple (working... Full Story

Posted on January 18, 2007 8:25 AM

Apple vs. Cisco over iPhone

I was just on the phone with Garvin Thomas, a reporter from NBC11 News who wanted my take on the iPhone lawsuit between Apple and Cisco and to discuss what he learned. First, when you search the US Patent and... Full Story

Posted on January 11, 2007 6:37 PM

How Much Is That Song in the Window?

Everybody (including me) wonders why music downloads all cost 99 cents (or so). (OK, Wal-mart is 88 cents per song). Well, now we have an interesting article today about wholesale music download pricing -- a fancy term for how much... Full Story

Posted on January 5, 2007 8:25 AM

Hey Why Not? Amazon To Enter Music Download Biz

And why not indeed! According to reports, shopping mogul Amazon is planning to launch its own music download store a la iTunes in the first quarter of next year. And why not indeed!Record labels aren't all too thrilled about iTunes... Full Story

Posted on December 19, 2006 5:14 PM

iPod vs. iTunes: The Guessing Game

While the iPod and iTunes are inevitably linked (they're both Apple products, right? and they are linked on the Apple web site), interesting New York Times article today on the ratio between the number of songs downloaded from iTunes as... Full Story

Posted on December 11, 2006 4:14 PM

Cupertino and Redmond from Allsop

It's about time someone decided to come out with computer desk and media accessories that have some uniformed style and grace. And that's just what the Cupertino and Redmond collections of computer and media accessories from Allsop offer. Finding inspiration... Full Story

Posted on December 7, 2006 9:22 AM

Record Companies Waking Up

Yes, indeed! It only took who knows how many years before a major record label decided to release "major artist" music as MP3 files. Kudos to Blue Note Records (owned by EMI) and Norah Jones deciding to go the MP3 route... Full Story

Posted on December 6, 2006 2:23 PM

Xbox 360 Live Movie/Video Downloads Skip the PC: Yes!

We blogged about it last week and now it's true. Users of Microsoft's Xbox 360 Live video game service soon will be able to download TV shows like South Park and CSI as well as movies like V for Vendetta via deals inked with half... Full Story

Posted on November 7, 2006 12:21 PM

Take the Fifth -- Beethoven's Fifth ...

Free classical music downloads of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony launch The Philadelphia Orchestra’s online music store. (I like it!) The Philadelphia Orchestra is the first major American orchestra to offer consumers the opportunity to download recent and archival music directly through... Full Story

Posted on October 5, 2006 4:43 PM