Archive | November 4th, 2009
“Is there an iPhone app that lets people with iPhones know their phone is ringing?”
So tweets comedian Natasha Leggero. Good stuff.
Continue reading...Beatles go digital with an apple USB drive, but not on iTunes
4. November 2009
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The Beatles on iTunes is a rumor that surfaces every year, and much like the Cubs winning the World Series, it never seems to actually happen. But in a step forward at least, the entire Beatles catalogue of music is now available in digital form for the first time, albeit not on iTunes. On December 8th, the [...]
Continue reading...From the iMac to the iPhone - video footage from every single one of Steve Jobs’ product introductions
4. November 2009
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MacLife put together this entertaining video montage of Steve Jobs announcing every single new Apple product since the original iMac all the way up to the iPhone 3GS and the recently refreshed iPod Nano.. And for you Apple nerds out there, yes, there is footage of Phil Schiller included as well. It’s interesting to take [...]
Continue reading...Apple makes push into music themed movies on iTunes
4. November 2009
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Billboard reports that Apple is launching a “new marketing and promotional effort designed to drive music buyers to music-themed movies in its video store.” “The most visible change to the iTunes service,” Billboard writes, ”will be a Music Movies landing page dedicated to music films such as concert movies, documentaries and music-focused feature films Additionally, Apple plans [...]
Continue reading...Gimzodo takes a more tempered view of Motrola’s new Droid
4. November 2009
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With the Droid launch just days away, the hype surrounding the latest device from Motorola has taken on iPhone like proportions. And to Motorola’s credit, it seems that every Droid review we’ve come across has been overwhelmingly positive, and also to Motorola’s credit, the spec sheet on the Droid is undeniably impressive. But just as [...]
Continue reading...Apple officially announces over 100,000 apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch
4. November 2009
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Apple today issued a press release announcing that there are now over 100,000 apps currently available for download in the iTunes App Store. “CUPERTINO, California—November 4, 2009—Apple® today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone® and iPod touch® customers in 77 countries [...]
Continue reading...Report: Microsoft to lay off 1,000 employees this week
4. November 2009
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TechFlash is reporting that Microsoft is poised to layoff even more workers as early as today. This latest round of layoffs is expected to be noticeably smaller than the first two — numbering in the hundreds but totaling less than 1,000 overall. Some portion of the new cuts will serve as the final phase of the [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs earned the biggest executive bonus of the decade
4. November 2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may only earn $1 a year in salary, but don’t think that everyone’s favorite technology visionary is struggling when it comes to putting up numbers in his bank account. For starters, Jobs holds a boatload of Apple stock, which is saying something given that Apple’s stock price has recently flirted with [...]
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4. November 2009
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