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iTunes Connect Mobile App Now Available for iPhone
(Mashable)
Mashable - If you're a digital content distributor, you've probably heard of iTunes Connect: It's a set of tools that helps you manage your content in the App Store.
Apple Intros iPod Phone
Apple today introduced iPhone, a new device that combines a state-of-the-art mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps—into one small and lightweight handheld device.
iTunes Hits Two Billion Sold Milestone
Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.
Slacker Radio Integrates ABC News Content into Its Music Service
(Mashable)
Mashable - Good news for Slacker Radio fans -- the web/mobile music application integrated ABC News into its stable of content today, allowing users to customize their news consumption as well as incorporate it into their Slacker stations.
Man Destroys iPod In A Blender
Blendtec, a company that makes heavy duty blenders, is destroying iPods to help sell $400 blenders.
Griffin Intros PowerBlock Travel, International USB Power Adapter
Griffin Technology has introduced PowerBlock Travel, a package designed to simplify charging your USB devices (including iPods) while traveling.
Bugs & Fixes: Two iTunes tips
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Sometimes the solution to a problem is right in front of you. You just have to take the time to notice it—or at least find out about it. Such was the case for me with two separate iTunes-related matters.
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
(AP)
AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending July 19, 2010:
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HP Files Trademark for PalmPad Name Ooh, what do we have here? It looks like HP's WebOS-powered tablet is starting to take form as Hewlett-Packard just filed a trademark for the PalmPad name. Now I don't know about you, but the use of the word "Pad" in the name sounds like a dead giveaway to what kind of device HP plans to compete against — and I don't mean the Lenovo IdeaPad. In fact, the use of the WebOS interface, which powers Palm's smartphone line, pretty much indicates that the PalmPad will be positioned against Apple's popular iPad. After all, the iPad's iOS interface used to be called the iPhone OS.
Free Music Downloads This Week: Human Life's Summer 2010 Mix Seeing that we are now in the season of summer music releases and outdoor festivals, it's a fitting treat this week to feature a band who have just released a mammoth summer mix -- so big in fact that it comes in two parts! Electro Pop / Disco House trio Human Life are a Los Angeles band who are celebrating the launch of their new EP, In It Together (view official music video) by releasing their Summer 2010 Mix which contains over two hours of non-stop dance music. To keep you going all day, Human Life have created separate daytime and nighttime mixes.
New Study Analyzes Consumers' Digital Music Listening Habits According to an article by MusicWeek, a new report by Forrester Research has found that the way consumers use digital music is still a very fragmented affair. The new study entitled, 360-Degree Music Experiences: Use The Cloud To Target Device-Use Orbits, has shown in particular that the majority of digital music listeners are still shackled to their computer due to "limitations of available technology". The study found that the majority of consumers (35.9%) mainly listen to MP3s and physical CDs on their computer (PC).
Kindle Sales Jump Since Price Cut; eBooks Overtake Hardcover Sometimes, I feel that my e-mail inbox at work is like one of those packed closets that one would be deathly afraid to open for fear of being crushed. But wade through it I still do in the off-chance that I actually get something useful amid all the wonderful correspondence claiming certain, um, ginormous results or promising me unparalleled fortune from Nigeria.
Seagate Announces New 3TB Drive Can Store "Countless Hours" of Digital Music According to a press release from Seagate, the company has just broken all storage records by releasing the world's first 3 Terabyte external hard drive. Seagate says that their new 3TB drive is capable of storing "countless hours" of digital music, or if you prefer: 120 HD movies, 1,500 video games, or thousands of photos.
Study: Kindle Can't Replace Textbooks Quite Yet One would think young (well, mostly young) college students would be hip to new devices such as eReaders. But a new study that used Amazon's Kindle finds that while 90 percent of students liked the device for personal reading, up to 80 percent said they would not recommend it for studying. No word on whether those 80 percent told the folks who did the study to get off their lawns.
Sony Drops Prices on Its eReaders Sony has been eerily quiet since rivals Barnes & Noble and Amazon dropped prices on their eReaders. But if you check the Sony online store now, you'll notice that its triumvirate of eReaders are suddenly sporting lower prices. To quote Emilio from the movie Mr. Deeds, "I am very, very sneaky, sir."
BlackBerry Tablet Talk Heats Up Remember when Research in Motion's BlackBerry dominated mind share for smartphones? Then the iPhone came along. Although BlackBerry phones still command a significant share of the market, it seems that all anybody ever wants to talk about now is iPhone this and iPhone that. Now RIM appears poised to strike back at Apple by entering a field that Steve Jobs' company is currently dominating with its iPad.
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