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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.
Man Destroys iPod In A Blender
Blendtec, a company that makes heavy duty blenders, is destroying iPods to help sell $400 blenders.
Apple Pumps Down the Volume
Apple today announced a software update for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod, that lets customers set their own personal maximum volume limit.
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
(AP)
AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending July 19, 2010:
The Eight Thousand Dollar Piano-Shaped ipod Table
The Concerto Table, a piano-shaped table designed by Nicholas Lovegrove & Demian Repucci, has to be one of the most expensive and exclusive iPod accessories yet.
Apple: More than 70 Percent of 2007 Cars will have iPod Support
More than 70 percent of 2007-model US automobiles will offer iPod integration.
Kenny G to Prince: The Internet is not dead
(AP)
AP - Kenny G isn't bowing down to Prince.
SanDisk and Toshiba Sign New Flash Factory Agreement
(PC World)
PC World - Toshiba and SanDisk announced on Wednesday a new joint venture agreement for an advanced NAND flash memory chip factory in Yokkaichi, Japan, meant to keep ahead of burgeoning demand for the NAND flash chips to store songs, photos and other digital data.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Free Music Downloads This Week The free music downloads on our radar this week are:-=Allstar Weekend=-
Genre: Teen Pop / Rock
Free Music Download: Good Day (3:05)
Music Video: Journey to The End of My Life via YouTube
Album: Their new album, Suddenly, (Hollywood Records, Inc.) is now available from iTunes, Amazon MP3, and other top digital music services. See the Allstar Weekend official website for more information.
Free Music Downloads This Week The free music downloads in our spotlight this week are:-=Basia Bulat=-
Genre: Pop / Folk
Free Music Download: Heart of My Own (3:50)
Album: The above track is taken from Basia Bulat's second album, Heart of My Own, (Rough Trade Records) which is available digitally from the iTunes Store and other top digital music services. For more information, visit Basia's official website.
Borders Launches eBook Store Remember that eBook store Borders talked about last year? Just in case you missed the huge signs all over their Web site, Borders actually launched that new eBook store today. Hey, better late than never.
Free Music Album Download: Holy Hail - The Dying Party EP In our free music spotlight this week, we're focusing on the New York based experimental/hip hop band, Holy Hail. Following on from their debut album, Independent Pleasure Club, they are generously offering up a complete free music album to download. To grab your digital copy of The Dying Party EP, go to Holy Hail's official website.
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.
Barnes & Noble iPad App Gets Brightness Controls ... Or Maybe Not Several online sites touted an update to Barnes & Noble's iPad App today, with many focusing on the new "brightness controls" that let you conveniently change just how gloriously blinding your magical device is without having to go all the way to the iPad settings.
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.
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