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TIP: Quick iPhone & iPod touch Music Controls
Dec 14th
A quick way to control your music on the iPhone
Did you know that there is a quick way to control the music on your iPhone or iPod touch without unlocking the screen? Here’s How: More >
Tastemaker Tech: A Touching Technical Revolution
Feb 28th
The mouse has been around in the computer industry for a lot longer than most people realize. It was invented in 1964 by Douglas Engalbart and for the past 43 years it has been the computer interface pointer tool of choice. Long live the computer mouse. The problem is…it’s about to die. It’s going to be replaced by something so simple, so easy to use, you’ve used it your entire life, even before you were born. It’s something you always have with you. It’s like an American Express Card, don’t leave home without it.
And it’s so cool, you have to click through to find out what it is…….seriously THIS WILL AFFECT YOU!
Tastemaker Tech (What is it?) Few items receive the Tastemaker Tech mark from W3Source. It signifies a product, gadget, application, event, etc, as something that those individuals who tend to be in the know, need to know about. If possible, it's pretty much a must have. It signifies the best in class, highest-quality, something that changes industries and/or sets the bar for all others. So if you consider yourself to be a person in the know, an early adopter, a Tastemaker; pay particular attention to this.
Apple's Forced Hand
Feb 25th
Apple is getting more and more popular. In my opinion, they are now bigger than Microsoft. Well they are at least more popular and covered more in the media. That is another story and yet very much the reason why Apple’s hand has been forced lately. In January, Apple announced the much rumored iPhone. Heck even that name was forced. The iPhone was talked about so heavily, first on the Apple fanboy sites, and then in the main media, that Apple would have been stupid at that point to name it something else. Heck, they were forced to do a phone in my opinion.
Let’s back it up a bit though. Apple has changed the music industry so greatly it has garnered millions of followers and I’m sure millions of haters. As a result of being so huge, being the top dog in an industry, all eyes are on them. They move an inch and it creates massive waves in the industry, and at the very least in the media. So enter Apple’s Fall 2006 release of their new iPod nano. Revolutionary? No. Yes it looks cool. Yes Steve has a magical quality to his presentations where everyone is awestruck. The problem? There wasn’t much there. If Apple didn’t deliver, their stock holders would get mad, the stock price would drop, etc, etc. So they were forced to show something before it was ready. Out comes the iTV, now known as Apple TV. Steve gave a demo and the media was buzzing. The stock holders were happy and the price went up. Apples arms were twisted and hands were forced to show a product about 5 months before its release.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, click through to see where Apple had their hand forced again.
What the DRM?!
Feb 14th
I don’t know if you have been following all these Music DRM complaints over the last few months. I must say that while the current state of DRM does suck, I don’t see the difference between the song I just bought on iTunes for my iPod and the video game I just bought for my Playstation 3.
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