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Ever run out of iPod battery without a power source in sight? TuneJuice is perfect for extending the playtime of your iPod for those times when you just got to have more than what your iPod battery can give you. TuneJuice works with any dockable iPod or iPod mini. If your iPod has some charge, …
“Sirius Satellite Radio is latching onto the podcasting phenomenon, launching a show later this month that will feature a daily selection of the increasingly popular do-it-yourself audio programs.” [Via wired.com] Siriusly!! The news of the podcasting move sent Sirius stocks up 5% and more over, gives credibility to a media that is up and coming, …
Disneyland Resort will Podcast three days of celebrity-filled festivities starting on Tuesday, May 3 and leading to the May 5 launch of the “Happiest Celebration on Earth,” an 18-month global commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Disneyland in California that will simultaneously kick-off ceremonies at Disney parks around the world. The Podcast will incorporate a …
Usually, you’d fear for your life and run away from a Tiger. But when the “Tiger” in question is the latest operating system from Apple, you can expect quite a different response. THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAGTiger made its debut last night worldwide. In the US, hundreds of loyal Mac users lined up …
“CEO Jon von Tetzchner made a wager last week that if 1 million Internet surfers downloaded copies of his company’s Opera 8 browser for use in surfing the Web within four days, then he would swim the icy waters from Norway to the U.S., with one stop in Iceland for Mum’s hot cocoa. That public …
This morning I hit a breaking point. I had 124 spam emails. Over half of them weren’t even in English. I wish spammers in Korea and Russia would figure this out. An email titled “Á÷ÀÇÑ Á÷ÀåÀÎ(ÃÖÀú±Ý” isn’t going to get their message across to me. I wish I could just tell these jerks that I’m …
Macintosh users with T-Mobile Sidekick phones got some great news this morning. Software company Mark/Space announced a Macintosh version of their popular Missing Sync software for hiptops, (phone/laptops you wear on your hip like a cellphone). The new software integrates with Apple’s iSync to provide two-way data synchronization between a Mac and a(Amazon link) T-Mobile …
“Apple shipped 1.07 million Macintosh computers in its 2005 second quarter, up 43 percent from a year before, as well as 5.31 million iPod music players, which represented a 558 percent increase from the 807,000 iPods sold a year earlier.” [Via informationweek.com] Sell, sell, sell! When Frank Sinatra sang, “When I was 21, it was …
You don’t have to be Gwyneth Paltrow to want to love and protect your baby Apple. Carl Sagan once said “they laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown,” suggesting that genius is an elite and hard to discern group. Years later, …
iPod-TV is a free application that transfers television schedules to your iPod. A week’s worth of programming for each selected channel can be saved on your iPod and then used to decide which is better – continue to listen to music, or plant your lazy arse down in front of the TV and zone out. …
It’s iPod update time again. So what’s new this time? Apple’s latest iPod software update provides iPod Photo Software 1.1, which adds support for the iPod Camera Connector. In case you don’t know what this is, Apple recently introduced this devicve for importing and viewing photos directly from a camera. The update also provides updated …
“Love your iPod shuffle, but wish you had a better way to carry it?” [Via dvforge.com] Lose the Lanyard, loser! Let’s face it…Your iPod Shuffle is pretty sleek. But your lanyard is awfully geek. Wearing one automatically pegs you as the newest pledge in the Lamda Lamda Lamda fraternity. Get rid of the lanyard. Get …
Apple on Tuesday won a legal battle against iTunes.co.uk domain owner, Benjamin Cohen, as the UK internet registry, Nominet, found that Cohen had made an “abusive registration” and ruled that the domain name should be transferred to Apple. Apple issued proceedings against Cohen’s CyberBritain in December through Nominet, claiming ownership of the domain should be …
Shuffling the Competition? Nobody could have predicted the portable music dynamo that the iPod Shuffle has become, but nonetheless, success breeds competition, and competition often creates rip offs. That’s exactly what’s on the minds of Taiwan-based LuxPro who unveiled their Super Shuffle at CeBIT this week. Essentially, an iPod Shuffle in every way, from form …
Keep a sharp eye on your inbox. A homemade ad for the iPod Mini has been making the Internet rounds lately. Normally, someone’s attempt at making a rip-off of commercial woundn’t justify being hyped, but this commercial could easily fit in with the current ads currently being shown on TV. It even has a great …
The iPod shuffle has been a runaway success, and not surprisingly with it’s attractive form factor and price point. However, many new shuffle owners are not very fond of dangling their iPod from a lanyard. The lanyard creates a mess around the shuffle user’s neck, and exposes the iPod to potential damage. The solution to …
At least let me back up my files first! OK… so you’re sitting there on the train listening to tunes, minding your own business..when some dickhead comes at you trying to steal your iPod. Sounds crazy right!?!? Well, it happens all the time now, especially in NYC. A recent article on the Mac Observer talks …
