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Did Disguising the Iphone 4 Mask a Temperamental Antenna?

Source: Michael Ricci
June 26, 2010

Did Apple know before this week that there is a right way and a wrong way to hold the iPhone 4?

The incorrect left-handed way, which even Steve Jobs has been known to use, apparently can cause attenuation of the phones antenna performance, the Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told me on Thursday. When I asked Mr. Dowling whether Apple knew about this before the iPhone 4 got into the hands of hundreds of thousands of consumers, he declined to answer. ...

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iPhone Reception Problem? Hold It Differently, Apple Says

Source: Michael Ricci
June 26, 2010

A day after users discovered that cradling Apple's new iPhone in your hand may interfere with its antenna and cause it to lose its signal, the company has suggested a solution:

Don't hold it that way!

Apple said that some loss of signal from gripping a handset is “a fact of life for every wireless phone," and that if it happens on the new iPhone, users should “avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers ...

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Most Exciting Part of Web Isn't "World Wide"

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2010

The world wide web removed a sense of space from our lives by connecting everyone on the globe to the same content totalitarian regimes excepted. But the webs most promising developments of late indicate that were entering a new phase where place matters as much as reach.

Perhaps there is a “there" here after all, in other words, to corrupt Gertrude Steins infamous aphorism. Craigslist, Citysearch, and other veterans have long profited from acknowledging that web surfers live in geographic ...

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IFixit Gets iPhone 4 Prior to Release, Publishes 'Teardown'

Source: Michael Ricci
June 24, 2010

IFixit, the San Luis Obispo outfit known for prying open and analyzing high-profile gadgets the day they hit stores, has bested its usual schedule.

The electronic parts reseller acquired an iPhone 4 on Tuesday night, two days before its planned launch, and began posting a teardown, as they call the gadget examinations.

We published a profile of IFixit in Wednesday's Times, detailing the company's last noteworthy teardown, the iPad 3G, compatible with AT&T's wireless network. IFixit rips open most Apple ...

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Google Voice Officially Launches to the Public

Source: Michael Ricci
June 24, 2010

Google Voice is arguably one of Google's most ambitious services. The platform allows users to have a single number that will ring all of the user's many land line and mobile phone numbers at once.

If a caller leaves a voicemail, Google Voice creates an e-mail-like transcript to be viewed at another time. All calls placed in the U.S. and Canada are free. Users can even text-message from the service without a charge.

Over the last year, Google Voice has ...

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How To: Build a Twitter Strategy for Your Band

Source: HypeBot
June 23, 2010

Megan Berry, a Marketing Manager for Klout,has written a great overview of the questions that businesses need to ask themselves and consider before crafting a Twitter strategy. Her five insights are just as applicable to your next band meeting on social media as they are for the boardroom. (via Mashable)

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When Vevo and Ad Supported Music Go Too Far

Source: HypeBot
June 23, 2010

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Ads Creep Onto Official Artist Web Sites

As easy and often justified as it is to criticize the major labels, I've also always tried to maintain a sense of balance. These are, after all, also the companies that helped bring us some great music; and they are often staffed by decent people desperately trying to figure out how to shift their large corporate ships before the changing winds sink them.

So when Universal and Sony launched ...

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Google Music Downloads Coming, Subscription Next

Source: HypeBot
June 23, 2010

In what could prove to be a welcomed move for music labels, Google Inc. is planning to release a music download service that's tied to its search engine later this year. The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that Google will introduction of an online subscription music service sometime in 2011. Many hope that this will causeApple's dominant market positionto be shaken.

Initially, it's expected that Google's music service will permit fans searching for music in their ...

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