Technology News

Apple-Google Fight is Expected over Future of TV

Source: Michael Ricci
May 29, 2010

Another battle is brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc., and this time it may come into your living room.

One week after Google announced its bid for the hearts and eyes of America's TV viewers with Internet-based Google TV, its Silicon Valley rival is reportedly poised to overhaul its own offering, Apple TV. The stakes are high. Whoever wins could play a leading role in one of the great technological transformations of recent memory by piping limitless video and ...

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Free Texting on an iPhone

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2010

You don't have to pay $20 a month to AT&T--or any sum at all for that matter--to send and receive text messages on an iPhone. San Jose-based Pinger has just waived the annual $5.99 fee for its popular Textfree Unlimited app--users previously downloaded versions of the app about 4.5 million times.

And that means you can send and receive free texts from the iPhone without paying a dime. The catch: you'll have to read some ads. If that's a turnoff-- ...

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London's Apple iPad Launch Was Crazy

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2010

8am, Regent Street, London. Hundreds of shoppers, photographers, journalists, security staff, police and curious onlookers crowd Apple's flagship UK store as part of the British iPad launch. Stephen Fry made a surprise appearance to cheers and claps from the crowds of queuers and Apple staff. He already had an iPad of course, but showed up to be a part of the madness. Also in attendance, and pictured above, was the record-holding world's tallest couple, in full bridal attire. Obviously a ...

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What to Expect from Apple's Iphone-Centric WWDC 2010

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2010

News outlets may have spoiled the big surprise for Apple's upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference by publishing early photos and details of the next-generation iPhone. Nonetheless, in a recent e-mail, Steve Jobs promised a customer that “You won't be disappointed" by the announcements to come. What else might Apple have in store for the event, which happens June 7 to 11 at San Francisco's Moscone Center? Before last year's WWDC, Wired.com accurately predicted the introduction of new iPhones and MacBooks, as ...

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Gigsby Launches Electronic Music Network

Source: HypeBot
May 27, 2010

Hypebot Has 50 Beta Invites

Gigsby.com launched recently in private beta as professional network for the Electronic Music Industry. The sote includes the basic social networking features including profiles with integrated feeds for Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Soundcloud and others. In addition, Gigsby provides gig collaboration tools including automated artist booking requests, gig pages with file storage, conference lines and message boards.

The first 50 emails to [email protected] with Hypebot in the subject line get in for Gigby.com's private beta. NOTE: ...

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Tweetdeck Adds Foursquare, Google Buzz, Twitvid

Source: HypeBot
May 28, 2010

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The Nimbit vs. Topspin Smackdown

Source: HypeBot
May 28, 2010

Scott Feldman is a marketing consultant for artists and music companies including Nimbit where he serves as their Director of Marketing. So I'll admit that I was more than a little skeptical and concerned when he told me that he'd started an experiment using both Nimbit and Topspin to help market a band and blogging about his successes and frustrations with both tools. I was skeptical that Scott could remain neutral and concerned that he'd still ...

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Ohm Brings Recording Studio Collaboration Online

Source: HypeBot
May 27, 2010

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