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Consumers View iPad as Music Device Too

Source: HypeBot
March 25, 2010

A comScore survey of consumer attitudes towards e-book readers and the Apple iPad revealed that 38% would use it to enjoy music - a point higher than would use the device to read books. Just 37% of respondents indicated they were “likely" or “very likely" to read books, 9% higher than those who indicated they would be “unlikely" or “very unlikely".

50% indicated a high likelihood of using the iPad for browsing the net and 40% would do email. More ...

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Immitter: New Music Discovery Pandora Style

Source: HypeBot
March 24, 2010

An elevator pitch for Immitter.com might be: “Pandora-style discovery of great new indie and d.i.y. music".

Debuting alongside 65 other startups at yesterday's VentureBeat Spring DEMO event, Immitter's founders believe that people enjoy discovering new music. But even those willing to venture beyond the traditional label-driven model to find it, don't have the time to wade through millions of MySpace profiles and mp3 blogs. On Immitter artists upload their original content to be played ...

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Derek Sivers on Attending Music Conventions

Source: HypeBot
March 24, 2010

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Youtube Quietly Drops Realtime Toolbar

Source: HypeBot
March 24, 2010

From the YouTube Help Forum:

“We've seen some of you wondering what occurred to the Realtime Toolbar. The Realtime Toolbar was recently retired and is no longer an available feature on YouTube."

“We were excited to release and experiment with Realtime and it has inspired us for new features on YouTube in the future. We look forward to introducing many new features in the coming months and are sharing them with you all. Many thanks to those ...

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Steve Jobs Terse Replies to Fan Mail

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2010

Normally as quiet and retiring as a geek at the Homecoming dance, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been on an unusual e-mail spree in the weeks leading up to the iPad launch, according to multiple reports. By our count, Jobs has sent at least four e-mails to eager Apple nerds asking about issues such as iPad tethering, future MacBook upgrades, open e-books and Picasa photo syncing. On Tuesday morning, Cult of Mac posted an e-mail exchange between Jobs and an ...

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Bill Gates Criticizes China for Not Guarding Intellectual Property

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2010

Microsoft chairman and founder Bill Gates on Wednesday criticized China for doing too little to protect intellectual property. Microsoft has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in China because of lax protections for copyrights and patents, straining its relationship with the emerging economic superpower. “They have work to do in terms of obeying copyright laws," Gates told The Hill during a visit to Capitol Hill. “They themselves are creating copyrights and patents and things like that and they have artists, ...

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Climate Hackers Want to Write Their Own Rules

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2010

This week, 200 scientists will gather in an attempt to determine how research into the possibilities of geoengineering the planet to combat climate change should proceed. They say it's necessary because of the riskiness and scale of the experiments that could be undertaken -- and the moral implications of their work to intentionally alter the Earth's climate. The group is meeting at the Asilomar resort in California, a dreamy enclave a few hours south of San Francisco. The gathering intentionally ...

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African Footprint Fossils Are Oldest Evidence of Keeping Time

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2010

Despite a penchant for hanging out in trees, human ancestors living 3.6 million years ago in what's now Tanzania extended their legs to stride much like people today do, a new study finds. If so, walking may have evolved in leaps and bounds, rather than gradually, among ancient hominids. The discovery comes from the famed trackway site in Laetoli, Tanzania, where more than 30 years ago researchers discovered footprint trails from two, and possibly three, human ancestors who had walked ...

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