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Phone Software Takes the Taps out of Typing
Back in the 1990s, typing out hello on most cellphones required an exhausting 13 taps on the number keys, like so: 44-33-555-555-666. That was before the inventor Cliff Kushler, based here in Seattle, and a partner created software called T9, which could bring that number down to three by guessing the word being typed. Now there ...
Apple's iPhone Software Upgrade -- iOS 4 -- Released Via iTunes
Apple is allowing iPhone and iPod touch users to download the newest version of its mobile operating system, called iOS 4. The revamped operating system will allow users to run multiple applications at the same time, as well as feature a gaming platform, a built-in advertising system and Apple's proprietary iBook application. Users will also be ...
June 21, 1948: Columbia's Microgroove LP Makes Albums Sound Good
1948: Columbia Records puts the needle down on historys first successful microgroove plastic, 12-inch, 33-1/3 LPs in New York, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age has yet to kill it. Columbia engineer Peter Carl Goldmark set out with his staff in 1939 to evolve the 78-rpm record forward to 33-1/3 rpm, extend ...
Is the Mac Mini the New Apple TV?
Apple was rumored to release a new Apple TV at WWDC and it never came to pass. But it did release a brand-new Mac mini in the days hence. Could the new Mac mini be the replacement for the Apple TV? I have to admit to getting caught up in the excitement when rumors of a ...
YouTube Introduces Free Video Editing Tool
With the introduction of YouTube's free editing tool, it's clear that Google is extending its cloud computing initiatives beyond the consumption of content to enabling the creation of it too. The new editor, though basic in application, is intended to help users easily navigate tasks such as trimming their videos or constructing longer montages from several ...
Musical Mad Scientist Concocts Bizarre Instruments, Strange Sounds
Diego Stocco forged a niche for himself in the music world by creating sounds using custom-made instruments and unusual sources. His sonic palette includes sounds culled from sources as simple as sand and as drastic as a burning piano. The hybrid instruments Stocco concocts, like the Experibass, generally involve sawing common musical instruments in half and ...
GigsWiz Opens Free Beta to All Artists
GigsWiz has opened its free fan request widget to all artists. Still in open beta, the service is designed to to help bands and their agents quantify the demand for gigs geographically, and help them make better decisions on where to play. Hard stas, Gigwiz hopes, will make it much easier for agents toconvince local promoters ...
iPhone 4 + Glitchy Launch = Huge Demand Anyway
Apple has taken orders for more than half a million next-gen iPhones despite numerous website errors and two AT&T security glitches exposing customers personal data. Now that's impressive. Many customers itching for an iPhone 4 this week reported server failures when they attempted to pre-order the handset. In some instances, customers were even erroneously logged into ...
Why Didn't Apple Anticipate the iPhone 4 Frenzy?
When Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) began accepting early orders for the new iPhone on Tuesday, Jon Rifenburg was on his computer at 6 a.m. to be among the first to reserve a phone. He was one of the lucky ones. So many folks jammed Apple and AT&T websites and customer service phone lines that by ...
MCG Jazz Launches New Rhiza Folio Website About Jazz
From the filing cabinet to the web: Nation's jazz archives go online By Maryl Curran Widdows Imagine easy online access to everything you wanted to know about live jazz performances in America. What was the top tune played last year? How many people attended live jazz shows? How did the set lists differ for the same ...
