iTunes Store May Capture One-Quarter of Worldwide Music by 2012
Since its debut five years ago Monday, Apple’s iTunes Store has sold more than 4 billion songs and accounts for approximately 70 percent of digital music sold worldwide. In the next five years, it may well account for a staggering 28 percent of all music sold [...]
Analyst: Apple coming to terms with iPhone ‘unlocking’
Apple's attitude about unlocked iPhones hints that the company will abandon its business model of grabbing a piece of mobile carriers' revenues in order to make its goal of selling 10 million smart phones this year, an analyst said Thursday. “
They seemed absolutely blithe about making the 10-million [...]
Microsoft-Yahoo deadline passes with no deal
Yahoo failed to agree to an acquisition deal with Microsoft by Saturday, the deadline Microsoft had set for wrapping up negotiations.
(Via Macworld.)
IT departments running out of excuses not to use Macs
In spite of their stability and ease of use, Macs have long been shunned by IT departments everywhere. It is getting harder and harder for IT departments to come up with reasons not to include Macs in their short lists of hardware, however. With factors from [...]
iPhone 101: typing accented characters
Over at MacTips they have a nice tip which I figured would make for a good iPhone 101. If you find yourself needing to type an accented character (acutes, graves, umlauts, etc.), all you have to do is hold down the relevant key for a couple of seconds and voilà a [...]
RIM developing “Apple Killer” touchscreen BlackBerry?
The times has a verbose 2,000 word piece about the high stakes world of high-end cellphone manufacturers (no way!), specifically centered around RIM’s post-iPhone trials and tribulations. Besides a bit of vague lip service paid to the 9000 series, they’re claiming that two 3rd party developers — no sources cited [...]
Apple in rumored talks to license vibration feedback for iPhone
Apple has reportedly begun talks with Immersion to integrate haptic feedback into future touchscreen devices, addressing a complaint leveled against the iPhone by fans of physical buttons and keyboards.
An Apple worker has allegedly leaked to Palluxo that Immersion executives met twice with their Apple peers this [...]
Retail Sources Confirm iMac Refresh
Following early rumors that the iMac would finally see revisions next week, we’ve heard from multiple retail sources that new iMac part numbers have indeed appeared in their systems.
(Via MacRumors.)
Bootcamp updated for Windows XP and Vista
Bootcamp 2.1 has just been released in three Windowslicious flavors: Windows XP, Vista 32 bit, and Vista 64 bit. All three updates ‘address issues and improve compatibility,’ which is always a welcome thing.
Bootcamp, in case you aren’t in the know, is Apple’s utility that allows you to dual boot [...]
(Via (TUAW).)
Get widgets for your iPhone from Widgetbox
My name is Lisa and I’m a widget junkie.
I love having widgets of all kinds on my iMac — even things like the Ski Report (I live in Florida), ESPN (it’s not football season), and Flight Tracker (I rarely fly). I even have similar ones (though Apple [...]
