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Friday, 09 May 2008

Apple TV to get Wii-style controller?

Jonny Evans

Is Apple preparing to add an additional string to its Apple TV? Recently published patent filing suggests the company may at least be considering such a plan.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Apple settles two Canadian iPod battery lawsuits

Jonny Evans

Apple's problems with early iPod battery life continue, company agrees to pay up to $3.54 million to owners of first, second and third-generation iPods in Canada.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Warner: digital sales climb, but losses continue

Jonny Evans

Warner confirm digital sales growth, as digital music sales now account for 23.8 per cent of its music revenues - though still insufficient to prevent operating loss.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Gear4 offers Duo system for iPods

Jonny Evans

Gear4's Duo is both a 38-watt powerful home system and a punchy set of portable speakers, all combined inside one system

Friday, 09 May 2008

NBC streams shows for iPhone, iPod touch

Jonny Evans

While still not playing through iTunes, US broadcaster NBC has introduced TV show streaming services for US owners of iPhones or iPod touch.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Facebook go Nutsie for iTunes streaming

Jonny Evans

Upload your iTunes music library as an XML file and new service will allow Facebook users to offer their top playlists for streaming through their Facebook user ID.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Elgato ships EyeTV 3.0.2

Jonny Evans

EyeTV now fully supports digital television H.264 broadcasts in standard TV and HDTV resolutions.

Friday, 09 May 2008

MySpace makes data portability move

Juan Carlos Perez

MySpace has launched its own "Data Availability" effort with big-name partners Yahoo, eBay, Twitter and fellow News Corp. unit Photobucket.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Photoshop Express adds Flickr support

Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

Photoshop Express adds Flickr support and additional social networking features, 60,000 galleries published so far

Thursday, 08 May 2008

iPhone for Latin America

Jonny Evans

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay to get iPhone.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

O2 out of stock of iPhones

Jonny Evans

O2 confirms both existing model iPhones are 'no longer available', sets scene for new model launch

Thursday, 08 May 2008

No iPhone price cut for France

Peter Sayer

France Télécom does not plan to change the price it charges for Apple's iPhone until a new model is on the market.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

IE-only marketing campaign skewed Firefox, Safari numbers

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online), Macworld edit

An "extremely large" marketing campaign among a small number of sites that targeted only users of IE was responsible for aberrant market share numbers, says NetApplications

Thursday, 08 May 2008

iPhone Doom developers sing SDK praises

Jonny Evans

Apple's decision to use OS X within the iPhone is boosting Mac development, but the device is already head and shoulders above Windows and Nokia smartphones, open source developers explain.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Orange plots iPhone for Spain, Poland, others

Jonny Evans

Apple and Orange are discussing a move to offer the iPhone through additional countries, with Spain and Poland specifically named by Orange CFO.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

AT&T staff cancel June holidays

Jonny Evans

Employees at AT&T retail stores across the US have been told not to book holiday time between 15 June and 12 July. Does this hint at an early release for the iPhone 2.0?

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

AOL Desktop for Mac ships

Jonny Evans

AOL introduces new version of Desktop for Mac

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Multi-carrier strategy for iPhone

Jonny Evans

Vodafone may not have secured an exclusive deal to carry iPhone in Portugal as report claims local telcos remain in talks to secure similar deals.

Wednesday, 07 May 2008

BBC and ITV launch free satellite TV

Carrie-Ann Skinner, PC Advisor (UK)

Sky's satellite TV near monopoly in UK homes faces new challenge from BBC/ITV joint effort, Freesat, which will offer 80 TV and radio channels on launch, plus free high definition content.

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Egami Media reaches iTunes deal

Jonny Evans

Egami Media to offer content through iTunes, making shows and films available for download and/or rental through the service, agrees to make films available on the same day they ship on DVD, 'when possible.

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