Apple Responds to Manufacturing Company Suicides
Foxconn, an Apple manufacturer based in China, has had 11 of their employees commit suicide this year. The factory workers were being urged to sign agreements with the company stating that they will not commit suicide mere hours before the 11th employee killed himself Sunday night, according to AFP.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsSolid Gold, $190K iPad Supreme Edition Now Available
Pop artist David Hockney might be turning his iPad into a canvas, but Stuart and Katherine Hughes are turning theirs into bedazzled, solid gold status symbols.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsShop Talk: 10 Reasons Adorable Singing Cats are the Future of the Music Industry
In case you haven’t heard, the music industry is dying. This statement may not be based in numbers or statistics or, well, actual fact, but all the boo-hooing about illegal downloads and MP3s and streams and shareables and niches and Internets has to mean something, right? We need a savior of sorts, a force to give all us sad journalists and PR reps and label managers and Apple CEOs a little extra financial boost. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you cats.... read more
Found in: Culture, Shop TalkPop Artist David Hockney Takes His Work to the iPad
David Hockney’s genius pop art made him one of the most famous British artists of the 20th century. Now, the 72-year-old is moving into a new medium—the iPad. Hockney began dabbling in Apple art when he first got an iPhone a couple years ago, but lately the artist has been gushing about the Brushes app on his new iPad (which isn’t even available to the public in the UK yet).... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsInternet Music Streaming Website Lala Shutting Down May 31
The internet streaming service known as Lala was bought by Apple last year, prompting speculation about what the company would do with the cloud-based music service. Now we know. Apple will be shutting down the service May 31, and as of today, is no longer accepting new users according to an announcement on the Lala site.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsSteve Jobs Issues "Thoughts on Flash" Manifesto
Since the iPad came out, there has been an ongoing debate about Apple’s refusal to allow Adobe Flash videos to run on iPods and the iPad. Until now, Apple had remained mum on the issue, even when self-described “Flash evangelist” and blogger Lee Brimelow told Apple to go screw itself over their refusal to adopt Flash software. Apple CEO Steve Jobs issued an open letter on his company’s website today titled Thoughts on Flash that details Apple’s reasoning behind barring the software from their gadgets.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsiTunes Offering $10,000 Gift Card to Purchaser of Ten Billionth Song
Introduced in 2001, an easy-to-navigate system called iTunes changed the way millions bought, stored and listened to music. Now, just after celebrating its ninth birthday, iTunes is approaching another milestone: 10 billion downloads.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsiPad Apple Tablet Details Revealed
Apple unveiled its newest gadget in San Francisco this morning. The iPad, previously known as the Apple Tablet, is an unprecedented device that marries an iPhone-style interface with wireless internet capabilities and a 10-inch screen. The iPad may very well turn the publishing industry on its head, as four major publishing companies are already working on technology to offer their content via paid subscription on the new instrument.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsApple to Reveal Tablet Today
Speculation about Apple’s newest game-changer, the Tablet, has run wild in recent weeks. Today, at 10 a.m. PST, the computer giant will finally give the public a taste of the new device at a press conference in San Francisco.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsIMDb iPhone App Released
Smartphone users finally have mobile access to beloved movie-reference site, IMDb. An indispensable wealth of information on almost every feature film, short, documentary and TV show made throughout the world, the Internet Movie Database had yet to find its home via an Apple iPhone app.... read more
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