Next Apple Product Rumored to be the iWatch
According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is currently testing software and designs for a watch-like device that would perform similar functions of a smartphone or tablet. The New York Times also reported that the wearable device would use Apple’s iOS operating system and utilize curved glass. Resembling classic cinematic spy gear, the iWatch would basically be an iPod-type interface that wraps around the whole wrist. Created by Corning Glass Technologies, the bendable glass is called Willow Glass and is rumored to be a part of Apple’s product experimentation. The NYT described this recently developed technology by stating that it... read more
Found in: NewsGarageBand Available For iPhone
It’s a relief to know that those on-the-go recording sessions that you’ve been stressing about are finally possible. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSteve Jobs: 1955 - 2011
Apple co-founder, chairman and former chief executive Steve Jobs died Oct. 5. He was 56. Although a cause of death had not been released initially, Jobs had been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSpotify Launches New Features
Spotify recently launched new features, including one that will allow users to sync the songs in their Spotify playlists to their iPods.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsMicrosoft May Stop Producing New Zune Models
Due to lack of demand, Microsoft Corp. has announced that they will no longer create new versions of the Zune media player, “according to a person familiar with the decision,” writes Bloomberg.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsGuitar Hero App Now Available for iPhone and iPod Touch
There are just those times when the desire to push some colored buttons and pretend to be a legitimate musician is overwhelming. Thanks to the new Guitar Hero app from Activision for iPhone and iPod Touch, there’s a portable way to get the fix.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsListen Up: If This is the Decade of Glorious Musical Autonomy, Why do I Keep Hearing That Owl City Song?
As the first tenth of our new century draw to a close, humankind is still waiting on the jet-packs we were promised nearly sixty years ago. Still, this is the decade we got the iPod, so it's almost a wash, right? read more
Found in: Music, Listen UpThe 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade (2000-2009)
The new Millennium got off to a great start where the world of gadgetry was concerned... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFourteen Catchiest Apple Ads (Plus, Who's That Singing In The New Nano Commercial?)
With their clean lines, bright hues, tech-forward features and cultural cache, it often seems like Apple products simply sell themselves. But what, then, of the hundreds of equally stylish—and so often mesmerizing—television ads the company's shelled out for over the years? Are they just for our amusement? Well, no, but sometimes they might as well be. There are few other ad campaigns with the capacity to stop TV viewers in their commercial-break tracks from the sofa to the fridge, and few others worth seeking out on YouTube even after you've gone to great TiVo-related lengths to avoid them the first... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGetting to Know... Chairlift
Chances are, you've heard at least 30 seconds of a Chairlift song—the bouncy pop of "Bruises" was used to launch Apple's fourth generation iPod Nano this past spring... read more
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