Sony's Walkman is 30! Now, What to do With That Clunky Old Thing?

1979 saw the release of Pink Floyd's The Wall, the election of the UK's first female Prime Minister, and the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island. Equally innovative, groundbreaking and explosive, however, was the hottest new technology from Sony—the Walkman, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last week, on July 2.When the Walkman was first released, it weighed in at 14 ounces and was the size of a small book—titanic compared to today's teensy-weensy MP3 players. But it was the first kind of easily portable personal audio equipment, spawning a headphone revolution as people snapped up the $200 battery-operated cassette player....  read more

Apple's Next Five iPods: Revealed!

Apple introduced a new iteration of its iPod Shuffle this week, bumping up the storage to 4GB and adding a voice that announces the name and artist for each song...  read more

FourTrack audio app for iPhone enables portable recording

Good news for those of you aspiring or established musicians who feel the urge to record and mix a track while standing at the checkout counter at the grocery store or waiting to board a flight home: a new iPhone application has got you covered! ...  read more

Apple unveils new iPod models, latest version of iTunes

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled a series of updates and additions to its evergreen series of iPods (184 million sold and counting) at the company's Let's Rock press event in San Francisco. ...  read more