Filed under: Apple TV Apple’s so-called “hobby,” the Apple TV , is about to receive some serious competition from apparent nemesis Google. According to the New York Times , Google is working on a set-top box that will integrate web services like Twitter and Facebook with sites like Hulu , YouTube and Google’s own PIcasa . The Google TV, as the Times calls it, will be based on the Android operating system, and a toolkit will be made available to developers within the next couple of months
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Google and partners set to challenge Apple TV
Filed under: iPad Daniel Tello , a Venezuelan blogger-analyst who writes about Apple has been tracking iPad order numbers submitted by volunteers since March 12 at 8:30 a.m. ET, when Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad. Based on his calculations Apple passed the 180,000 unit mark on Wednesday and is now averaging about 10,000 pre-orders a day.
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10,000 iPad pre-orders per day
Filed under: Apple We’ve had a few concerned readers contact us, worried that Apple has deleted or otherwise discontinued the “Downloads” section of its Web site. Fear not, gentle reader, they are still available in the same place as always: http://www.apple.com/downloads/
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Downloads aren’t gone from Apple.com, just less visible
Filed under: Multimedia , Internet Tools , iTunes , iPhone , Music The problem is, we just don’t know where they’re going. In a Saturday blog post, the company announced it is “…taking a new direction” and won’t be offering their current apps to new users. SimplifyMedia has been offering free software for computer-to-computer and iPhone-to-computer music sharing over the internet.
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Boo Hoo! SimplifyMedia dropping products and changing direction
Filed under: iTS , Retail , iTunes , Apple This feature over at GigaOM has quite a few interesting insights about the iTunes LP program — while Apple sells it wholeheartedly as “the visual experience of the record album,” it appears the story behind the story is not quite so clean. According to an anonymous source in the industry (note, not Apple themselves), the service didn’t come from Cupertino.
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Report: RIAA pressured Apple into creating iTunes LP
Filed under: Switchers , Productivity , Mac 101 One of the adjustments those new to the Mac need to make is to familiarize themselves with the Command key. Although I switch hit and use Windows at work and a Mac when I’m not working, I’ve always preferred it over Control. Its proximity next to the space bar allows me to use my thumb, as opposed to my pinky finger with the Control key, for keyboard shortcuts
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Mac 101: Going Commando with Command-key shortcuts in Mac OS X
Perhaps stirred by Apple’s claim of being one of the biggest mobile device companies in the world, Sony is planning a number of new devices and services to compete with Apple’s iTunes Store, iPhone, and iPad. That strategy will revolve around what’s currently being called Sony Online Service, along with smartphone and tablet-like devices meant to connect to it, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report . Sony plans to launch its online media platform, aimed squarely at Apple’s iTunes Store, later this month
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Sony plans new mobile initiative to take on Apple
An unexpected dialog box in iTunes may be a sign that Apple will soon allow developers to offer upgrade pricing for iPhone apps. Developer Fraser Speirs was warned that the “discounted price is only available to customers who own a previous version” of an item when he tried updating all his apps via iTunes. Developers of desktop software typically offer a discount to users who have paid for a previous version of software when they upgrade to the next major release.
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Apple may soon enable paid iPhone app upgrades (Updated)
