June 2008
Complete My Album is selling music →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, iTS, iTunes, Apple
I was just as much a naysayer as Dave was when the service first came out (and for the record, I haven’t used…
Facebook goes down in some parts of China, but now... →
I awoke to a flurry of emails from Facebook users in various parts of China, saying that they were unable to access the site for six hours yesterday evening.
Speculation is running high that the…
Seedcamp 2008 applications are open! →
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Last.fm Launches API 2.0 →
The popular social music service Last.fm features an API that lets anyone build their own programs using Last.fm data, whether those programs are on the web, on the desktop, or on a mobile…
Gotham National Bank Makes A ‘Dark Knight’ Deposit... →
This morning carrying a gigantic carton adorned with an official looking “Gotham National Bank” shipping label…well, let’s just say, grabbed my attention.
Pleo Turns One, Learns How To Make Itself Over... →
Pleo, the robot dinosaur loved by everyone—except dogs and blogs—is celebrating its first birthday a little early by going on sale for $235. Head over to Ugobe’s store from now til July 11…
EA star leaves to start iPhone games company,... →
iPhone’s remaking of the cell phone business is creating opportunities for new start-ups, particularly in the game field. That’s why one of the game industry’s leading executives left his…
Home Floating Over the Pacific Brings Peace,... →
It may not be crazy high-tech architecture, but there’s something about this Chilean home hanging over the Pacific—the breathtaking views, the clean design—that has me glued to the screen…
Rhapsody's new MP3 store offers full song previews... →
Donald Bell / CNET News.com: Rhapsody’s new MP3 store offers full song previews — Today, Real Networks has announced several improvements to their Rhapsody music service,…
Back to Microsoft - Last week I left Google to go... →
Sergey Solyanik / 1-800-MAGIC: Back to Microsoft — Last week I left Google to go back to Microsoft, where I started this Monday (and so not surprisingly, I was too busy to blog…
Rhapsody Bets $50M On MP3 Store →
Rhapsody America is opening an all mp3 download store today backed by a $50 million marketing campaign aimed straight at dominate competitor iTunes. Rhapsody;s reach is extended as the…
Hacking The Facebook Platform For Data Portability →
The following guest post was written by Dan Birdwhistell, founder of people directory Bigsight (reviewed here) and creator of Hacking Facebook, a website that teaches developers how…
Stuck With a Gen 1 iPhone? Flipswap It →
Sending in your old phone or iPod for money isn’t anything new, but I recently found Flipswap and they’re a little bit different than other services out there. For one thing, everything…
EMI Records Profitable After Cuts →
Terra Firma’s Guy Hands has told a group of key investors that EMI’s recorded music division returned to profitability two months into its fiscal year. The numbers include Radiohead’s…
The Books That Changed Your Lives ["What] →
On Thursday we asked you what books have changed your life, and over 250 thoughtful comments later, it’s clear you all have book shelves stuffed with meaningful tomes. Now it’s time to…
Reflect Noise-Sensitive Table Calls Out... →
Every office has one. The loud-mouthed, conversation-hogging know-it-all who interrupts meetings with long-winded diatribes, and then holds them hostage until the sweet release of 5 o’…
Me.com Email Addresses Now Working →
If you are a .Mac subscriber, Apple appears to have activated the corresponding @me.com email addresses. If your email address was username@mac.com previously, you can now use username@me.com and…
Posterous Beats Tumblr In Simplicity →
New Y Combinator startup Posterous launches today with what might be the simplest blogging platform to date. Yes, it’s even easier to use than Tumblr, which has a cult-following of users…
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Heading For The Exit Lane →
Vruz sent me a copy of this CIBC research report called “Heading For The Exit Lane.” I read it this morning and I’ve been thinking about it for most of today. So I uploaded it to Scribd and…
“Over the next four years, we are likely to witness the greatest mass exodus of...”
Meet the Man Who Could Destroy Photogragraphy →
Julius von Bismarck’s ‘Image Fulgurator’ projects stealth images into the photographs of strangers, while keeping those images invisible to human eyes. Depending on whom you ask, it’s either a clever…
Profile/Review of The Continuum, the new browser... →
The Continuum is a new browser-based battle MMOG. A profile/review of the free game already turning indie fans’ heads.
EMI Music Sues Hi5, VideoEgg and Ten Defendants To... →
EMI, which is looking less like a music label and more like a lawsuit label, is at it again. This afternoon they filed a lawsuit alleging “massive and blatant” copyright infringement by Hi5,
Ex-Proctor & Gamble Exec May Head EMI →
Guy Hands is reportedly negotiating with Elio Leoni Sceti, the head of home and heath product manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser in the EU to run EMI’s struggling record division. Formerly…
Google Goes After the TV with Google Media Server →
Google just announced its odd Google Media Server, a Windows app that finds photos, music, and video and makes it available to DLNA devices like the PlayStation 3, XBox 360, and most…
New Rules Could Mean Hundreds of New Domains →
A relaxation of rules by the internet’s oversight agency means that .com and .net may soon be joined by a slew of new domain names. What’s behind it? Like most things, money.
Are iPhone app devs getting a raw deal? →
Filed under: Rumors, App Store
We mentioned yesterday a rumor that Apple won’t cut a check for iPhone application developers until the dev’s share of the sales tops $250. A lot of…
The BBQ pack at Ricks Picks - $42 of pickle... →
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Mercedes to go Green. ALL Green. No Petroleum by... →
In less than 7 years, Mercedes-Benz plans to ditch petroleum-powered vehicles from its lineup. Focusing on electric, fuel cell, and biofuels, the company is revving up research in alternative fuel…
HOW TO - Hide an airplane factory →
Here’s how to hide an airplane factory…
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air…
Geo-Tagging Your Photos →
David Pogue takes a look at the Eye-Fi memory card, which stamps photos with the location of where you took them.
Topspin Media to music labels: drop dead →
Despite desperate attempts to keep it alive, the era of big music labels has been dead and rotting for a long time.
Topspin Media, a just-launched start-up led by the former GM of Yahoo…
Apple Accepting iPhone Apps Into App Store →
Apple has sent out an email notice to developers that they are now accepting applications to the App Store. Get started by downloading the either beta version of the iPhone OS, available in the…
iPhone app developers: Start your engines →
Filed under: Rumors, App Store
According to a few anonymous tips, the iPhone App Store is open and ready for business — for developers.
Apple has opened the App Store to allow…
uSirius Streams Sirius Satellite Radio to Your... →
Similar to iRadio, uSirius lets people stream Sirius Satellite Radio to their iPhones over Wi-Fi or EDGE (and shortly, 3G). Reader Brandon says that anyone can try this out for free for…
NIN Releases Album Download Numbers via Google... →
Nine Inch Nails has released download data for their recent free album The Slip in a very unique way: A Google Earth KML file that maps exact download numbers according to geographic region.
Your Last Opportunity to Go to the Moon [Career... →
Remember when you were three and thought “I want to be an astronaut” but then you left home to became a waiter then a mackerel fisherman in the middle of the Atlantic then a male…
Opera gets proactive and helps you fix your code →
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The WP-20 mini-synth →
The “WP-20 Mini-Synth Sound Effects Synthesizer” is probably the best project out there for getting started in Synth-DIY proper. It packs all the basic elements of modular synth design…
Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the... →
“Is this interesting to Google?” That’s what Andy Rubin was asking Larry Page. It was a spring day in 2005, and the two were in a conference room just off the main lobby at Google’s headquarters….
Joss Stone: Piracy is Brilliant, Music Should be... →
They are quite rare events but on occasion, artists actually encourage fans to share their music online. Singer Joss Stone has no problem doing so at all. In fact, after a recent concert in Argentina…
Did Facebook Shut Down Slide’s Top Friends? How... →
MySpace used to be notorious for simply banning third party widgets that didn’t play nice (”not playing nice” generally meant any kind of advertisements in the widgets, but it was very…