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AirPlay was introduced as standard by Apple during its September 1st media event. It was a minor bullet point during a presentation of many major new products and services, but iSuppli called AirPlay, “one of the most significant announcements of all.” The technology allows users to stream music from iTunes to any AirPlay-enabled speakers, docks,…

Version 2 also added the ability build 3D plots with news and historical data culled from the Internet, offers faster OpenGL graphics rendering, and more.MetaView 2.0 is priced at US$49.95 and is available for download at the MetaView Web site. The MetaView data feed costs $15 a month.

iTunes 10 Red, Yellow, Green Control buttons are reorientedHere’s the procedure: You don’t need to be an administrator. Quit iTunes. Launch the Terminal app in /Applications/Utilities Enter this command, then press return defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -bool TRUE Quit the Terminal app. Relaunch iTunes. To restore the default orientation, repeat steps 2 to 6 with…

Apple introduced its low cost TV show rental program for the iTunes Store during an iPod and media-related press event in early September. ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America are already on board, but NBC Universal isn’t interested in participating.Time Warner isn’t singling out Apple. Mr. Bewkes doesn’t have any plans to…

In the charts below you can see Apple’s stock beginning the day almost US$17 down, more than a 5% decline, while HP’s stock climbed by more than $0.40, more than a 1% gain. It seems that investors see the hiring of Mr. Cook as a big win for HP and a big loss for Apple.…

To put some numbers to that concept, The Pew center found that from June 2009 through June of 2010, 15.1% of all technology stories in the mainstream press were primarily about Apple. That’s greater than one in every seven stories. About Apple. One is seven (1 in 6.67 to be a little more precise). The…

“Emulating Apple is not part of our strategy,” Mr. Bradley said, according to a CNet report from the event. He said that HP needs to be able to offer custom solutions to Enterprise customers. To this end, his company intends to use WebOS in its own smartphones, tablets, and even printers. Kind of like Apple…

iAd is Apple’s in-app ad system for iOS-based titles. Apple has been pushing the service as a new approach to drawing in potential customers thanks to its interactive features designed to keep consumers engaged.iAd marketshare is gaining on Google’s AdMobAs of June, advertisers had committed some US$60 million to iAd advertisements. Companies such as DirecTV,…

Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal, will be stepping down from his position once Comcast has finalized its purchase of 51% of the media company. Mr. Zucker, who has often been critical of Apple and argued at one time that Apple should have to pay media companies a portion of iPod hardware sales, told employees…

The Apple Peel 520 is a case with a transceiver, a SIM card slot, and a battery built into it. When coupled with software on your iPod touch, it allows users to send and receive SMS text messages and make phone calls. In China, the device sells for about $78, according to Bloomberg, while Go…

Along with greater coverage area, wireless networks utilizing the white space frequencies would also offer faster data transmission speeds and could pass through buildings and other obstacles far more efficiently than current Wi-Fi networks.“TV white space spectrum is considered prime real estate because its signals travel well, making it ideally suited for mobile wireless devices,”…

The iPod shuffle 4G marks Apple’s return to the classic form of the shuffle 2G. It’s even smaller* and has new features like playlists and VoiceOver that make it better and easier to use. The price is right at US$49, but the product also introduces some new problems that could have easily been avoided. The…

When asked about the possibility of the iPhone coming to Verizon during a Goldman Sachs investor conference, Mr. Seidenberg replied “I think 4G will accelerate the process, and any other decisions Apple makes would be fine with us. Hopefully, at some point Apple will get with the program.”Currently, the iPhone is available only on AT&T’s…

Above and beyond the issue of all these Finnish boys who may be peeing in their pants in the depths of the harsh Finnish winter, Mr. Vanjoki was addressing the question of why Nokia doesn’t adopt Google’s Android OS to replace its own Symbian OS in an interview with The Financial Times. Nokia, which is…

The complaint against Sanho states, in part, “Sanho, the defendants, manufacture, distribute and/or sell products that infringe patents relating to Apple’s proprietary MagSafe connectors used to connect power adapters and other products to Apple’s portable computers, such as the MacBook.”Apple’s filing goes on to claim “Defendants also manufacture, distribute and/or sell products that infringe patents…

Apple’s first place ranking among PC companies marks the seventh year the Mac maker has come in ahead of its competition, and it is also the largest gap between companies in the survey.The second place position turned out to be a three-way tie between HP, Dell and Acer.PC makers climbed in the customer satisfaction rankings,…

While alleged insiders are saying the deal is legit, Polar Rose CEO Carl Silbersky would only say “I do not know what this is about.”Polar Rose recently stopped offering its public services for Flickr and Facebook claiming it planned instead to start licensing its technology to other companies.Assuming Polar Rose is signing a buyout deal,…

Information surrounding the alleged hacking incident are slim, and it appears that  Ms. Allen may have filed the lawsuit in High Court in the U.K. as a procedural move simply to get information on how the attack could have happened. Rumors claim she contacted Apple for help after the incident, but the company wasn’t willing…

The patent infringement suit was filed U.S. District Court in Massachusetts claimed Google has been infringing on four Skyhook patents. Skyhook is requesting an injunction to block Google’s competing Wi-Fi location tracking service and is also asking the court for damages.Skyhook’s second lawsuit alleges that Google has been pressuring smartphone makers to drop its services…

Apple introduced its iAd service with several companies already on board. The number of apps taking advantage of iAds, however, still looks to be somewhat limited, and new ad campaigns seem to be rolling out slowly.A slow start doesn’t necessarily mean failure, although Ms. Bartz seems to think the writing is on the wall for…

Apple is quickly closing in on Nintendo’s 41.0 million users, too. The figures come from a survey conducted by Newzoo as part of its International Gamers Survey 2010.The study also showed that about two thirds of the iPad and PSP game players surveyed play games at least three days a week. In comparison, about 50…

The Kindle doesn’t include backlighting, using a display technology called E-Ink that doesn’t require (or offer) backlighting. The iPad, however, has higher resolution display that features backlighting, which some consider harder to read in situations with bright lighting, such as outsider during daylight. Kindle dominated the dedicated e-reader market with its Kindle, with few devices…

Japanese security officials confiscated the throwing stars, also known as shuriken, and threw them away because the airport doesn’t distinguish between private and commercial airline passengers.Mr. Jobs attempted to persuade officials to let him keep the stars by saying it wouldn’t make any sense to hijack his own plane, but the agents weren’t buying into…

I was surprised when I went to the home website for Empire Brands and could not find links to their line of headphones. I was looking for price and warranty information, but was able to find it elsewhere. Nevertheless, the company really does produce these headphones, which are called Reverb and branded Wicked Audio. They…