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BBC Brings iPlayer to iPhone, iPod Touch
14 March 2008The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer video-on-demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
The announcement marks the first time the service has been available on portable devices.
The BBC said that the iPhone and iPod touch are able to stream shows from the iPlayer Web site over Wi-Fi networks. The iPhone cannot […]
University in Texas to Give iPhone, iPod touch to Every Incoming Student
1 March 2008- Hey, They’re Not Just for Listening to Music and Making Phone Calls
- Quizzes and Homework Alerts
- Apple to Use Wi-Fi to Reclaim Educational Market
Many universities require incoming scholars to have a laptop.
Texas’ Abilene Christian University (ACU) is the first American university that will provide an iPhone or iPod Touch to all incoming freshmen next […]
iTunes Moves Up the Charts to Number Two
29 February 2008ITunes in 2007 was the US’ second largest seller of music - including sales of CDs and digital tracks, trailing only retail giant Wal-Mart, according to a report from the market research firm NPD Group.
BestBuy has fallen to third place.
In June 2007, iTunes passed Amazon.com to take the third place. NPD did not say whether […]
A Few Apple Updates
29 February 2008Last week, Apple released another version of iTunes (7.6.1) through a routine update.
It includes several bug fixes and is designed to improve compatibility with the enhanced Apple TV.
Also, it looks like iTunes movies rentals are becoming available sooner than was previously expected.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs originally said that digital rentals would appear 30 days after […]
O2 Gets Irish iPhone Deal
29 February 2008St Patrick’s Day arrives in a few weeks and O2 is already passing out shamrocks and quaffing Guinness after signing on to sell the iPhone in Ireland. The 8GB iPhone will go for €399 and the 16GB for €499 in the land with 40 shades of green. Rates seem a bit steep and range from […]
Rumors Have Apple Dropping iPhone, iPod touch Prices
22 February 2008-Oops, Happening Already. Shuffle Price Drops 38%
Apple Rumor Central is filling with reports that prices for iPhone and iPod touches are headed down.
9to5Mac.com got a tip that prices will drop by $100 between February and April and that the 8GB models of the iPhone and iPod touch will be discontinued. That will reportedly leave room […]
Apple & Adobe Flash
22 February 2008The lack of Adobe’s Flash means Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and Apple TV cannot play most of the streaming videos on the Net. Apple’s Mac PCs can play Adobe Flash.
Most analysts cite the lack of Adobe Flash for video playback as the single biggest shortcoming of iPhones, iPod touches and Apple TV.
After all, Google’s YouTube, […]
China-Made iPhones Smuggled Back into China
22 February 2008This is straight out of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not book. Apparently, thousands of Apple iPhones that were made in China and exported to America and Europe are smuggled back into China, where the digital locks of the cool device are broken so that they can be used on local cellular networks. You see, […]
iPhones Get Custom Ads
8 February 2008Ad Infuse, a start-up focused on providing advertising solutions for mobile devices and phones, has put together an ad unit designed specifically for the Apple iPhone.
The new solution is supposed to enable brands to uniquely reach millions of iPhone subscribers in the US and Europe, bringing together video and browsing formats for the first time.
Ad […]
PBS and Local PBS Stations Launch Content on iTunes U
1 February 2008There’s a new source of free, educational high-quality videos and other content hitting iTunes U – an area of the
Apple iTunes Store for educational content – thanks to PBS and some of its local stations. The stations involved are:
* KQED – San Francisco
* WETA – Washington, D.C.
* WGBH – Boston
* WNET – New […]