Low End Mac figures their time is now.
With the economy exuding the stench of death and government busy creating trillions of dollars worth of fictional capital to “bail out” some of the nation’s brand-name institutions, Low End Mac believes their philosophy of “use it up, wear it out, and then recycle it” could not be more timely.
“We are the kings of making our computers last, last, and last some more,” writes blogger John Hatchett in a great piece describing how he turned his old iMac into a digital jukebox. With a little bit of drive cloning and hooking the iMac up to his home stereo, he now listens to his iTunes library all over his house.
Via Low End Mac
Written by Lonnie Lazar on November 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Another Twitter client arrived in the app store, as if there is not enough of them in the App Store. Next to TwitterFon Twitterriffic Twitterlator and Twinkle, we have the app Tweetie. Like the others, Tweetie [App Store link] is a fast, full-featured twitter client for iPhone and iPod touch.
It offers everything you'd expect - from your timeline to trends - all with an incredibly polished user
Written by Muratos on November 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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Q: What is Sharp Mind? A: The app Sharp Mind [App Store link] uses Binaural Beats that effectively raise your brain wave frequency to a level that induces greater focus, clarity of mind and awareness. Q: What are Binaural Beats ??? A: Good question, we looked it up in wikipedia and found this text:
Interest in binaural beats can be classified into two categories. Firstly, they are of interest to
Written by Muratos on November 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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Apple is in talks with three major music studios that have held out selling songs on iTunes free of copy protection, according to a report Thursday. If successful, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony BMG titles could be part of Apple’s iTunes Plus.
Although CNET described discussions as “still preliminary,” an agreement would expand Apple’s iTunes Plus option to include music from all major studios. When the program was launched about a year ago, only EMI signed onto selling tunes free of restrictions that tied iTunes purchases to an Apple device.
With its iTunes and iPod dynasty, Apple has dominated digital music sales. However, a growing number of rivals — Amazon, Microsoft and MySpace among them — have used DRM-free MP3 music to loosen the stranglehold.
Microsoft is among one of the biggest winners in the non-DRM debate. Universal Music, EMI and Warner Music Group have all signed deals with the software giant. Talk now suggests Sony may announce its own MP3 agreement soon.
Written by Ed Sutherland on November 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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The AppStore “is causing a sea change in both the mobile phone industry and the gaming industry that threatens the viability of all competitors,” according to technology stock analyst Jason Schwarz at Seeking Alpha.
Calling the AppStore bigger than the Mac, the iPod and the iPhone, Schwarz points to comments made by Steve Jobs during Apple’s recent earnings conference call with industry analysts, in which he pointed out that the company is now benefiting from being at the center of a cycle in which cool applications beget more sales, thereby creating an even larger market which will attract even more software development.
Schwarz writes that Apple and the AppStore have “brought the Internet to the level…everyone expected during the tech bubble…[with] efficiency of distribution [that] is impossible for the traditional model to compete with,” and goes on to identify Apple stock, trading in the $80 range, as “a unique wealth building opportunity.”
Some Cult of Mac readers have lately complained about the preponderance of iPhone and iPhone app-related coverage we have been publishing, but the fact of the matter is that AppStore development is exploding. It represents where much of Apple and Mac oriented creativity exists right now. And if Schwarz is right when he says “Modern day society values its computers and phones above all else,” then AppStore news and product development are likely to increase and not fade away.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on November 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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