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This could be a pretty big deal to working DJs who use digital music as part of their set – Pioneer is to make its powerful cross-platform digital music management software, rekordbox, available for free download for the first time after the successful launch of their new club standard CDJs.

Up until now, rekordbox software was only available with a purchase of either the CDJ-900 or CDJ-2000. Read the rest of this entry »

Entire industries are in a state of agitation as Apple prepares to ship its (perhaps) delayed iPad, with Apple imposing draconian secrecy demands on partners, Amazon leaning on publishers for lower eBook prices and TV and broadcasting networks attempting to find a sustainable business model for the wired generation.

In other words, that third wave of creative destruction and the reinvention not just of the media but of the wider culture it represents is beginning to break. This is only the start.

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Manufacturing problems are alleged to have delayed Apple’s iPad shipments, according to a Chinese report picked up on by Digitimes. Read the rest of this entry »

VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

These videos show a concept for iPad publishing that’s being put together by online magazine Viv, by Alexx Henry Photography.

The clips are all over the Web this morning with all kinds of commentary surrounding them, so I’d just like to let them speak for themselves and urge readers to comment on your reaction to watching them. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a fantastic tip for anybody who has ever dropped their iPhone (or conceivably any other electrical gadget) into some liquid – pop it into a bag of rice to dry it out.

Blogger Erin Thompson reports her random encounter with an ATT person on Seattle Weekly music site Reverb:

“Last night I dropped my phone in the toilet, and it wouldn’t even turn on afterwards,” she writes. “I was at Video Isle whining about how I was going to have to buy a completely new iPhone, and there was a man there who just happened to work for AT&T.

“I asked him if I should try to blow-dry my phone, and he said: ‘Turn it off completely, put it in a bag of rice, and leave it there for a couple hours. The rice will absorb the moisture’. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Board member Jerome B (Jerry) York has passed away, following his brain aneurysm (stroke) last night.

Apple confirmed the death of the long-standing board member in a release distributed in the UK afternoon. The company’s comments follow:

“Apple is sad to announce the death of Apple Board member Jerome B. (Jerry) York. York, the chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital, joined Apple’s Board of Directors in 1997. He was the former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, and former vice chairman of Tracinda. He is widely acknowledged for his contributions at Chrysler and IBM during their turnarounds. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes all the dots begin to join all at once, now new news in claims Apple’s putting together a new social location app called iGroups.

Patently Apple tells us all about the new patent application from Apple for the service, Read the rest of this entry »

The BBC is embracing the social Web, confirming that Facebook, Twitter and Bebo integration will be part of the future of iPlayer.

BBC future media chief, Erik Huggers, confirmed these plans when speaking with The Telegraph. As he explains it, the plan begins with integration of these services into iPlayer, with such integration then spread across the BBC site. Read the rest of this entry »

Some say it isn’t where you’re going nor where you’ve been that counts, it’s just precisely where you’re at as you join your life’s internal dots. So let us now speculate on the meaning of the latest location-focused iTunes promo, as spotted by TechCrunch.

iTunes right now is featuring the top five location-based services via its iTunes Store, both on the Web and the iPhone. And we think the promo is a table-setting deal for future Apple ads-serving solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Square Enix – publishers of Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone – has announced its latest all-new title for the Apple platform, the completely iPhone-focused Chaos Rings RPG.

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