Apple shines slightly as gloom grips tech sector

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News

Fresh research warns of a historic collapse in US corporate IT spending - but notes Apple may continue to make progress in these markets, as iPhone’s corporate marketshare exceeds Palm.

Changewave’s senior researcher Paul Carton warns new research by his firm shows, “an accelerating collapse in US business spending that has reached historic proportions - with record pullbacks occurring both in the current fourth Quarter and going forward.”

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RjDJ music app worlds the weird

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News

RjDJ is getting big pop over at the App Store, it’s a fascinating application which sucks sounds in from the world around you using the iPhone’s microphone, and then mixes and tweaks those real sounds in lots of ways to create a unique, slightly tripped-out listening experience. Kind of like drinking lager on pain-killers (probably), but nowhere near as dangerous (probably).

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BlackBerry, MySpace claim app download record

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News

The battle for smartphone industry continues, with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today claiming ‘record’ downloads of new application, MySpace for BlackBerry.

In a joint announcement, MySpace and RIM claimed MySpace for BlackBerry software downloads to have exceeded 400,000 downloads in one week, “an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first week application downloads,” the partners said.

Additionally, they reported users of the app sent and received more than 15 million messages and updated their mood and status over two million times in the first week.

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BBC Trust rejects Beeb’s local video services plan

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under News

The BBC Trust has refused permission for the BBC to introduce its own local video service to cover local events in 60 parts of the UK, arguing that it wouldn’t be beneficial enough for the public and that it would have a “negative impact on commercial media”.

Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, said: “It is clear from the evidence that, although licence fee payers want better regional and local services from the BBC, this proposal is unlikely to achieve what they want.

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Boxee team: Apple TV patch soon, testing now

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News

Apple last night released an update for the Apple TV, introducing new features but breaking support for the incredibly popular Boxee software - but there will be a fix within 24-hours, a member of the development team has revealed.

**UPDATE (c.12pm EDT, 21 Nov): If you’ve been waiting for the Boxee update, here’s the latest from inside the team on why no patch has been released just yet: “Nothing yet, all bugs have been fixed except for one and that is getting in front of Frontrow reliably. Apple removed the previous method in r2.3 so we have to find another way.” The Boxee team are working away at this.

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At last - MMS messaging for the iPhone looms

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News

MMS messaging - among the most requested features lacking in the iPhone - seems set to debut on the device starting from next year, as operators choose to employ a third party solution designed to enable the feature.

Since introduction of the iPhone, users and critics have complained at the lack of MMS messaging on the Apple device, a feature that’s widely-used by mobile phone users outside of the US which enables you to send images and video clips to friends regardless of device over the existing mobile carrier network.

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UPDATE: Nokia’s new Mac suite, early alpha exposed

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News

Some may recall news earlier this week that Nokia plans to implement wider Mac support in 2009, now some early screen shots of what the mobile phone giant plans for the Apple Inc. computer platform have emerged - proving Nokia’s claim to be more than hype.

Right now it’s a Leopard-only software, and works only with Nokia N95, N96 and the Nokia 5800 Tube, a fellow blogger reveals.

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Review: Google (voice) App for iPhone

Posted by Jonny on November 18th, 2008 under Apple, News

The much-awaited voice-activated Google Mobile App for iPhone is at last available - and it pretty much lives up to its hype.

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Big Brother is watching - crisis, or opportunity?

Posted by Jonny on November 14th, 2008 under News

New Media Knowledge’s (NMK) next event looks at the pros and cons of behavioural targeting.

The event, which takes place in London on November 25, asks if  behavioural targeting will save internet publishing or if it is instead a moment that marks the death of privacy.

Although the potential audience for internet publications dwarfs that of print editions, digital ad revenues have lagged well behind those for the print publications they are slowly replacing, driving the industry to look to targeting ads to specific viewers.

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MOG music websites draw triple traffic

Posted by Jonny on November 12th, 2008 under News

The MOG music blogging platform has confirmed it has surpassed 3 million unique visitors per month, according to Quantcast.com, tripling its site traffic in less than three months.

The MOG Music Network (MMN) - MOG’s advertising network for independent music blogs and music websites, which launched in August - now includes over 200 of the world’s music blogs, such as Glorious Noise, DiscoMusic.com, Rock on the Streets and the controversial MetalSucks, the company said.

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