Spotify has been all but pushed into restarting its US plans from scratch due to label negotiations, more than one tipster claimed today. The company has reportedly been frustrated with a lack of progress and has decided to approach the music labels as though new to see what they would accept. A 2010 launch is still hoped for, Billboard notes, but it's unclear how labels would be taking to the new proposals....







Spotify - United States - Record label - Business - Billboard

The iPhone 4 today launched in 17 more countries and included more carriers. Apple's phone is now available in Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Scandinavian countries, Singapore and new European countries that include the Benelux area and Spain. South Korea, which had been included in the original "second wave" list, is only due to get the device later this year due to delays....







Hong Kong - IPhone - Apple - New Zealand - Australia

Amazon has released an update to its Kindle app for the iPhone and iPad. Version 2.2 adds a variety of new features, such as instant word lookup that quickly finds definitions for highlighted words. The included dictionary provides over 250,000 entries and definitions, however users can also choose to look up content on Google or Wikipedia....







Amazon Kindle - Google - iPhone - IPad - Wikipedia

Intel on Thursday landed a crucial victory in a private lawsuit that accused it of unfair pricing [sub. required]. Special Master Vincent Poppiti recommended to the US District Court in Delaware that the judge deny the lawsuit any class action status as there was no proof PC shoppers as a group were price gouged by alleged Intel price dumping meant to exclude AMD from the market. As Intel only set its own pricing, computer builders were free to drop their own stickers rather than simply widen their profit margins, Poppiti said....







Intel Corporation - Advanced Micro Devices - Delaware - Personal computer - Class action

Bell this evening became the second Canadian carrier to detail its iPhone 4 pricing and confirmed many of the details leaked out a day earlier. The provider is matching Rogers' efforts and will have its own 6GB smartphone data plan for $30, again only available until September 30. Device pricing on a new contract or a full upgrade is similar, at $160 for a 16GB iPhone 4 and $270 for a 32GB model....







IPhone - Smartphone - Canada - Rogers - Handhelds

Just Mobile has expanded its line of accessories for Apple gadgets with a new stand designed for iPads. The UpStand is a desktop stand machined from aluminum, with rubber grips that help hold the iPad in landscape orientation....







Apple - IPad - Aluminium - IPhone - IMac

Developing a Windows-based alternative to the iPad is a "job one urgency" at Microsoft, company chief Steve Ballmer said today during the annual Financial Analysts Meeting. He admitted that Microsoft was uncomfortable with how well iPads were selling and was tuning both its software and hardware partnerships to provide a competitive option. Besides altering Windows 7, it's counting on Intel's Oak Trail Atom platform and plans to push hardware makers "as soon as they are ready."...







Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - IPad - Intel Corporation - Companies

Apple is working on a "revolutionary" feature for Mac OS X, a new job listing claims. The company is hiring a software engineer for its Santa Clara Valley offices, who must be experienced with Mac, Objective-C and Unix development. "We are looking for a senior software engineer to help us create a revolutionary new feature in the very foundations of Mac OS X," the listing mentions. "We have something truly revolutionary and really exciting in progress and it is going to require your most creative and focused efforts ever."...







Mac OS X - Apple - Unix - Operating system - Mac OS

The new low-end iMac -- one of several models released this week -- displays some significant performance boosts over its predecessor, tests show. The latest version switches from a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo CPU to a Core i3 processor of the same clock speed. Graphics are now handled by a dedicated ATI Radeon HD 4670 chipset with 256MB of onboard memory, instead of NVIDIA's integrated GeForce 9400M; system RAM has been upgraded in speed from 1,066MHz to 1,333MHz....







IMac - NVIDIA - Intel Core 2 - GeForce - Intel Core

Google today started running its first location-sensitive mobile ads. Apps and websites tailored to Android and iOS devices can now use the location features, such as GPS or Wi-Fi triangulation, to trigger ads in a given area. The ads are expandable and expand with a tap to show a map with the location as well as the option of calling or getting directions....







Google - Global Positioning System - iPhone 3G - Wi-Fi - Location awareness

Parrot's AR.Drone remote controlled quadricopter has now gone on pre-sale through a special deal Brookstone. The toy is unique in that it needs to be controlled using the Wi-Fi connection of an iPod touch, iPhone or iPad. It also has two integrated video cameras for streaming live images to the screen of the Apple device....







IPhone - Apple - IPod Touch - Wi-Fi - IPad

Rogers in a last-minute update detailed its upgrade plans for the iPhone 4 and offered a data sharing plan for the iPad. The upgrade discounts are larger than before. Anyone who bought an iPhone between January 2009 and June 7 this year can buy a 16GB iPhone for $399 or a 32GB model for $499. Anyone who bought an iPhone 3G in 2008 and then upgraded to an iPhone 3GS between June 19 and September 15 of last year will pay much less, paying $159 or $269 respectively....







IPhone - Smartphone - IPad - Handhelds - Apple

Nintendo on Thursday faced its first loss in two years as its own lineup and competition from Apple hurt its business. The company lost the equivalent of $288.5 million after DS sales were cut in half from 5.97 million a year ago to just 3.15 million this spring. The drop included a 33 percent fall in sales in the US during June alone....







Nintendo DS - Nintendo - Apple - Video game - Games

Two Apple patent applications, newly published by the USPTO, could potentially allow for complex 3D interpretations of places iPhone owners have been. One of the documents is titled Generating a Three-Dimensional Model using a Portable Electronic Device Recording, and illustrates how an iPhone's GPS and motion sensors could complement other recording technologies, such as video. "By walking with the device in the user's real environment, a user can virtually navigate representation of a three-dimensional environment," the application says....







iPhone - Apple - United States Patent and Trademark Office - Patent - Smartphones

The iPhone 4 is still, "overall, the best device in its class," according to Walt Mossberg. The All Things Digital writer was one of the first people to review the iPhone 4, being one of the few people allowed early access. It was through Mossberg that Apple told the public a software fix was enroute for reception problems, though at the time this referred to improving how iOS displays signal, not solving signal drops caused by a wraparound grip. The latter issue was documented over the course of following days and weeks....







IPhone - Apple - Walt Mossberg - All Things Digital - Smartphone

T-Mobile has beaten AT&T to hold on to its top spot in the quality of its help for customers, JD Power found today. The company had the highest score for its service at 777 points and was the only one of the top four carriers to get a five-star mark from subscribers. It thrived primarily on the level of over-the-phone support....







AT&T - Mobile phone - Business - Telecommunications - Mobile

An FCC filing discovered late Wednesday has signaled a unique Sprint plan to capture Apple device users. A ZTE device known as the Peel would serve as an iPod touch case but would hold a full 3G-to-Wi-Fi mobile hotspot in its back. The combo would give the iPod, and other nearby devices, an always-on 3G connection without needing a separate MiFi....







Apple - IpodTouch - iPod - IPod Classic - ZTE

Japan's industry ministry is now demanding that Apple report on how it will deal with iPod nanos overheating, says Agence France-Presse. 2005-era Nanos have caused at least 27 incidents, according to a ministry official, including six fires. "Four people burned themselves after they touched the device, which had overheated during charging," the official elaborates....







Apple - IPod Nano - iPod - Japan - Agence France-Presse

E-book sales will overtake the paperback format within the next year, Amazon's Senior VP Steve Kessel said today following the launch of the new Kindle. Having just overtaken hardcovers, Kindle book sales should outrun paperbacks before the end of 2011. The executive added to Pocket-lint that e-books would overtake all paper books "sometime after that."...







E-book - Amazon.com - Paperback - Books - Shopping

IPad - IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Simple Genius Project

Apple - IPhone - Shopping - Operating Systems - X11

Repair firm iFixit has published a teardown of Apple's Magic Trackpad, which was...







Apple - iFixit - Magic - Performing Arts - Arts

Motorola today posted results that underscored its urgent move to smartphones. The company's total phone shipments in the spring quarter shrank compared to the winter, falling from 8.5 million to 8.3 million, but its smartphone numbers grew quickly. Continued strong Droid sales and growing ranks of other Android devices led it to ship 2.7 million smartphones, or nearly a third of its entire lineup....







Smartphone - Motorola - Apple - Android - Droid

Intel's platform for its Sandy Bridge desktop processors, Sugar Bay, should launch right at the start of the new year if sources are accurate. The design would combine the new, quad-core, 32 nanometer processors with Intel's upcoming P67 chipset and would ship during the CES show starting January 6. Budget dual-core and higher end unlocked processors would ship later....







Intel Corporation - Intel Sandy Bridge - Central processing unit - Intel - Multi-core processor

CodeWeavers has launched CrossOver and CrossOver Games 9.1, new versions of its Mac virtualization software. CrossOver allows users to run Windows programs inside Mac OS X, while CrossOver Games specializes in running a range of Windows based Games on an Intel Mac. One of the main new features for both programs is the incorporation of changes made in Wine 1.2, which include support for 62-bit applications, over 3,000 bug fixes, and more than 23,000 changes....







Mac OS X - CodeWeavers - CrossOver - Microsoft Windows - Windows

RAGE Software has launched a new version of its intergrated file browser and file management tool, Macintosh Explorer 5.0. The software provides users with an alternative for browsing their hard drives, and features filtering based file browsing and tabbed file browsing tools. New to the program is additional support for the Snow Leopard operating system, along with an enhanced user interface, and improved file browsing....







filemanager - Operating system - Hard disk drive - Snow Leopard - Macintosh

Global Delight has launched an update to its popular iPhone camera application, Camera Plus Pro. The new release adds additional compatibility for some of the iPhone 4's new features, such as the LED flash and front-facing camera. iPhone 4 users are provided with 3 different resolution settings for saving images, in addition to real-time zoom for both of the cameras. Version 2.5 also includes a new Wi-Fi sharing feature, Bing image search, improved video recording, and a variety of bug fixes. To celebrate this new release, Global Delight is currently offering a 50 pe...

Stand By Soft has launched an update to its Microsoft Project viewer, MOOS Project Viewer 2.0. The utility is designed to address the lack of an official viewer for Microsoft Project files. Companies having numerous employees that simply need to view Project files, as opposed to creating and editing them, would need to have the full Project license. Project Viewer provides a low-cost alternative. It can open, view and print Microsoft Project files, with support for views such as Gantt Chart, Task Usage, Resource Sheet, Resource Usage and Tracking Gantt....

A malicious Android Market app has reportedly been downloaded by millions of users, according to mobile security firm Lookout. The app, developed by Jackeey Wallpaper, offers a variety of wallpapers including branded content such as My Little Pony and Star Wars....

Apple Stores located in Canada will be open early, at 7am, to accommodate the surge in sales for the local iPhone 4 launch. The 16GB device will be sold unlocked for $659 CAD (~$639 USD), while the 32GB unlocked variant commands $779 CAD (~$755 USD). Subsidized prices are expected to match US pricing for both capacities....







IPhone - Canada - Apple - Smartphone - Handhelds

Amazon in a rare evening launch revealed its third-generation Kindle reader. The new hardware is 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the model it replaces but is better in nearly every way. It uses a new E Ink Pearl display with 50 percent better contrast and 20 percent faster page turns but can now last for up to a month with wireless off on battery, twice as much as before, and for up to 10 days with wireless on....







EInk - AmazonKindle - Wi-Fi - EInkPearl - Wireless

Apple has begun investigating reports of problems running iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G. An Apple spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the company is aware of the complaints and is currently looking into the situation....







Apple - IPhone - Wall Street Journal - IPhone OS - iPhone 3G

Confirming earlier rumors, Best Buy has announced a new program that will provide free Side Shields for the any iPhone 4 purchased from the retailer. The accessory, produced by ZAGG, provides a layer of clear protection around the iPhone's stainless steel frame, helping to reduce signal attenuation from a misplaced grip....







iPhone - BestBuy - Zagg - Smartphone - Stainless steel

Bell could land a victory against other Canadian carriers by offering a strong promo deal for smartphones and the iPad, a leaked memo shows. Similar to the deals Rogers has been running since 2008, the carrier would provide 6GB of data for $30 per month for BlackBerries, iPhones and other smartphones, including tethering. The deal identified by BGR would start July 30 -- the same day the iPhone 4 is available in Canada -- and would run until September 30, the end of the summer quarter....







IPhone - Canada - Smartphone - BlackBerry - Handhelds

Microsoft has released a new promotional video previewing several of the new features in Office for Mac 2011. The video shows a new template gallery that allows users to choose from a range of included designs or a variety of additional content gathered from the Internet....







Microsoft - Microsoft Office - Macintosh - Office 2011 - Office Suites

RIM's plans for a BlackBerry tablet were corroborated today as the company is now known to have registered BlackPad.com. A WHOIS check on the domain showed that it was bought just a few days ago on behalf of RIM by CSC, a company specializing in corporate branding. The domain had been owned by others but had gone unused since 2002....







BlackBerry - Research In Motion - Smartphone - Company - WHOIS

A day after Apple's launch of new iMacs, OWC has released compatible 1,333MHz RAM expansions. Options run from 2GB up to 16GB. In some cases, the company claims, prices are 50 percent lower than those from Apple, where options are comparable....







Apple - IMac - Macintosh - Hardware - Random-access memory

The Department of Justice today said a third executive from Chi Mei has plead guilty to antitrust charges of price fixing for LCDs. Wen-Hung Huang admitted to conspiring with other companies to keep screen prices artificially high between 2001 and 2006. The senior staffer's bargain will give a lighter sentence of nine months in jail and a $25,000 fine in return for cooperation that could lead to other convictions....







Price fixing - Liquid crystal display - Chi Mei Corporation - Plea - Apple

Empire Brands on Wednesday revealed three new earphone collections for its Wicked Audio brand. The Chill, Reverb and Tour all feature graffiti-inspired designs. They are made of plastic and sport comfortable ear cushions. The cords are nearly four feet long and the 3.5mm plugs are gold-plated for superior sound signal transfer and to prevent corrosion....







Headphones - Gold plating - Plastic - Sound - Chill

Apple has bowed to pressure in Taiwan and agreed to honor mistaken pricing for the Mac mini. On July 23rd, the company accidentally listed a Mac mini with 8GB of RAM as costing $19,900 NT; the particular model is normally supposed to be priced at $47,000 NT. Some people leapt at the opportunity, only to find their orders later switched to the higher price....







Apple - MacMini - Macintosh - Hardware - HDMI

Apple has continued to expand its iAd advertising platform with new options for developers and advertisers. The company now allows developers to purchase iAds to promote their own apps across the network....







Apple - Macintosh - Advertising - Companies - Articles

Google chief Eric Schmidt floated the possibility today of a subscription news service for Android. When asked whether Android could be a significant money generator, the executive was confident the OS could make $10 billion a year by adding paid access to online newspapers. As 160,000 phones are sold each day, it would only take a small subscription to immediately generate a a large amount of revenue....







Google - Eric Schmidt - Newspaper - Operating system - Searching

Two more carriers, 3 and T-Mobile, have finally announced UK release dates for the iPhone 4. Both will launch the device on Friday, July 30th, the same day as it becomes available in 17 other regions such as Austria, Denmark, Italy, Spain and Hong Kong. Nearly every UK carrier now has the phone, the one stand-out being Virgin Mobile. The company was last reported to be in negotiations....







Hong Kong - IPhone - Austria - Denmark - T-Mobile

Super Talent has unveiled what's claimed as a first dual-role solid-state drive in the field. The UltraDrive MX can slot inside a computer as a typical 2.5-inch SATA II drive but also has a mini USB port to work as an external drive. With both, a user could run the MX as a primary drive but transfer data to a new machine like a typical backup....







Solid-state drive - Serial ATA - Universal Serial Bus - Super Talent Technology - Disk enclosure

Apple may have finally solved the problems preventing white iPhone 4s from being mass-produced, a source claims. As has been suggested before, one of the main dilemmas is argued to have been getting the right paint thickness -- specifically on the front panel, though, and in a way that doesn't affect the proximity sensor or create light bleeds. A complicating factor is said to be the need to silkscreen the paint on in a way that leaves a gap for the LCD....







IPhone - Apple - smartphone - Handhelds - Light

LG today warned that its mobile division swung hard towards a loss in the spring owing to its weakness in smartphones. It plunged from a roughly $620 million profit a year ago to a $101 million loss owing primarily to a lack of smartphones. The company shipped slightly more phones between April and June, 30.6 million, but it tacitly acknowledged that its focus on low-cost devices saw it in a declining market and with far lower profit margins....







IPhone - Smartphone - Mobile phone - Apple - LG Group

Best Buy is giving out and/or installing Zagg's invisibleSHIELD 4FIX for people complaining about iPhone 4 reception problems, anecdotes suggest. While most invisibleSHIELDs are meant to cover the front or back of a handheld, the $10 4FIX package consists of transparent strips covering the iPhone 4's antenna band. These should in theory prevent a wraparound hand grip from cutting off signal....







IPhone - BestBuy - Zagg - Handhelds - Smartphones

Panasonic on Wednesday said it's readying the first interchangeable lens that will allow 3D shooting for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The lens has two optical systems installed within the diameter of the lens mount, creating stereo images from the left and right lenses which are then handled by a 3D image processing system....







Camera - Micro Four Thirds system - Panasonic Corporation - Lens mount - Stereoscopy

Samsung late this morning launched a pair of rare pocketable cameras as part of the long run-up to the Photokina show in September. Leading the group, the HMX-E10 is one of the few pocket camcorders to have a swiveling lens. Movie makers can pivot the lens through a 270-degree arc independent from the body; the change simplifies video self-portraits and other off-angle shots....







Camera - Camcorder - Samsung Group - Photography - Photokina

The Safari 5.0.1 update -- and the corresponding v4.1.1 update for Tiger -- finally fix a serious AutoFill vulnerability, an Apple security note reveals. Using a carefully-crafted site and JavaScript, vulnerable versions of Safari can be tricked into entering and sending personal information without consent. Knowledge of the threat has allegedly been in the public domain for about a year, but until now not dealt with by Apple....







Apple - Safari - JavaScript - Safari 5.0.1 - Web browser

Verizon smartphone owners may ultimately use more data than their supposedly more aggressive iPhone-using counterparts at AT&T, Validas discovered. Despite stereotypes, those with Droids and other Verizon devices use about 25 percent more 3G data on average, chewing about 428MB per month where an iPhone owner uses 338MB. Very frequent users are also much more common: 11 percent of Verizon users consume between 500MB and 1GB of data where half as many (5.6 percent) iPhone users do the same....







iPhone - Verizon - AT&T - Smartphone - 3G

Apple is currently preventing publishers from enabling subscriptions for iPad magazines, say several sources. Time, for example, is claimed to have wanted to put out a subscription version of the Sports Illustrated app last month, in which people would be able download issues via iTunes, but pay Time directly. Apple rejected this at the last minute, Time executives say, even though they had been in touch with Apple during spring development, and been assured that the company was alright with the plan. Time was forced to sell only individ...







Apple - IPad - Sports Illustrated - iTunes - Magazine