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MIA -Paper Plane
This song is Kick-ass - featured in upcoming Apatow movie CURRENT - can you guys do a Daily Fix on MIA
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APPLE-A-DAY TALK INVESTORS AWAIT EARNINGS & JOBS' HEALTH REPORT
Interesting article about Steve Jobs - amazing that he survived pancreatic cancer. Who knows what is really going on with him but highlights just how critical he is to Apple and the entire world of digital media...
"Industry concerns about Steve Jobs' health have not gone away more than a month after the Apple CEO appeared dramatically thinner at the firm's annual developers' conference, fighting what insiders at the time were calling a 'bug.'" Interesting article about Steve Jobs - amazing that he survived pancreatic cancer. Who knows what is really going on with him but hig... more -
MobileMe: Apple vuole farsi perdonare
Il debutto di MobileMe, la nuova suite di servizi che sostituisce .Mac, è stato più travagliato di quanto chiunque potesse immaginare, Apple compresa.
I disservizi sono stati talmente prolungati, estesi e clamorosi che Apple non poteva certo non assumere una posizione ufficiale sulla questione; e Cupertino l’ha fatto, riuscendo pure a usicre in modo elegante da una situazione davvero spinosa.
Il Team di MobileMe (ex-DotMac) ha infatti inviato una email di scuse a tutti i sottoscrittori del servizio:
“Vogliamo scusarci con tutti i nostri clienti e, per esprimere il nostro apprezzamento per la pazienza dimostrata, tutti i sottoscrittori attuali del servizio avranno l’estensione automatica di 30 giorni, gratuita, dell’abbonamento a MobileMe“.
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a me comunque non è che funzioni tutto alla perfezione e sopratutto non mi hanno ancora dato questo mese in più...
Tra le cose che (a me) non vanno segnalo:
- funzione "share" di iDisk tanto pubblicizzata, inesistente
- Gli amici che cercano di uplodare qualcosa nella mia cartella pubblica si ritrovano con una rotellina che gira e la scritta "Loading" che va avanti all'infinito anche se il documento viene uplodato non c'è modo di sapere quando e se finisce...
- iDisk particolarmente lento se usato dal Finder del Mac (più lento del vecchio servizio .mac ed è tutto dire...)
- i Calendari sottoscritti si aggiornano tra un dispositivo e l'altro ma non vengono segnalati su Mobile Me (tramite browser web)
- Gli eventi dei calendari si aggiornano tra un dispositivo e l'altro ma sul web fanno un po come gli pare (alcuni si, alcuni no) inoltre se cerco di creare un nuovo evento (dal web) questo viene creato ma poi la pagina si aggiorna e l'evento scompare... inutile dire che su gli altri dispositivi non compare nemmeno...
- le caselle mail vengono aggiornate tra i vari dispositivi ma non vengono visualizzate su Mobile Me (sempre tramite browser web)
e svariate altre cosette... sinceramente da apple mi aspetto qualcosa in più in termini di affidabilità e negli ultimi due anni la qualità generale dei prodotti è scesa parecchio (secondo me), sarebbe ora di sforzarsi un po per far uscire un modello di iPod e iPhone in meno all'anno e ridare qualità e affidabilità (sopratutto affidabilità) a tutto il resto... altrimenti tanto vale farmi fare un assemblatino e metterci su Ubuntu, tanto smanettare per smanettare... meglio farlo quasi gratis (l'hardware comunque lo si paga)
Il debutto di MobileMe, la nuova suite di servizi che sostituisce .Mac, è stato più travagliato di quanto chiunque potesse immaginare,... more -
Olympic Windsurfing: Nikola Girke
Olympic windsurfer Nikola Girke discusses training and the Beijing Olympics.
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Olympic Windsurfing: Zac Plavsic
Olympic windsurfer Zac Plavsic discusses his training and the challenges windsurfers face in Beijing.
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Olympic Sailing: Mike Leigh
Olympic sailor Mike Leigh discusses the challenges of the Beijing Olympics
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Olympic Trap Shooter Susan Nattrass
Canada's Susan Nattrass, the oldest woman trap shooter in Olympic history, takes a bead on her sixth Olympics in Beijing.
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The right to peer inside your iPod
The heads of the G8 governments, meeting this week, are about to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), which - it's claimed - could let customs agents search your laptop or music player for illegally obtained content. The European Parliament is considering a law that would lead to people who illicitly download copyrighted music or video content being thrown off the internet. Virgin Media is writing to hundreds of its customers at the request of the UK record industry to warn them that their connections seem to have been used for illegal downloading. Viacom gets access to all of the usernames and IP addresses of anyone who has ever used YouTube as part of its billion-dollar lawsuit in which it claims the site has been party to "massive intentional copyright infringement".
The heads of the G8 governments, meeting this week, are about to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), which - it's c... more -
iPhone/iPod portable recharger
If this works with the new 2nd gen iPhone I'm all over it. The battery life doesnt suck, but I would love to have this baby in my pocket for those extra long outings. If this works with the new 2nd gen iPhone I'm all over it. The battery life doesnt suck, but I would love to have this baby in my poc... more
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Microsoft offers iPod prizes for search in Australia!
Microsoft is offering iPod nanos, shuffles, and touches as prizes to promote their Live Search in Australia. Microsoft is working through a joint venture in Australia with Nine Network, ninemsn, for Internet search.
Microsoft said that using a competitor's products in this way is frowned upon. However, the Zune is not available in Australia. "Where we don't have a great product or we don't have a product at all there's no internal edict that says we're not allowed to use competitor products," a Microsoft source said. Microsoft is offering iPod nanos, shuffles, and touches as prizes to promote their Live Search in Australia. Microsoft is working thro... more -
Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod
Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
The songs will be sold in MP3 format, which means users of the Rhapsody service will be able to play them on iPods.
Before now Rhapsody, jointly owned by Real Networks Inc and Viacom Inc's MTV Networks, had focused on a subscription service, allowing unlimited song streaming for $13 to $15 a month, rather than selling downloads.
But Rhapsody Vice President Neil Smith said the fact the service has not been compatible with Apple Inc's top-selling iPod digital player has limited Rhapsody's reach.
Rhapsody is the latest player to challenge iTunes's 70 percent-plus market share of U.S. digital music sales. Last month digital music service Napster Inc launched an MP3 store. Both Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Amazon.com Inc launched stores last year.
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iPhone design alienates women
Large people and women with fingernails report difficulty using the device
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What's on Barack Obama's iPod?
Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren't musical acts in a summer concert series: They're artists featured on Barack Obama's iPod. Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren't musical acts in a summer concert series: They're artists featured on Barack Obam... more
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Ting Tings Backstage
The Daily Fix goes backstage with UK indie-pop duo, the Ting Tings, to get the details on what influences their albums and drives their unique live shows. The Daily Fix goes backstage with UK indie-pop duo, the Ting Tings, to get the details on what influences their albums and drives thei... more
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Obama opens up his iPod
The Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama showcased his diverse musical taste, ranging from Bob Dylan to Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen, after revealing the playlist on his iPod.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, to be published this Friday, the Illinois senator said he had "pretty eclectic tastes".
The list of bands reads like the acts at a summer music festival, with the Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow and Ludacris all in the mix. Obama said that, growing up, he listened to Elton John and Earth, Wind & Fire but that Stevie Wonder was his ultimate musical hero during the 70s.
The Stones' track Gimme Shelter topped his favorite songs from the band. His selection also contained 30 songs from Dylan. "One of my favorites [for] the political season is [Dylan's] Maggie's Farm. It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric." In the song, Dylan sings about trying to be himself, "but everybody wants you to be just like them".
The jazz legends Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker were also included in the compilation. Many of the musicians on Obama's iPod, such as Bruce Springsteen, are supporting his White House bid.
Earlier this month, Dylan said he believed Obama was redefining politics in the US and could bring change to a nation in upheaval. "I've got to say, having both Dylan and Bruce Springsteen say kind words about you is pretty remarkable," Obama said. "Those guys are icons."
Obama said he had not met Springsteen but that the two had talked over the phone. "Not only do I love Bruce's music, I just love him as a person," Obama said. "He is a guy who has never lost track of his roots, who knows who he is, who has never put on a front." He added that, when speaking to the singer, he addressed him by his moniker the Boss. "You've got to," Obama said.
The candidate said he thought rap music was also helping to break down barriers within the music world. Indeed it was reported last month that Obama will make a cameo performance[siiic] on the rap singer Q-Tip's next album. However, he expressed concern over his daughters – Malia, nine, and Sasha, seven – listening to some rap songs.
"I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics," he said, "but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music."
He said the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and the rappers Jay-Z and Ludacris were "great talents and great businessmen".
"It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying they were getting bad images of themselves," he added.
Obama appears on the cover of the Rolling Stone issue. The magazine endorsed him for president in March The Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama showcased his diverse musical taste, ranging from Bob Dylan to Jay-Z and Bruce Spring... more -
Steve Whysall takes you to Minter Garden
Vancouver Sun columnist's podcasts guide you through metro Vancouver's best gardens
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Apple addicts camp out for Sydney store opening
Call me an old fogey, but I just don't get the concept of queuing for a store opening. Apple is tonight opening it's first store in the southern hemisphere, in Sydney - my hometown. While it is an impressive building, and all it contains is awesome in terms of technological beauty and usability, queuing overnight to be the first in just doesn't make sense to me.
The first 2500 customers through the door receive a gift - not an iPod, a Macbook, or anything remotely electronic, in fact, but a t-shirt. Woooowwww!!!
Sorry, don't get. I'll wait till the crowds die down, and then pay a visit. The shop isn't likely to be moving anywhere soon. Call me an old fogey, but I just don't get the concept of queuing for a store opening. Apple is tonight opening it's first store in th... more -
Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks
I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say I'm not in the least bit surprised by this research. The study goes on to say that, based on the average number of songs per music player, around 48 per cent of the music is illegally downloaded.
How does the music industry counter this? Already, we've seen Trent Reznor take the initiative by giving away not only his music, but sometimes the source files for those tune, too. He's still making money. Radiohead, Coldplay and others have also tentatively stepped into the "freebie" world this year, but is it enough?
I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say I'm not in the least bit surprised by this research. The study goes on to say that, based on ... more -
Cyber police are watching what you download
Proposed amendments would make it easier to prosecute those who download Internet material illegally. If the bill is approved, people caught downloading copyrighted files would be fined $500. Proposed amendments would make it easier to prosecute those who download Internet material illegally. If the bill is approved, people ... more
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Podcast: A walk through the Garden
Garden authority Steve Whysall offers a personal guided tour of VanDusen Gardens
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