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Future Apple Gadgets Getting AirPlay Wireless Music and Video Streaming With iOS 4.2

iPad with iOS 4.2 is almost everything we’ve wanted in the iPad since getting an iPhone 4, plus something we’ve wanted from the beginning: streaming music and video from iTunes to iOS devices with AirPlay. It’s coming out in November. AirTunes has been remade into AirPlay, which now streams more than music over iTunes—it streams…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 1

What iOS 4.1 Does For You

Apple will release a new version of iOS4, adding HDR photo capture, fixing iPhone 3G performance, and finally adding Game Center support. The 4.1 update will be available next week for iPhone and iPod touch (though not all models). Steve Jobs brought out developers from Epic Games to show off a ‘Epic Sword,’ a graphically…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 1

Apple iPod and Music Meta-Liveblog Today, With Live Video Stream

Dear friends, we’re going to be meta-liveblogging the Apple iPod music event. The actual mouth-flapping on stage starts 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET), but the liveblogging fun starts way before that. https://kotaku.com/what-will-apple-announce-at-their-music-centric-septemb-5621837 If you’re unfamiliar with how our meta-liveblog works, we’re going to be bringing the best text and images from MacWorld, MacLife, gdgt,…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 1

Not On a Mac or iPad? Watch the Apple Keynote Here

Don’t have an approved Apple device to watch today’s keynote? We’ve got you covered. Gizmodo and Livestream are restreaming the keynote right to your Flash-enabled browser. It’s like you’re really using a Mac! [Live.Gizmodo.com]

Tech News Joel Johnson Sep 1

Apple Store is Down—New Sh*t Is On Its Way!

The Apple Store is down. Let’s celebrate with Joel Johnson’s “Apple Store is Down” song, recorded while he was Boing Boing Gadgets editor a couple of years ago. Check it out here. https://gizmodo.com/boingboing-gadgets-apple-keynote-song-the-apple-store-5014453 Lyrics are below, but if you want to hear Joel’s catchy tune played out over some randomly-generated (and I mean random) Apple…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 1

How To Keep Up With Apple’s Music Event On Twitter and Facebook

Curious about what Apple’s music-focused event will bring? If our meta-liveblog is too overwhelming for you, then you can pick just the right dose of Apple music news for yourself by following along on Twitter, Facebook, or Digg: https://kotaku.com/what-will-apple-announce-at-their-music-centric-septemb-5621837 On our Facebook page, we’ll be posting the most important news without any distracting items. Our…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 1

Touchscreens! They’re Like a Trend Now

Touchscreens. They’re everywhere. And so easy to use! That’s the gist of this 900-word New York Times article. I merely want to point out that just because it’s a touch interface, doesn’t mean it’s a good, or easy, interface. [NYT]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 1

Apple to Stress Test Their New $1 Billion Data Center Today

Cult of Mac’s Leander Kahney says that the reason behind today’s Apple event streaming is to test their new server farm in Maiden, North Carolina. According to his source, “the goal is to monitor traffic load and quality.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipod-and-music-meta-liveblog-today-with-live-vid-5626542 Apple’s new $1 billion data center is one of the largest in the world. Today’s web…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 1

Private School Hands out 105 iPads to Pupils

Scotland’s Cedars School of Excellence is running a bold tech experiment at the moment, teaching all of its 105 pupils using nothing but Apple’s iPad for taking notes and conducting lessons. The school’s IT man has his own blog, where he informs parents and the rest of the world about the progress of the project—including…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Sep 1

Let Musicovery’s iPhone App DJ to the Tune of Your Mood Swings

Upon entering the Musicovery iPhone app, users must pinpoint their exact mood, whether that be energetic, positive, calm or dark—or somewhere in between. The app will then load up a selection of suitable tracks, personalizing the experience. It’s a spin-off from their webradio website, which streams random songs based on the mood input and decade…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 1

Why an iPod Touch With Cameras Would Be a Serial Killer

A new iPod touch with the iPhone 4’s dual cameras—specifically its awesome 5-megapixel shooter—is more than just another iPod touch. It’s a true killer gadget. https://gizmodo.com/test-notes-iphone-4-camera-5572766 A friend of mine is moving to France for a year. Her contract with Verizon is up for renewal. She’s not a super dweeb, but she was considering getting…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 1

InCrowd iPhone App Turns Facebook Places Into An Animated Popularity Contest

What good is the slightly annoying and creepy Facebook Places feature if you can’t turn it into some sort of competition? Well, with the InCrowd iPhone app, you can do just that. The app allows you to create a little avatar who can interact with nearby friends’ avatars and allow you to earn popularity points…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 1

Lyric Legend Is Like Tap Tap Revenge, But With Actual Lyrics

Playing Tap Tap Revenge and other similar games might teach you to quickly press buttons in time with the music you’re listening to, but that’s about it. Lyric Legend actually drills the lyrics of the song into your brain. The idea is the same: A song plays, and you hit the screen in time with…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 31

Will iOS 4 Supercharge the iPad? Maybe.

It’s fall and thus a man’s thoughts turn to operating system updates. I don’t ache for as many changes to the iPad in iOS4 as one might think, but a few would make my laptop replacement even better. Some of you intimated I might not follow through with my threat to sell my laptop after…

Tech News Joel Johnson Aug 31

Apple to Launch Netflix-Enabled Apple TV?

Bloomberg is reporting that Apple will launch a new version of Apple TV at tomorrow’s press event, packing built-in support for Netflix movie streaming. A Netflix subscription will still be required, according to Bloomberg’s anonymous insiders. We’ll find out soon. [Bloomberg Businessweek]

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 31

Send Videos Off Your iPhone Over 3G With Transfer Big Files

It’s ridiculous that it takes a third-party app to be able to send a full-resolution video that you recorded on your iPhone without having it be automatically resized to an ugly, low-quality version, but TransferBigFiles does the job. TBF is a free app, and you get 5GB of storage by default to do what you…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 31

If You Could Only Have One Apple Update Tomorrow, What Would It Be?

If you had to pick just one thing you want to see Apple dish out at tomorrow’s music-centric event, what would it be? https://kotaku.com/what-will-apple-announce-at-their-music-centric-septemb-5621837 If You Could Only Have One Apple Music Update Tomorrow, What Would It Be?

Tech News Joel Johnson Aug 31

We Don’t Need These Stinkin’ iPods Anymore

Tomorrow Apple will hold their annual fall event and Steve Jobs will introduce the latest and greatest iPods to the world. But as smartphones become increasingly adept at playing music, you have to wonder: Why bother with iPods at all? When the first iPod was introduced in October of 2001, I was listening to my…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 31

Give Me One Good Reason Why Anyone Would Need a Thermos-Like iPod Dock

When most homes have so many iPod docks there’s invariably one being used as a doorstop, it takes an awful lot of innovation to flog a new one to the masses. Will Sony’s SRS-V500IP thermos-speaker-like dock work? Undoubtedly, no. While it’s not actually a thermos sitting in the dock (I know, disappointing right?), the design…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 31

Rumor: New iPhone 4 Antenna Design Coming Late September

An executive at a Mexican cellphone carrier Telcel claims that Apple has a revised iPhone 4 coming late September that fixes the annoying antenna problems everyone’s seen with the original model. The exec says that Telcel customers are able to get the free iPhone 4 case until September 30, when it expires (in the US…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 31

Future Apple Gadgets Getting AirPlay Wireless Music and Video Streaming With iOS 4.2

What iOS 4.1 Does For You

Apple iPod and Music Meta-Liveblog Today, With Live Video Stream

Not On a Mac or iPad? Watch the Apple Keynote Here

Apple Store is Down—New Sh*t Is On Its Way!

How To Keep Up With Apple’s Music Event On Twitter and Facebook

Touchscreens! They’re Like a Trend Now

Apple to Stress Test Their New $1 Billion Data Center Today

Private School Hands out 105 iPads to Pupils

Let Musicovery’s iPhone App DJ to the Tune of Your Mood Swings

Why an iPod Touch With Cameras Would Be a Serial Killer

InCrowd iPhone App Turns Facebook Places Into An Animated Popularity Contest

Lyric Legend Is Like Tap Tap Revenge, But With Actual Lyrics

Will iOS 4 Supercharge the iPad? Maybe.

Apple to Launch Netflix-Enabled Apple TV?

Send Videos Off Your iPhone Over 3G With Transfer Big Files

If You Could Only Have One Apple Update Tomorrow, What Would It Be?

We Don’t Need These Stinkin’ iPods Anymore

Give Me One Good Reason Why Anyone Would Need a Thermos-Like iPod Dock

Rumor: New iPhone 4 Antenna Design Coming Late September

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