GarageBand Music Recording App Comes to iPhone and iPod
Apple’s popular music app GarageBand is making the leap to the iPhone and iPod Touch today with an update, version 1.1. Pre-loaded on all Apple computers as part of iLife, GarageBand features a wide variety of professional-quality instruments, which users can play on a timeline to make songs of their own. GarageBand also lets you record [...]
Read MoreApple to Discontinue iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic
At its next major media event, on October 4, Apple will likely announce the next iPhone, but it may also discontinue some of its popular products — the iPod classic and iPod shuffle. Citing a source who is not an analyst, but someone familiar with the situation, The Unofficial Apple Weblog claims that the two legendary products are [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft Set to Kill Off the Zune
According to “a person familiar with the decision,” Microsoft will no longer produce the Zune media player. The reasoning boils down to supply and demand. Not enough people demand to own the device. The Zune was probably the one device that had a chance to challenge the iPod. Obviously, it still wasn’t enough. It’s not [...]
Read MoreTech Year in Review 2010
Facebook and MySpace Research by danah boyd touched on how many teens viewed Facebook and MySpace. To put it simply, many of those involved in the study viewed MySpace as “the hood” or the ghetto while seeing Facebook as “cleaner.” With Facebook now more than 500 million strong and MySpace struggling to stay relevant, the [...]
Read MoreBlack Friday Digital Deals Run-Down
After the massive amounts of tryptophan we ingest on Thanksgiving wears off, many people gain zen-like focus as they prepare to run the gift-buying gauntlet for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We’ve already given you an edge with a few apps to make your shopping experience a little less harrowing. To further ameliorate the mad dash for [...]
Read MoreListen Up!: 5 Must-Have Black Podcasts
While blogs provide a wealth of information on various subjects, it is difficult to multitask while you read one. Podcasts provide a way to consume information while doing a variety of tasks like driving or exercising. The iTunes Store is the most popular directory of podcasts, and it contains over 100,000 of them. A small [...]
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