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Apple Gives iPod Nano Video Eyes, iPod Touch Stays Blind

Apple just announced its refreshed iPod line-up, and among the products came the long-rumored news that the iPod Nano would be getting a built-in video cam...but not the iPod Touch. It's a tad surprising, but still a clever ...READ»

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As Luck Would Have It…Success Is Not A Science.

One of my favorite radio programs is a quasi-science show called Radio Lab and is hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. There are two reasons why I love this program so much: 1) because the production values are so good that no matter what they are talking about it sounds multilayered and dynamic and 2) while the topics are science related they are not overly technical and there is a heavy philosophical element usually presented from various sides by the two hosts and their guests. Anyway, while perusing the Radio Lab website the other day to download some files for my iPod, I came across a podcast entry where the two hosts are discussing the early days and their first failed attempt at creating a skit for another public radio program called This American Life. Toward the end of the skit, Jad answers a question about how the show is produced, and he talks about science in a way that struck me, in that it is directly related to entrepreneurship and for that matter…life. Here is an excerpt: READ»

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recession proof....points

might not be the right time to play it safe.READ»

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Does Apple Really Own Multitouch?

The Macintosh turned 25 years old this past weekend, and Apple seems to be celebrating the occasion by unleashing its blood-lusting attorneys on Palm in a potential patent infringement suit.READ»

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iPod Goes to Boot Camp to Help You Snipe Better

This is a wonderful (or perhaps just sickly bizarre) mix of pleasure and danger: It's an iPod Touch mounted to a sniper rifle. And it's not just there to deliver some banging battlefield tunes to the ear of the guy behind the trigger, ...READ»

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Why Apple's iPhone is Not the Next iPod

Apple's latest creation is unlikely to dominate the cell phone market the way the iPod has impacted the digital music market.READ»

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What Makes a Product Cool

The Fast Interview: Steve Quartz on neuromarketing – and why iPods are like heroin.READ»

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The iPod: Apple's Innovation Strangler?

Tech columnist, Don Reisinger, on how Apple has stopped innovating with the iPod, how it's stifling innovation in its market and why the player needs to die. READ»

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Sony Announces Three New iPod Alarm Clocks

Last week saw the announcement of a cool Sony [SNE] boombox that inahles your iPod as if it were one of its own organs. Now there's word that there are several more iPod dock boomboxes on the way from Sony, though the next few are ...READ»

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Sony's New Boombox Eats Your iPod

Lots of boomboxes have iPod docks, but none swallow your iPod so completely as Sony's [NYSE:SNE] new ZS-S4iP. Naturally, Sony found a new way to make their product names impossible to remember -- use lowercase AND capital letters, ...READ»

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Steve Jobs Announces New iPod Nano and Other iPod Updates

At an event in San Francisco this morning, Steve Jobs announced a new version of the iPod Nano and of the iPod Classic. It now has an aluminum shell with a long form factor and an oval shape, and is now "the thinnest iPod ...READ»

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Apple To Announce Streaming iTunes From Anywhere?

About a million-and-one Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] patents are uncovered every year by ambitious fanboys, but few ever bear the fruit of products that actually come to market. Nevertheless, a lot can be said of Apple patent-scanning, ...READ»

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Performance Review

Not since Apple's Switch ad campaign has video footage been so lovingly parodied. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer seems to like to get his dance on at large company gatherings. And his sweaty exhortations are by turns embarrassing and ...READ»

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Why Your Future Clothes Will be Stuffed with Electronics

Reading about the Zegna Freeway jacket--it's got high-visibility LEDs in the back of the collar for improving "safety in urban outdoor travel situations"--made me realize how close the future of clothing may be. Wearable electronics ...READ»

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Oprah, Martha, and Howard Stern are Homeless

Sirius XM Satellite Radio is filing for bankruptcy. Back in the early 2000s, it seemed like the future of radio: Sirius and XM, each with hundreds of channels, ready to take you from shock jocks to swing bands to comedy to grunge to ...READ»

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Apple Event Preview Round-up

Last week we speculated what Apple would reveal at its event today but things have evolved, as they will do in the swirling primordial rumor-soup of the tech world, so we've summarized the latest thinking for you: iPods With ...READ»

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Eight Days to Go: Apple Event Rumor Round-Up

Next week Wednesday is when Apple will host its traditional iPod media event. At least, that's what everyone's assuming from the "It's Only Rock'N'Roll, But We Like It" tagline Apple chose. As usual there's a bunch of swirling rumors, ...READ»

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Well, That's the End of Flip: iPods to Get Cameras

There's no hard news on the actual devices themselves yet, but a bunch of Chinese protective cases for the next-gen iPod Touch and Nano reveal they're both getting digital camera units. And that, basically, is the end of the line for ...READ»

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TV Report Ignites iPod Fire Scare, We Throw Water on It

A Seattle television station is trying to fan 15 iPod malfunctions into a raging controversy. The truth is that your socks are more dangerous than your iPod.READ»

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Metallica's iPod-Friendly Jacket Is Darkly Ironic

There's a delightful irony in this: Metallica, long-term DRM advocates, iTunes hold-outs, and MP3 haters, are releasing a branded jacket that includes Skullcandy speakers and--horror of horrors--an iPod dock connector. The M4 jacket ...READ»

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Apple's Secret Branding Formula

As seen in Brisbaine Times of Australia, this illuminates the often crooked path to a remarkable brand.READ»

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See Me, Hear Me

We have all the latest hardware you'll need to create, share, store, and consume digital pictures, music, and videos.READ»

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Performance Anxiety: Gadi Amit on the Last Manly Job on Earth

A few months ago my younger daughter turned six. Attempting to make myself useful before the birthday party, I was hanging a large piñata, when my better-half approached me and whispered provocatively: "Man, please follow me ...READ»

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Longshot Rumor: iPod Shuffle's "DRM Chip" is a Microphone

The new iPod Shuffle caused a whirlwind of controversy last week for no particular reason--the Shuffle's not the world's most important product, and requiring special headphones is no great shakes. Enraged commenters even thought ...READ»

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The Gross Inconvenience of the New iPod Shuffle

If you're an iPhone user, you just looked at Apple's [AAPL] new 4GB iPod Shuffle and groaned. Announced this morning, the little stainless steel slab is beautifully minimalist, and about the size of a piece of Trident. But its ...READ»