Search FT.com Universal Music on Thursday announced plans for a US-wide test to cut the retail price of many new compact discs to just $9.98, in line with the price of digital albums sold by online stores such as Apple ’s iTunes. Read more on Financial Times Congo tracking project aims to end IT industry’s [...]
Homage to Jerry York featured on Apple.com Following yesterday’s news that Apple director Jerry York had been hospitalised Apple has today said that York has passed away. Jerome York served as an Apple board director since 1997 and was chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital. He was the former CFO of IBM and [...]
Meebo has finally released a free native IM client for the iPhone and iPod touch. Even though it lacks the advanced stuff of rival apps, the basics Meebo does pretty well. In addition, it connects you to virtually every IM network you could think of. Mountain View, California-based startup Meebo, Inc. launched five years ago. [...]
Namco Brings iPhone Hit Flight Control to Mobile Namco Networks has partnered with iPhone developer Firemint to bring the popular air traffic management sim Flight Control to Java, Windows Mobile, Brew, and Android platforms in July. Flight Control has sold over two million units since its launch in March of 2009, and was the second [...]
First Looks: Incase Combo Charger for iPod & iPhone Every couple of years, Incase revisits the concept of an all-in-one car and home wall charger, tweaking the shape and adding features of interest to new iPod and iPhone users. The Combo Charger for iPod & iPhone ($40) is sold in two colors — a soft [...]
New BlackBerry Browser More Like Safari Than Mosaic The mobile browsing experience on Research in Motions BlackBerry is widely considered among the worst around. Inefficient and miserably slow, its easily bested by not just by the browsers of rival smartphones like Apples iPhone, but by third-party alternatives like Opera Mini. Read more on AllThingsD Online [...]
NJ judge who opened Little League to girls dies Sylvia Pressler, a trailblazing judge whose 1973 ruling opened Little League baseball to girls, has died. She was 75. Read more on WRIC 8 News Richmond NJ judge who opened Little League to girls dies NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Sylvia Pressler, a trailblazing judge whose 1973 [...]
Want diet-friendly meals shipped to your door? Here’s how some programs compare NEW YORK — The price of losing weight for 22-year-old Thomas Ferraro is about $300 a month. That’s how much he pays for Nutrisystem to ship low-cal meals to his doorstep. The food is shelf stable, meaning it doesn’t go bad for months [...]