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A major update has been released today for Shazam that brings it to version 6.0.0. Shazam is now a universal app and the developers have brought some interesting new features to the iPad, including auto-tagging, running in the background, new home screen and more. With the new update, Shazam is doing away with the standalone iPad app and rolling the iPhone version out as a universal app. The iPhone will only get the mapping feature for now though. With auto-tagging, the new Shazam for iPad will now automatically tag every ... more -
There has been a ton of speculation about Apple making a smartwatch, called the "iWatch", by tech pundits. One analyst has made a prediction that we will see the iWatch in 2014. Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities believes next year will be the year Apple decides to make a wearable computing device. One reason he says that it will come out next year, and not this year, is based on the rumor that Apple will be making big changes to iOS and needs to focus their resources on ... more -
Apparently working as an analyst for Gartner is a big first step towards working for Apple's marketing department. According to Forbes, Michael Gartenberg is now working on Apple's marketing team under Phil Schiller. Sounds like he has his own office and everything:Gartenberg didn’t immediately reply to a voicemail message left at his office at Apple asking him to talk about his new role for the Cupertino, California-based company. He is working on the marketing team under Apple’s global marketing chief Phil Schiller, according to sources.
Gartenberg has also worked at ... more -
Intel hasn't revealed much about its plans for a new devices unit, but we do know that Mike Bell, a former Apple executive, will head up the new Smart Devices Unit. Bell last worked at Apple in 2007 and then went over to Palm after that. Most recently he has been co-leading Intel's mobile chip business. The new division will look at new technologies and product trends, including ultra-mobile products, Intel explained. "The group will be tasked with turning cool technology and business model innovations into products that shape and ... more -
It looks like Apple is starting to offer the option to pay with PayPal on its Apple Online Store. The feature was first discovered on the German Online Store, and seems to be limited there for now, but it's probably indicative of a broader roll out to other countries at some point. For a while now, users in the U.S. have been able to set up PayPal as a payment option for their Apple ID on the desktop, which allows for purchasing content on iTunes and the Mac App ... more -
It looks like the Star Wars role-playing game "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" is about to be released for the iPad, according to an e-mail sent out from Aspyr. The e-mail was a newsletter announcing a sale on Call of Duty games, but also included the Star Wars news. Right at the top of the e-mail was written:"The critically-acclaimed Star Wars RPG is now available on iPad…"
While it doesn't actually specify which Star Wars game it's referring to, Aspyr Media previously brought the classic PC game to the ... more -
Pandora Radio for iPhone has just been updated, the most significant overhaul the app has seen in a long time. With the new update, Pandora Radio is getting a whole lot more social and informative. With the new update, Pandora Radio now supports Facebook sharing, so you can publish and share what stations you're listening to and the music you like best directly on the social network. You can help friends discover new music and even find some new tunes for yourself. You can easily customize what you want to share ... more -
Two hundred and ten days, 22 hours, 33 minutes and 22 seconds No that's not how long since the last Fast and the Furious sequel, it is the excruciating time lapsed since the last major Apple product launch. On October 23, 2012, the world was a kinder and more joyous place. We were months away from the next major release by Psy, Barack Obama was still in danger of being a one-term president, and there had yet to be a music video filmed in space. On that ... more -
When Google first announced Google Play Music All Access it was to the disappointment of many iOS users as it was an Android-only club. Now, thanks to third-party app gMusic, iPhone users will be able to get their hands on Google's All Access music subscription service. gMusic already plays the songs you've uploaded to Google Music, but since Google's All Access announcement last week, developer James Clancey has been working on a new update that will support the music subscription service. As indicated on the gMusic's iTunes preview page, the ... more -
François Beaufort, a member of the Google Chrome team, posted a new image to his Google+ page revealing that Google is working on bringing the Chrome App Launcher to the Mac. Chrome users can even try out a beta version of it now by installing Chromium and then running a quick command in terminal. You'll also need to download at least one app from the Chrome Web Store in addition to Chromium. Once downloaded, clicking the dock icon will bring up a grid of installed apps. When you click ... more
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I love the thinness of the iPhone 5, but hate how fragile the device can be at times. Though I don’t drop my iPhone often, it has happened, and the only thing that has saved my mobile connection to the world is my case. As a frequent iPod, iPhone and
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Two hundred and ten days, 22 hours, 33 minutes and 22 seconds No that’s not how long since the last Fast and the Furious sequel, it is the excruciating time lapsed since the last major Apple product launch. On October 23, 2012, the world was a kinder and more joyous
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