The 2011 was extraordinary year for Apple’s business, it became the most valued company in the world, passing IBM, Microsoft and Exxon Mobile, Apple products sold in millions, iPhones and iPads reached new shores expanding Apple ecosystem to new frontiers with Apps, games and books getting downloaded in billions. Partners business grown too, NewsStand helped move million of magazines and newspapers subscripts making a lot of content maker happy, other opted for a more open strategy like the ...

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The iBand took the iPad and the iPods/iPhones to the extreme with a Christmas Concert powered by virtual instruments played on the iPads, an excellent and smart use of this new technology, it rocks the house, watch it.

Shazam today announced the U.S. launch of an innovative, in-app advertising campaign service called the ‘Shazam Listening Screen Takeover’ which allows advertisers and marketing partners to own the iconic Shazam listening screen while a song is being identified by Shazam users on iPhones and iPod touches. Fox Broadcasting Company is the first client in the U.S. to take advantage of this innovation when, on December 6, it launches its campaign on Shazam for the American Country Awards, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 6 (8:00-10:00 ...

InFocus today announced the InFocus LiteShow III wireless adapter. LiteShow III works seamlessly with any brand of projector, flat panel TV or other display with a VGA input to quickly and easily share data, audio and video over a secure wireless connections at speeds up to 150 Mbps and with a range of 300 feet. For clean integration in professional AV installations, new models of InFocus projectors have an onboard power connection for LiteShow III that simplifies the installation. LiteShow III is compatible with the latest operating systems, including Windows 7, ...

Apple has been soooo slow in China that even Lenovo’s head Liu Chuanzhi believes so, Apple is missing a big opportunity in China and is taking a ultra passive stance when the indications point to a more aggressive response, but I really don’t believe Apple was so slow until yesterday news about people buying all the iphones they can, jumping and running with dozen of iphones to satisfy the grey market, this situation forced Apple to close the Beijing Apple Store, but the stellar introduction of the iPhone in China’ Unicorn ...

Altec Lansing introduced the new Octiv Duo (M202) dual docking and charging speaker system and free Music Mix App to give multiple device households a way to play and charge their iPod and iPhones simultaneously. Couples, roommates and families can now enjoy crystal clear sound while charging and sharing playlists from two devices at once. Charge a third device through the built-in USB port and expand the musical player options with the aux-in. With a low profile compact wedge design, the Octiv Duo is perfect for limited spaces such as ...

NY Toyota customers will find a unique element to Huntington Toyotas Labor Day Sale that they won’t likely find anywhere else. The dealership has arranged to give away an iPad with every car purchased during its Labor Day Sale. The iPad offer is limited to the first 100 buyers. Whether it’s new or pre-owned, you’ll get an iPad, said Huntington Toyota General Sales Manager Chris Tedesco. Where some dealerships are only giving away an iPad with a certain model or model year, we’re giving one away on every model, new or used. There ...

Adobe released the latest version of its Photoshop.com mobile now called Photoshop Express 1.3, the new version is available for iPhone and now support the iPad. The Photoshop Express 1.3 is a the mobile version of photohop.com where users can store and share images up to 2 GB of space. What’s New In Version 1.3 • Initial support for iPad • New name: Adobe® Photoshop® Express • Updated UI • Bug fixes and performance improvements Features specific to iPad: • Support for portrait and landscape orientations • Redesigned Online, Edit, and Upload workflow...

NAVIGON today celebrates the first anniversary of its iPhone navigation app, MobileNavigator, in the iTunes App Store. In year one, NAVIGON’s iPhone app transformed more than 1 million iPhones around the world into standalone navigation devices, placing the app in number one billing spots on iTunes Top Grossing, Staff Favorites, Rewind 2009 lists, and in Apple advertising campaigns. NAVIGON celebrates its anniversary with a 50 percent discount for four days only (August 12-15) on NAVIGON’s Australian MobileNavigator app and most other country versions. The In App Purchase feature Panorama View 3D ...

The Pixelmator Team today announces the release and immediate availability of Pixelmator 1.6, an update of the revolutionary GPU-powered image editing tool that provides everything needed to create, edit, and enhance still images. Available as a free software update, Pixelmator 1.6, codenamed Nucleus, adds major performance improvements, 64-bit support, layer groups, an Import feature, Flickr, Facebook and Picasa support, redesigned transform tools, and more. In addition to 64-bit support, which makes use of large amounts of RAM and increases performance, Pixelmator Team engineers have polished almost every part of the Pixelmator foundation ...

Missing the last Metro home will become a thing of the past for residents of North East England, after a new iPhone app was launched today (Monday 21 June). The app, called Next Metro, shows the user when their next train is due, for all 60 stations in the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It also uses the location-aware features of the iPhone to tell a person the ten nearest stations to their location, and includes maps showing how to reach them. Next Metro is the result of a collaboration between Gateshead-based digital ...

Just in time for the launch of Apple’s iPhone 4, Gazelle (www.gazelle.com), the nation’s largest consumer electronics reCommerce service, is launching a mobile site to let customers trade in their used iPhone right from their phone: iphone.gazelle.com. The mobile website’s intuitive interface allows customers to find out how much their iPhone is worth in less than one minute. Go to iphone.gazelle.com Select your model (2G, 3G, 3GS) Answer four quick questions about the phone’s condition Get your cash offer From there, customers ship their phone to Gazelle (packaging and shipping is free) and then ...

Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20% of the company for many years. The two companies worked closely together to pioneer desktop publishing and there were many good times. Since that golden era, the companies have grown apart. Apple went through its near death experience, and Adobe was drawn to the corporate market with their Acrobat products. Today the two companies still work together …

Rebuzz WD today introduced WD Photos photo viewer, an iPhone/iPod Touch app for use with its My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives, that lets users access up to 250,000 of their favorite photos from anywhere in the world. The WD Photos ...

Apple will open its newest retail store on New York’s Upper West Side on Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m. Set beneath a breathtaking all-glass arched roof, the street level of the Apple Store® Upper West Side offers more Macs, iPods and iPhones than any store in the world for an incredible hands-on experience. The lower level features the largest area ever created by Apple for personal training and technical support, including a 45-foot Genius Bar. Located on Broadway at 67th Street, the Apple Store Upper West Side is just minutes from Lincoln Center and Central Park.

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Sophos, the anti-virus company is reporting about a possible infection for jailbroken iPhone of the Rickroll worm that changes the iphone wallpaper with the picture of Rick Astley, it appears to be a proof of concept, but Sophos is recommending to all iphone users with jailbroken ipod touch and iphones that change their default password.

The rickroll is not a malicious worm, but jailbreakers should take notes about this concept and protect their devices.

Via Sophos