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The Week's New Content - Nov. 2, 2009

Friday November 6, 2009

New content added to the site this week includes:

iPod Minis: TV Subscription, Music Movies, Chinese iPhone

Thursday November 5, 2009

I'm changing the name of these short news items (no more iEphemera). I like this name better - wish I'd thought of it a year ago.

Free at iTunes Store This Week

Wednesday November 4, 2009

Music

Keep on Lovin', by Steel Magnolias (single of the week)

All For Love, by Serena Ryder

Mi Fantasia, by Ivan

Video

TiK ToK, by Ke$ha

Legend of the Seeker Starter Kit

The Prisoner Trailer

Pilot, from Ally McBeal

Straight to the Core, from Celebrity Trainer

The Twlight Saga

The Week's New Content - Oct. 26, 2009

Saturday October 31, 2009

New content added to the site this week includes:

Updates Abound: New iTunes, Remote, Apple TV Software

Friday October 30, 2009

Apple released a bevy of related software updates last night. Driving the whole thing is Apple TV 3.0, the software that runs Apple's set-top box. The update adds support for iTunes LPs, iTunes Extras, Internet radio, and provides a new interface. The update is free. Here's how to download and install it.

In conjunction with that, Apple released iTunes 9.0.2, which adds support for Apple TV 3.0 (iTunes is how you get content from your computer to the Apple TV), and blocks syncing with the Palm Pre yet again. As usual, it's a free update. Update using Apple's software update tool built into iTunes or the Mac OS, depending on which you use.

Lastly, Apple released Remote 1.3.2, an iPhone/iPod touch app that serves as a remote control for iTunes and the Apple TV. You guessed it: the update makes Remote compatible with the new iTunes and Apple TV software. Update the free app through iTunes or the App Store.

iEphemera: Holiday Buying, App Store 100K

Thursday October 29, 2009

Free at iTunes Store This Week

Wednesday October 28, 2009

Music
According to You, by Orianthi (single of the week)

Rollerskate, by Matias Aguayo (latin single of the week)

Forgotten, by Gatekeeper (discovery download)

Video
Whatcha Say, by Jason Derulo

Pilot, from White Collar

Bourbon, from Bartender Wars

In the Moonlight, from Modern Family

Welcome to Bad Boy, from I Want to Work for Diddy 2

Audiobooks
Witch & Wizard - Book One, by James Patterson

SuperFreakonomics, by Steven D. Leavitt and Stephen J. Dubner

I, Alex Cross, by James Patterson

Apple Pitching Tablet to Aussie Media?

Tuesday October 27, 2009

A report in the Sydney Morning Herald suggest that Apple has been pitching its new tablet device to the Australian media.

According to the report, Apple is positioning the device as a distribution tool for media outlets that will allow them to charge for access to their content through the device (a similar feature, in-app transactions, is already available in a number of iPhone apps available at the App Store). Apple would keep 30% of the revenue from the sales, with the rest going to the media companies, according to the report.

This is interesting on a few levels. First, it lends credence to the idea that yesterday's NYT story wasn't based on speculation, but rather inside info (if Apple is pitching to Australian media, presumably it's already done the same in the U.S.). Second, it bolsters the rumor that LongBox, a digital comics platform, could be on the tablet at launch. Third, it could boost the sagging newspaper and magazine industries and perhaps give them some new hope.

Did NYT Leak News of the Apple Tablet?

Monday October 26, 2009

In the grand tradition of journalism, newspapers are the ones supposed to be publishing leaks and breaking news, not creating them. But leaking info may be what New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller did recently when discussing "the impending Apple slate."

The reference to the widely expected Apple tablet computer, which may or may not be a sibling to the iPhone, came at a journalism conference last week. Keller's note about Apple comes at around the 8:20 mark of the linked video.

Now, in all fairness, Keller may not have leaked anything. Lots of folks are expecting this tablet to debut sometime next year, so he may just have been referring to the conventional wisdom. But maybe not. Either way, it gives the tablet hunters something to speculate about for the next few days, at least until some new tidbit crops up.

The Week's New Content - Oct. 19, 2009

Friday October 23, 2009

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