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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Apple asking labels for unlimited music downloads]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-apple-asking-labels-for-unlimited-music-downloads</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[iTunes everywhere(Credit:Apple)Apple is reportedly in talks with music labels to give its customers unlimited downloads of music they've purchased.Citing &quot;people with knowledge of the plans,&quot; Bloomberg reported today that if an agreement is reached, people would have access to purchased music from all of the devices associated with their iTunes account. If the deal goes through, customers would basically be given access to an online backup of the music purchased through their iTunes membership.Companies reportedly in talks with Apple include Universal Music, Sony, Warner Music, and EMI.The report from Bloomberg echoes earlier ones that Apple would allow people to store more of their content online, transforming MobileMe into more of a storage locker and making people's content more accessible.Bloomberg speculates that the move by Apple and the music labels would also be a way to offset the growing popularity of online services like Pandora.Music isn't the only media Apple wants to put in the cloud. Last year, sources in the film industry told CNET that Apple executives discussed building a cloud service for content, including video.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With new iPad due, old issue abides]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmarbug02</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[As Apple amps up theiPad to makes its performance more MacBook-Air-like, an old nemesis persists. That would be Adobe Flash. The iPad experience would improve with native Flash support. (Credit:Adobe)The Apple propaganda machine and the cadre of zealots who fiercely defend anything Apple undertakes would lead you to believe that you don't need Flash video. I still don't buy it. First, a confession. Every personal computing device I use on a daily basis is an Apple product. AniPhone, iPad, and a couple of MacBook Airs. And I have been using the iPad every day since the 3G version came out. And have, more than once, sung its praises. However, the lack of native support for Adobe Flash rears its ugly, practicality-subverting head way too often. Of course, this is just a personal opinion. But that doesn't mean I'm alone. I'm not going to list all of the things I do that require Flash. Suffice to say when I surf the Web, Flash always seems to be hiding in some uncharted but necessary nook or cranny. Small business sites use Flash, a lot of hobbyist Web sites still require Flash, and entertainment sites use Flash. But I really don't think I need to explain this, it's readily apparent to almost anyone. In other words, the burden is not on me to list all of the sites out there that use Flash. The burden is on Apple to convince me that it's right to refuse to support a standard that's baked into the Web. Yeah, yeah, I know the argument about how Flash is a power hog, unstable, and performance-challenged. And Apple has a point. But that choice should be up to the user, i.e., use Flash at your own risk. I find that I need Flash typically only briefly but very necessarily. What workarounds exist Well, Hulu has an app called Hulu Plus that works in some cases, others not. And there are other apps like Skyfire. Or, as a last resort, ilivex, a remote Linux app that let's you use theFirefox browser. As just a few examples.  But this is not native support. And why is native support important Just read the Skyfire fine print: &quot;We do not support all Web sites that use Flash video. We are working hard at it...But we cannot guarantee that your favorite site is already on the list.&quot;  This leads to the proverbial elephant in the room. The Motorola Xoom. Though it doesn't support Flash video yet, it will soon. Apple would really have to do some creative spin doctoring to depict native Flash support as a Xoom shortcoming.  And that's almost reason enough to snap up a Xoom. Decisions, decisions.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple to end restocking fees tomorrow]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmarbug02</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apple-to-end-restocking-fees-tomorrow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple stores are ditching the restocking fees.(Credit:Marguerite Reardon/CNET)Apple plans to eliminate restocking fees starting tomorrow.Previously, when customers would return open products to an Apple Store, they would be charged a 10 percent restocking fee. They were also required to return the respective device within 14 days of purchase. Although that restocking fee will no longer be charged, the new policy still requires customers to return products to stores within 14 days.An employee at my local Apple Store confirmed that Apple would be ending its restocking fees starting tomorrow. Apple blog 9to5Mac was first to report the change.Apple's decision to end restocking fees comes just a few weeks after Best Buy did the same.The big-box retailer announced last month that its 15 percent restocking fee on most electronics and 10 percent restocking fee on iPhones had been eliminated. However, Best Buy is keeping its 25 percent restocking fee on special-order items.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[East German fugitive shooting game a hit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmarbug02</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[If you want to know how to get a bunch of Germans riled up in 2010, try putting out a video game that depicts the shooting by East German border guards of refugees trying to flee into the West.That's certainly been the experience of Jens Stober, the creator of 1378 (km), a new game that according to Reuters, has been &quot;condemned as 'utterly inappropriate' and 'insensitive' by a victims' group.&quot;Yet, despite the public outcry, 1378 (km) has apparently become a big hit in Germany. As Reuters reported, &quot;Demand for the game brought down servers following its release over the weekend, a spokes(person) for the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, where the game was developed, said&quot; today.A new game called 1378 (km) is drawing fire for depicting the shooting of East German refugees fleeing into West Germany.(Credit:1378 (km))Named after the length of the border between the former East and West Germany, Reuters said, the game puts players in the role of guards who can shoot refugees trying to flee from East to West, or in the role of the refugees themselves. Reuters quoted critics of the game saying that it &quot;trivializes&quot; the horrors of those attempting to run to their freedom from the oppressive former Soviet bloc regime.But the game's designer, Jens Stober, wants people to relax. &quot;A large part of the criticism is a consequence of my chosen medium, the computer game,&quot; Stober wrote in an English translation on the game's official Web site. &quot;Computer games as a medium are often quick to be judged without being more closely examined...It was designed to enable a younger generation to access information on recent German history using a medium familiar to them. I have been been pleased about the lively discussion about the game, and about the positive feedback and encouragement from which the game can only profit.&quot;And Stober may well have a point. Controversial games are often decried because they are seen as entertainment rather than education. But to Stober, 1378 (km) is about letting players decide for themselves what they would do if they were wearing the boots of an East German border guard.&quot;In this computer game, which would not be the case in, for example, a documentary film,&quot; Stober said on his site, &quot;I personally have the control over my behavior and my reactions, which take place in real time, and in changing situations. The game...does not force someone playing the 'border soldiers' to shoot the 'refugees.' Players are left with the freedom of choice.&quot;Indeed, he added, the only way to win the game--which he said is based on real-life situations at the former Inner German Border--is to not shoot. &quot;I deeply regret that the victims of the former border and their families and relatives have felt cause for injury,&quot; Stober concluded. &quot;This was never part of my intention.&quot;Still, reading Stober's comments, I can't help but wonder if he didn't know that the game would cause a major kerfuffle and create a stampede to play the game. His own comments about being pleased about the ongoing discussion and feedback related to the game and that the &quot;game can only profit&quot; suggest he's not too upset about the results.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital City 109: Gawker hacked, prank presents, and the Blabber Meter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmarbug02</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[There Goes Everything: A Handy Guide to all the Things that are&nbsp'&''Dead&'']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Ia4a4m sitting on a flight back from New York, finally catching up on my TechCrunch reading after a busy few weeks. And &amp;8211' my God &amp;8211' ita4a4s like walking through a post-genocide landscape. Everywhere I look lies the bloated corpse of another service, technology or thing that a TechCrunch writer has reported &amp;''killed&amp;'' or otherwise declared &amp;''dead&amp;''.For the benefit of any other TechCrunch readers who are struggling to keep up, I thought it might be useful to write a quick post aggregating all of the things that &amp;8211' according to us &amp;8211' are now officially dead. Here goes&amp;8230'.Point and shoot camerasTalking to peoplePublishing embargoesSubject linesA magazineEmail (maybe)The MP3RSSThe phone callEmail (again)Headphone cablesUS News &amp;amp' World ReportHireHive, SellIt And RudderMy MacBook ProMG&amp;'s MacBook ProThe CDTwitter&amp;'s websiteThe mouseThe mouse againPhew. After all that, you might think there was nothing left to kill. But you&amp;'d be wrong: herea4a4s a quick summary of some of the other things wea4a4ll be declaring dead before the year is out&amp;8230'DVD playersText messagingScientific calculatorsThe US Postal ServiceChristmas cardsSpoilers on carsLawn ornamentsThe letter &amp;''u&amp;''BelgiumSprayable cheeseSkype headsetsMovies starring Bradley CooperHyphensTiVoTeenage angstThe email sign-off &amp;''XO&amp;''Those cardboard sleeves that go around hot paper cupsWristwatchesRecyclingSecond baseFree refillsThe standby button.orgThe word &amp;''stoked&amp;''Spotify&amp;8230'and probably email a couple more times.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Google Nexus &''S&'': Because Samsung Doesn&'t Like Being No.&nbsp'2]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmarbug02</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When rumors first broke about Google&amp;'s second Nexus phone it was referred to as the Nexus Two. That&amp;'s because even people inside Google called it that. And that was supposed to be the launch name.Google launched the phone formally today, which is built by Samsung. Except they didn&amp;'t announce the &amp;''Nexus Two,&amp;'' they announced the &amp;''Nexus S.&amp;'' Our review of the Nexus S is here.Why the change When Google suggested &amp;''Nexus Two,&amp;'' since it is the second Nexus phone, Samsung&amp;'s response was, according to a source, &amp;''We don&amp;'t like being number two.&amp;''The original Nexus One was manufactured by HTC.So they went with &amp;''S&amp;'', which fits with Samsung&amp;'s naming style for the Galaxy S, which the phone is based on. It stands for speed, or smart life, or smart phone, or something (we&amp;'ve gotten conflicting information on that). Nexus S is cool by Samsung. Nexus Two That&amp;'s just being second.CrunchBase InformationAndroidGoogleInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewfinder app lets you see video from your own head cam]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ingmarbug02</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Contour makes cool video cameras that you can wrap around your head so that you can take video while you&amp;'re skiing or otherwise engaged in an extreme sport. But the problem with these &amp;''head cams&amp;'' is that you can&amp;'t see what is really within the frame of your camera&amp;'s viewfinder.Contour is launching its Viewfinder app and a Connect View Card today that you can use to view your camera&amp;'s picture on the screen of your iPhone or iPod Touch. If you&amp;'re nutty enough to want a head cam, then you&amp;'re probably nutty enough to want this stuff, too. It goes to show that when you are clever enough to create technology for extreme athletes, you have to go on creating stuff for them that makes those earlier inventions more useful.I&amp;'m not sure how many people really want to do this. But those who do probably want to do it really badly. So Seattle-based Contour probably has a pretty loyal market here. The $29.99 ConnectView card is a Bluetooth device that you insert directly into the ContourGPS camera. It connects with your iPhone or iPod Touch via Bluetoooth, using the free app. Then it can stream live video from your camera to your device, giving you a viewfinder so that you don&amp;'t have to take your head cam off. As Marc Barros, chief executive of Contour says, &amp;''Hands-free video just got a lot more hands-free.&amp;''Calling all mobile executives: This April 25-26, VentureBeat is hosting its inaugural VentureBeat Mobile Summit,  where we&amp;'ll debate the five key business and policy challenges facing  the mobile industry today. Participants will develop concrete,  actionable solutions that will shape the future of the mobile industry.  The invitation-only event, located at the scenic and relaxing Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, Calif., is limited to 180 mobile executives, investors and policymakers. We&amp;'ve pretty much finalized the invite list, but have a few spots left. Request an invitation.Next Story: CrowdFlower raises $7M to crowd-source freelance work Previous Story: Q&amp;038'A: Crysis 2 pushes the extreme edge of graphics in video gamesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Connect View Card, video, viewfinderCompanies: Contour          Tags: Connect View Card, video, viewfinderCompanies: ContourDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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