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National media buying and the big corporations that are good at it: Google, Amex, Apple.

John Kitover — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:02:24 +0000

Music is a natural phenomenon. It can only be heard and felt in it’s silences. Google’s Youtube website is an incredible media property that can channel the minds of tens of millions at any one given moment, as the screen shots above demonstrate. Google’s Youtube, Amex, iTunes, and the musicians performing at the Vevo concert in NY are all in cahoots to give to you and to take from you. Vevo is the music industries response to the fact that the industry is talent, and they control it, so show RESPECT to the talent union known as Vevo; long live the lyrics and the power of copyright.

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Google Android Review – Evo & X Smart Phones

John Kitover — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:39:08 +0000

Google Android software is quickly making rapid advancements in global cellular telecommunications and rapidly consolidating cellular software technology. Using my iPhone 3G with 16 GB hard drive (purchase 1.8 months ago) is like taking a step back to the year 1982. Cell phones are changing this quickly, people. Google’s Android 2 software (operating on select smart phones) operating on the latest smart phones (Evo, Android X, amongst others) is what every mobile power user needs to be working on. In fact, try both, like I do. Get a Google Android 2 smart phone and also get an iPhone 4; possibly even an iPhone 2 with 8 GB just as a backup.

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iOS 4 Software Update

John Kitover — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:32:50 +0000

iOS 4 Software Update

This update contains over 100 new features, including the following:

• Multitasking support for third-party apps*
– Multitasking user interface to quickly move between
apps
– Support for audio apps to play in the background
– VoIP apps can receive and maintain calls in the
background or when device is asleep
– Apps can monitor location and take action while
running in the background
– Alerts and messages can be pushed to apps using
push and local notifications
– Apps can complete tasks in the background
• Folders to better organize and access apps
• Home screen Wallpaper*
• Mail improvements
– Unified inbox to view emails from all accounts in one
place
– Fast inbox switching to quickly switch between
different email accounts
– Threaded messages to view multiple emails from the
same conversation
– Attachments can be opened with compatible third-
party apps
– Search results can now be filed or deleted
– Option to select size of photo attachments
– Messages in the Outbox can be edited or deleted
• Support for iBooks and iBookstore (available from the
App Store)
• Photo and Camera improvements
– 5x digital zoom when taking a photo**
– Tap to focus during video recording**
– Ability to sync Faces from iPhoto
– Geo-tagged photos appear on a map in Photos
• Ability to create and edit playlists on device
• Calendar invitations can be sent and accepted wirelessly
with supported CalDAV servers
• Support for MobileMe calendar sharing
• Suggestions and recent searches appear during a web
search
• Searchable SMS/MMS messages**
• Spotlight search can be continued on web and Wikipedia
• Enhanced location privacy
– New Location Services icon in the status bar
– Indication of which apps have requested your location
in the last 24 hours
– Location Services can be toggled on or off for
individual apps
• Automatic spellcheck
• Support for Bluetooth keyboards*
• iPod out to navigate music, podcasts and audiobooks
through an iPod interface with compatible cars
• Support for iTunes gifting of apps
• Wireless notes syncing with IMAP-based mail accounts
• Persistent WiFi connection to receive push notifications*
• New setting for turning on/off cellular data only**
• Option to display the character count while composing
new SMS/MMS**
• Visual Voicemail messages can be kept locally even if
they have been deleted from the server**
• Control to lock portrait orientation*
• Audio playback controls for iPod and third-party audio
apps*
• New languages, dictionaries and keyboards
• Accessibility enhancements*
• Bluetooth improvements
• Better data protection using the device passcode as an
encryption key* (Requires full restore.)
• Support for third-party Mobile Device Management
solutions
• Enables wireless distribution of enterprise applications
• Exchange Server 2010 compatibility
• Support for multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts
• Support for Juniper Junos Pulse and Cisco AnyConnect
SSL VPN apps (available from the App Store)
• More than 1,500 new developer APIs
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPod touch 2nd generation
• iPod touch 3rd generation (late 2009 models with 32GB
or 64GB)

* Requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 3rd generation.
** Requires iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. SMS/MMS messaging and Visual Voicemail require support from your wireless carrier.

For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guides for iPhone and iPod touch at:

For more information about iPhone and iPod touch, go to:

To troubleshoot your iPhone or iPod touch, or to view additional support information go to:

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:

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