iPod News

London, July 4 : The Walkman used to be the perfect companion for whole generation of music lovers, and now the clunky portable cassette player by Sony has been named the best musical invention of the last 50 years, by a leading magazine.

My household has a drawerful of dead iPods. What's the best method of dealing with these? Garbage strike or not, there's no better time than the present to shrink our waste lines.

Take advantage of these MP3 player deals and you'll have plenty of leftover cash to spend on songs.

A screenshot of the purplra1n website, which offeres the first jailbreak app for the iPhone 3GS.

Apple Announces Netbook! That's the headline you wanted to see, right? That's the headline that industry analysts and so-called experts believe Apple must have in order to remain relevant in today's economic climate.

Findley Designs, Inc. announces the immediate availability of iPod Access 4.3 for Mac OSX and Windows Vista/XP. iPod Access is the leading iPod/iPhone music and video transfer application for the Mac and Windows.

The special outlook and innovative features have made the item a milestone in the developmental history of music players.

A handful of HBO programs, including "Entourage" and "Sex and the City," are now available for purchase on iTunes Canada.

An image of a teen girl, purported to be 15 years old who is topless and mostly bottomless appeared in the free app BeautyMeter, which lets users upload photos of themselves that are then rated by others, according to Wired magazine.

Apple has detailed the latest changes to MobileMe, which were implemented in an update earlier this week.

When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go - a totally innovative idea in 1979.

Apple started the movement with the launch of its hugely successful iTunes App Store for the iPhone in 2008, then all the handset heavies followed suit.

Apple Insider Florida University is the second school in as many months to announce that students enrolling in one of its curriculums this fall will be required to own either an iPhone or iPod touch, highlighting an increasing role for Apple's multi-touch devices in higher education.

Late last night I saw an update notifications on my iPhone 3GS for Skype. New version? Sweet! I updated it and checked out the release notes for Skype 1.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Apple's work on the iPhone's operating system continues. Weeks after the release of version 3.0, it has given developers a software development kit for the 3.1 version of the software.

During its beta phase, which begins today and runs through Sept. 26, chord videos are available for free on the Mac for popular songs from artists including Green Day, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, Matchbox 20, White Stripes and more.

THIRTY years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age - the iPod.

Barnes & Noble, the world's largest bookseller, has announced that Barnes & Noble.com has launched the Barnes & Noble Bookstore application for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Mobile has unveiled a mobile application that offers discounts on a oeenvironmentally consciousa products and services.

The sudden death of pop icon Michael Jackson on June 25 has set cash registers ringing with purchases of his music and memorabilia, at least temporarily boosting revenues at physical record shops and online outlets like Amazon.com and Apple's iTunes.