CD sales are taking a dive this year, as more and more music fans get their music fix from free music podcasts¬†and digital music services like iTunes. 229.8 million albums were sold in the United States from Jan. 1 to July 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. That is a 15 percent decrease over the […]

It’s beginning to look like the cell phone industry may be iPwned by Apple’s iPhone: iPhone reviews¬†have been nearly universally glowing. Other cell phone introductions, which might have generated some buzz a short time ago, are suffering in comparison to Apple’s new mobile phone. Unofficial reports put iPhone sales at over one million in less […]

The Open Mobile Video Coalition has issued an open letter to technology companies urging them to adopt a single standard for digital TV signals for cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. The coalition is made up of mainstream broadcasters, including Fox, Gannett, Telemundo, NBC, Tribune and others. The current terrestrial digital TV system was […]

LG Electronics and YouTube jointly¬†announced today an agreement to provide YouTube services on LG handsets. The agreement promises to let users not only view videos on the phones, as on Apple’s new iPhone, but to shoot and upload videos directly to YouTube. For upcoming YouTube-enabled handsets, LG will introduce a new user interface for accessing […]

Apple has run out of iPhones at more than half its stores less than a week after introducing the combination iPod music player and handset in the U.S. AT&T has also sold out of the phone in almost all its 1,800 stores. Buyers emptied Apple stores in 10 states, with 95 of 164 stores reporting […]

The New York Times reports that Universal Music Group, the world‚Äôs largest music company, has¬†notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes. It’s too early to tell if this is a negotiation tactic or a change in strategy for Universal, but the company said it would market music […]

Apple sold about half a million iPhones this weekend, estimates Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster. Going into the weekend, Munster thought Apple would sell 200,000 on Friday and Saturday. Sunday night, though, Munster estimated that Apple sold about 500,000 units from 6 p.m. Friday through the close of business Sunday. Jaffray also reported that 95% of […]

The folks at iFixit, a site that specializes in upgrades for Apple gear, has posted a detailed, high-res, step-by-step dissection of the iPhone. On the other hand, ThatNimrod managed to get his iPhone open and into pieces in under a minute: iPhone Destruction

freeiPodsoftware.com has a free MP3 to iPod Audio Book Converter that turns any number of MP3 files into one iPod Audio Book File. The advantage of doing this is that you can make use of the advanced audio book functionality of your iPod. For example, your iPod remembers where you were listening in your audio […]

Apple has released iTunes 7.3. It adds two main features: the ability to wirelessly share digital photos from any computer with iTunes to AppleTV, and support for the iPhone: About iTunes 7.3 for Windows With iTunes, import CDs or download songs and videos from the iTunes Store. Make playlists perfect for any occasion. Burn playlists […]