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Police Nab Teens Who Film Theft with iPod

The urge for YouTube fame got the better of a trio of three teen crooks, whose iPod recording of an assault and robbery of another teen got them arrested.
Two 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old in Waldorf, Maryland approached a 13-year-old on a neighborhood basketball court at 5:30 pm. They reportedly tried to pick an argument with [...:]

"Bump" Track Info to Friends with Rhythmic for iPhone

Free Radical Software has just released Rhythmic for iPhone and iPod Touch. Rhythmic allows one user to transfer song information, including relevant song data and cover art, from their device to another with the same technology used to transfer contacts in the popular iPhone app Bump.
Once a track is Bumped, the recipient can choose to download [...:]

Report: Next-Gen iPhone Includes Hi-Res Screen, iBookstore

Little doubt remains that Apple will introduce its next-generation iPhone next month. The latest evidence: a report that Apple's key iPhone supplier is set to ship at least 24 million iPhone 4Gs this year, starting in June. Many believe Apple will unveil the new iPhone at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference June 7.
According to Tiawan's [...:]

Comic Explains Apple's Angry Pursuit of Lost iPhone

If you think Apple's dogged pursuit via a police raid of blogger Jason Chen's was a little extreme, you're in good company.
Uber geek and Mac user Bill Amend's Fox Trot strip offered one explanation for Apple's dogged pursuit of the lost iPhone.
In the Sunday strip, 10-year-old Jason Fox gets a fake ID, to use as [...:]

Bill Maher on Next US President: "America Needs… Jobs. Steve Jobs."

Bill Maher might be on to something. The politicomedian made a bold statement last night that suggested Steve Jobs (aka Sven Jorbs) should make a run for the Oval Office.
Last week, President Obama admitted to being technologically challenged. Maher, noting that the President's historic run for office was fueled primarily by social networking, refused to [...:]

Todo for iPad Released, Half Price for a Limited Time

The Todo app for the iPad was released recently, and to celebrate Appigo is offering this gorgeous little piece of productivity for $4.99; 50% off of its everyday $9.99 price tag.
About Todo:

Todo is a powerful set of tools that makes task management simple and fun. Use Todo on your iPad or iPhone alone or synchronize [...:]

Conde Nast: 365 iPad GQ Sold So Far

The first sales figures of magazines testing the iPad are coming in and so far they are muted. Conde Nast says it has sold 365 iPad editions of the December 2009 Men of the Year issue, so far.
"This costs us nothing extra: no printing or postage," GQ vice president of publishing Pete Hunsinger told reporters. [...:]

Apple's Jobs Asked Gizmodo to Return iPhone Prototype

Details are now emerging about how closely-involved Apple's co-founder became during the search for a stolen next-generation iPhone that later was splashed across the front page of a prominent gadget blog. According to court records released Friday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs contacted the site around April 19, asking for the phone's return.
Soon afterwards, Gizmodo editor [...:]

Charge Your iPad with Quickerteck's Foldable Solar Panel

Quickerteck has done it again! First they brought us a charge monitor for the iPad that indicates if you're getting enough juice to charge your pad. Now they've brought us a 10 watt foldable solar panel for the iPad that comes with the aforementioned charge monitor.
Quickerteck states that the panels will charge your iPad as [...:]

Bluebox Ai: In-Flight Entertainment coming to iPad

It looks like in-flight entertainment will become a little less annoying in July 2010.
Bluebox Avionics has announced its Ai IFE  which "leverages the power, flexibility and quality of the most advanced consumer device ever produced" (apprently that's the iPad). Flight attendants would either pass out iPads or chain them to your tray tables and you [...:]