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Apple to remove screen protectors and films from online store

If you need a screen protector for your iPhone, prepare to go to Best Buy to pick one up: Apple will no longer be selling screen protectors — including protective cases and screen films — in either its online store or retail outlets starting in May

Both MacWorld and iLounge are saying that Apple is likely [...:]

Up Next: iGroups, Apple's Social Location App

Apple has devs to the grindstone for a new social networking app called iGroups.
Patently Apple reports that docs out today from the US Patent Office describe a new service that would work on your iPhone and probably MobileMe, too.
Let's say you're attending SXSW: iGroups would keep you in touch with your co-workers and friends by [...:]

Analyst: Next iPhone Means More Trouble for Palm

If Palm has problems now, wait until this summer, one analyst predicts. Not only will Apple likely have introduced a new iPhone, but there is BlackBerry-maker RIM, as well as the growing strength of Android-powered handsets.
UBS analyst Maynard Um predicts Apple will unveil a new iPhone in June. Although Palm has a deal to promote [...:]

Report: Amazon Insisting Publishers Sign 3-Year Kindle Deals

Publishers are balking at a new requirement by Amazon for three-year contracts aimed at thwarting the current rush toward Apple's rival iBookstore and iPad.
Apple has said it will permit publishers to charge between $13 to $15 for best-selling titles, a premium over Amazon, which keeps titles for its Kindle e-reader at a flat $9.99. A [...:]

Pwnage Smackdown In Vancouver Next Week

Next week sees the opening of the CanSecWest digital security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
It's also going to be host to the annual Pwn2Own contest, where a variety of computers are offered up as prizes to the first individual who can crack their way into them.
This is the fourth year of Pwn2Own and the [...:]

One iPhone, Two Different Numbers, Courtesy Of Toktumi's Line2 App [Review]

Last year I signed up for a landline phone for my office. I wish I hadn't for two reasons:
1. No one calls me.
2. Toktumi's Line2 iPhone app, which adds a second, distinct number to my iPhone.
With a service like Line2, there's no need for a physical phone at my place of work. I give my [...:]

Coming Soon: Steve Jobs, the Sitcom

Fake Steve creator Dan Lyons just signed a deal to bring Steve Jobs to another small screen near you.
The half-hour series called "iCon" is billed by the presser as "a savage satire centering on a fictional Silicon Valley CEO whose ego is a study in power and greed."
Making sure the barbs prick will be the [...:]

Musician Produces Entire Album On An iPhone

Last week we reported on a director who shot a music video using only three iPhones. Now, Tom Freeman brings an all-iPhone production to the arena of sound with the release of his electronic soundscape, iMatik.
Aided by a quiver of powerful sound-production apps, Freeman produced the entire album — from creating the tracks to editing [...:]

Stunning Glimpse Into The Future Of Magazines

Take a gander at the clip up there. It's been forty-odd years since Bobb Goldsteinn coined the term "multimedia," but I think — and maybe you'll agree with me — this is the first time I've felt that I could easily apply the word and think "yeah, that's exactly what it is."
In the clip, Alexx [...:]

Daily Deals: iMacs, iMacs, and iPhones – Oh, My

We start the day with two – count 'em, two – 27-inch iMacs. First up is an iMac Core i5 Quad running at 2.66GHz for $1,699. Next is a Core 2 iMac running at 3.06GHz, outfitted with 8GB of RAM for $1,899. If you haven't found an iPhone 3G yet, AT&T is back with a [...:]