Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Apple and TV: That's so Jobs: " (InfoWorld) - Portable music players were around before Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs got involved in digital music, but four years after the launch of the first iPod, Apple now owns 75 percent of the MP3 player market. Now that Apple has staked a claim to the portable video market, can the company duplicate its success with music in the vast wasteland of television? (Via InfoWorld.) 8:53:33 PM

Some time ago I wrote an April Fools Joke item about Apple announcing an iPod capable of playing VRs back: http://radio.weblogs.com/0110138/2004/04/01.html Maybe not so far-fetched now? How much of the QuickTime v7 engine is in the new video iPod? Apple Introduces iPod That Plays Videos: "Apple Computer unveiled an iPod capable of playing videos and said music videos and TV shows will also now be sold on its iTunes Music Store." (Via New York Times: Technology.) 8:53:09 PM

First the guy behind ipodsubwaymaps gets into hot water for posting and modifying copyrighted maps without permission (although the average subway rider might well think that subway maps are in the public domain). Then he runs into trademark trouble with Apple resulting in his site being renamed sans 'ipod'. Now he's redesigning the subway maps to avoid paying licensing fees. So he's committing himself to keep all those subway maps from around the world up to date? That's a lot of work. http://www.isubwaymaps.com/ 7:50:04 AM

"From the Twin Peaks at Huffaker Hills, a panoramic view of the entire Truckee Meadows unfolds, with the Virginia Range to the east and Mount Rose and Slide Mountain to the west." Via the Reno Gazette Journal Comment: Anyone notice that those interpretive signs seen in the photo here seem to be getting larger and larger? At this rate, those signs will soon be billboard-sized, blocking out the view of what they are trying to show us. They are useful however, when there's a herd of tourists gawking in front of you. Then the panorama on the sign can show you what the view would be like... 7:32:52 AM

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