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Reminder: Last chance to Remix & WIN

by Matt Tinsley (Jan 26th, 2012)

Our Remix and WIN competition, with Olivia Broadfield, Propellerhead and SoundCloud, closes on the 31st January 2012, which means you've just a few days left to submit your remix of Olivia's song 'Say.' We've had loads of entries already (some of which are very impressive), and the judges (Olivia ...

French reseller eBizcuss sues Apple over unfair competition

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 30th, 2011)

Apple opened its first retail store in France in November 2009 and caused sales to plummet for local Apple retailers, says eBizcuss CEO François Prudent. According to a report in Le Figaro, the effect is so great that eBizcuss has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging the company ...

Remix & WIN with Olivia Broadfield, Propellerhead, SoundCloud and TUAW

by Matt Tinsley (Dec 23rd, 2011)

Calling all producers, mixers and music-making enthusiasts. We've teamed up with UK singer-songwriter Olivia Broadfield (who we recently interviewed here), Propellerhead and SoundCloud to offer you the chance to win Propellerhead's brand new Balance audio interface, a copy of their latest ...

Rumor: Google working on Siri competitor codenamed "Majel"

by Mike Schramm (Dec 14th, 2011)

Android and Me has reportedly come across some secret details regarding "Majel," which is Google's voice control project that sounds very similar to the popular Siri. Before you start crying foul that Google is jumping on the voice control bandwagon, don't forget that Google actually included ...

Sprint confirms unlimited data for iPhones, but not so fast

by Mike Schramm (Oct 5th, 2011)

Just in case you missed the news at the end of the conference yesterday, the rumors are all true: Sprint is indeed carrying the iPhone 4S, and a spokesperson for the company confirms Sprint will offer an unlimited data plan for iPhone users. That means if you were one of the many users (myself ...

U.S. looks to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger (Updated)

by Mel Martin (Aug 31st, 2011)

Both the New York Times and the Associated Press are reporting that the Justice Department is suing to halt the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, citing serious competitive issues with the US $39 billion deal. The complaint says "AT&T's elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, ...

China Unicom offers $10 monthly iPhone plan amid stiff competition

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 25th, 2011)

China Unicom is trying to grab additional customers before its exclusivity with the iPhone ends. The wireless carrier is kicking off a new promotion that drops the price on its lowest iPhone plan to a rock bottom 66 yuan (US$10) a month. Right now, its larger rivals China Mobile and China ...

Evernote offering developer competition, conference

by Mike Schramm (May 24th, 2011)

Evernote has announced two big events for its developer community coming up later this year. First, the company is holding a competition with over $100,000 in prizes available to win. To enter, all developers need to do is build an app, service, or device that works with the Evernote system by ...

Book publishers fight the one-screen problem

by Mike Schramm (May 13th, 2011)

Publishers of ebooks are meeting this week at the World e-Reading Congress, and a site called the Bookseller has an interesting writeup of one of the issues being discussed there: Whether the book market can compete with, of all things, Angry Birds. Apple's iPad has become, publishers say, a ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: Steve Jobs is "monomaniacal"

by Mel Martin (Apr 25th, 2011)

I doubt Steve Jobs will regard being called monomaniacal as an insult. My dictionary defines the word as 'An inordinate or obsessive zeal or interest in a single thing or subject." That sounds pretty much like the Apple co-founder and CEO. The comments from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen came ...

Skype for Mac design competition announced

by Dana Franklin (Mar 24th, 2011)

Designers, start your creative engines! Today, on its official blog, Skype announced a chat styling competition to find the world's best theme for Skype for Mac. "We want you to create the chat style for an upcoming version of Skype for Mac that will be enjoyed by millions of people around the ...

Xperia Play ad rags on iPhone gaming

by Mike Schramm (Mar 22nd, 2011)

Sony has released a few tongue-in-cheek internet ads for its new Xperia Play smartphone (basically, the PSP phone everyone's been waiting for). In one of the ads, which you can see embedded after the break, performer/Daily Show correspondent/biggest fan of Flight of the Conchords Kristen Schaal ...

Ngmoco's We Farm now available in Canada

by Mike Schramm (Jul 20th, 2010)

Ngmoco has released the followup to its popular We Rule game on the Canadian App Store. We Farm is, as you can see above, very similar to We Rule, with the main difference being that the game is set on a farm rather than in a medieval fantasy world. You'll be able to raise animals, plant ...

AdMob CEO comments on being thrown out of the App Store

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 9th, 2010)

Big surprise here, right? AdMob, freshly picked for purchase by Google (cue dramatic music) has been expelled from Valhalla, also known as the App Store, by a tiny change in the iOS developer agreement. Specifically, section 3.3.9 of the agreement, which precludes companies who do anything other ...

Gowalla announces shared trips

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2010)

There's a growing battle lately on the App Store over "check-in" apps -- Foursquare, Gowalla, and MyTown have all seen big gains in users lately (and a few other contenders have been roaming the periphery), and it looks like we're starting to see some innovation in the mix. Gowalla recently updated ...