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Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts

Talkcast tonight, 10 p.m. ET: The 'let's hope the Super Bowl is over by then' episode

Last week, my friends Steve Sande and Megan Lavey joined me for an erudite discussion over drinks about the White House's tech woes, the iWork trojan making its rounds, and our favorite Mac memories. Feel absolutely free to download the show from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.

This week, hopefully, the Super Bowl will be done and dusted before 10 Eastern, so we can recap the news of the week and take your calls! We plan on covering more tips for keeping your data safe, and talking about the pros and cons of renewing your MobileMe subscription. Come prepared with your questions, comments and ideas, and we'll put them on the air!

To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client, or you can also use the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VOIP lines (take advantange of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *-8. Talk with you then!

Filed under: iTS, iTunes

Super Bowl highlights now in iTunes

If you want to relive that abysmal game for only $1.99US (it's a 22 minute video), just click here to be taken to the iTunes Store.

Now that the season is over, I wonder if that's the end of NFL content in iTunes? The Pro Bowl will be played this weekend, and the NFL Network (which has been providing content all along) will continue to broadcast, of course.

Oh, who am I kidding? Football is over. Darnit.

Filed under: Apple, Blast From the Past

Apple '1984' ad 10th in CBS countdown

In the realm of ridiculous rankings, what could be more trivial than "best Superbowl commercial ever?" And yet, CBS has devoted an hour tonight to this burning question. Three years ago, Apple's legendary 1984 ad ranked #4 in the fan voting; tonight it came in at #10.

Starting at 9:30 ET/PT, voting opens on the grudge match of Anheuser-Busch's "Lamb Streaker" against the all-time favorite, Coke's Mean Joe Greene ad. That lamb is gonna get skewered. Meanwhile, I'll be watching carefully for Apple's new "Let It Be... iPod" ad.

Filed under: iTS, iTunes

Expect Superbowl highlights in iTunes

Apple has fostered a relationship with the NFL this year, posting game and team highlights, as well as NFL network programming, to the iTunes Store all season long. We're sure that Superbowl Highlights will also be added, but until then you can relive Superbowls past through the eyes of the players and coaches who were on the field in a new series of videos [iTunes link].

I'll be rooting for the Bears this year, only because the Colts eliminated my beloved Patriots. Maybe I'll just relive the Pats' 2004 season.

[Via Infinite Loop]

Filed under: Video, Cult of Mac, Apple

23 years ago we found out why 1984 wouldn't be like 1984


Many people call Apple's 1984 ad (this one is slightly updated), which introduced the Macintosh, as the best ad ever made. It aired 23 years ago today during Super Bowl XVIII. Head on over to Tony Long's piece for Wired to see why this iconic ad almost never saw the light of day.

Here's my question to you, loyal TUAW readers, how many of you actually saw this ad when it was aired (remember that the ad was only aired on TV twice, and only once nationally).

Filed under: iTS, Rumors, iTunes, Apple

SuperBowl Bombshell?

As we all well know, Apple stunned the world with a single SuperBowl commerical back in 1984. And now the Toronto Sun claims that Apple "plans a 'special' announcement scheduled for a Super Bowl commercial on Feb. 4." As Erica previously posted, all signs point to the Beatles in iTunes. Electonista is even suggesting that access to the remastered Beatles catalog may be on iTunes before CD.

While the Beatles in iTunes is not nearly as big a deal as the introduction of the Macintosh, it will be a welcome addition and yet another big SuperBowl victory for the team from Cupertino.

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