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Website of the Day: Feedbooks
The e-reader market is a funny one. Consumers gawk, but complain about the price of the device and downloads. Still, 33 percent of you admit to owning an electronic book gizmo like Amazon's Kindle, which has quickly become a travel essential for celebs.
Do You Download Media From Questionable Sources?
The debate about downloading movies and music from certain file-sharing sites becomes hairier every year. Making files available is not always illegal, but we all know the music industry has sued people who download pirated songs and that the film industry does not take stealing movies lightly.
I have friends who are die-hard iTunes fanatics and have never even looked at other download sites, and I have friends who are all about file sharing instead of file shopping.
94% of Americans Think Movie Downloads Are More Eco
Eighty-seven percent of respondents from a recent study believe renting DVDs at the video store or through mail services will become a thing of the past. I am not shocked at all considering what's available for download on iTunes, Amazon's streaming video, the fact that Xbox 360 streams Netflix movies, and the plethora of on-demand movie services.
The ecological positive of the trend is the fact that downloading movies is more convenient and eco-friendly than taking a drive out to the local video store.
Download of The Day: FoxyTunes
Oh, how I hate tabbing back and forth from Firefox to iTunes. It just takes so much time! If you're a geek, you know our goal is to make things easier for ourselves, not to control + tab our life away.
Free Podcasts To Get You Through The Day
I am one of those people that keeps my iPod on nearly all day at work - it just helps me focus on what I am doing and not the chitter chatter around me. In an effort to make sure I never tire of my favorite artists, I usually listen to NPR podcasts, some of which most people aren't interested in (think Car Talk's Call of the Week), and others that everyone seems to love (think All Things Considered and This American Life).
If you're looking to fill your day with a little free entertainment and mental stimulation, check out PodcastAlley, which is a great website that is trying to develop the biggest and best directory of podcasts (podcast directory) available on the Internet.
How To Share iTunes Music
One of my favorite things about working in an office with a group of people is the fact that I can listen to most of their music through our shared iTunes folder. It gives me a chance to sample music that isn't part of my regular playlist, and make sweeping assumptions about my co-workers' hipness based on their music taste.
When your computer is on a network, iTunes’ built-in “sharing” feature works in two directions: it lets you open up your music library to others on the same network, and allows you to listen to music files that are on other computers running iTunes.
Cellphones for the Music Fan
The New York Times recently published a Cellphones for the Music Fan article, which featured (shown from left to right): the V3i, which is a modified Motorola RAZR; the Sony-Ericsson Walkman W810i, available through Cingular; and Verizon’s LG VX8500 Chocolate.
While geeks and music fans around the world are still waiting to see if Apple will produce an iPod-inspired phone, many music lovers have already taken the plunge and are faithful users of the listed cell/MP3 player combo phones.
For the Times' take on phones for music lovers, just read more
Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Hello Kitty Alarm Clock
To me, Hello Kitty items are chic, but in that counter-culture "I'm totally cute and indie, but I still love it" kind of way, but when I saw this soon-to-be-released Hello Kitty iPod Alarm Clock I stopped in my tracks.
When did Hello Kitty get so savvy? This stereo clock radio and recharging station for iPod mini and nano can link your iPod with video and iPod photo players to a TV Set, has an FM/AM radio, LCD function display and will wake you up to your iPod, radio or buzzer.
An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Hitwise reported that visits to the iTunes website were up 413% on Christmas Day this year versus Christmas Day 2005. The increase is attributed to new iPod owners rushing to Apple’s site to download iTunes. In addition, visits to the online Apple Store showed an increase of 110% when comparing Christmas Day 2006 to the previous year.
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Download of the Day: Jonathan Adler Smartphone Wallpapers
Similar to my desktop wallpaper, I like to keep my BlackBerry's wallpaper beautiful as well. What is currently adorning my BB's screen? A beautiful floral design wallpaper from the Kindred website which I manually resized to fit my screen perfectly.
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