Apple

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 6, 2007
The King of the High C's Hits His Final Note: Luciano Pavarotti died at the age of 71. Mark Swed has the story. iSpoke Too Soon? After every gadget freak told us the iPhone was the Second Coming (or first, or whatever), Apple slashes prices by $200 without raising the sales forecast,... [FishBowlLA]

Is iTunes In Trouble? - Posted August 31, 2007
First Vivendi shifted its weight away from Mr. Jobs, and now NBC is following suit. Rivals from MTV and Amazon.com, EMI and Wal-Mart are also nipping at the digital music titan's heels. Per Reuters: NBC decided not to renew its contract with iTunes, pulling Battlestar Gallactica and Heroes from the teeny-tiny... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 31, 2007
Next Time You Overspend at Costco: Just remember: it could be worse. Speaking of over-spending: Apple will announce a souped-up iPod and a deal to let iPhone users buy ring tones through the iTunes store at an event next week. No Good Television: The anti-TMZ TV?... [FishBowlLA]

Nerd News Roundup: Everything The People Who Will One Day Own You Are Talking About Today - Posted July 11, 2007
YouTube=Q-tips: Nerd Cory Treffiletti believes YouTube is going to obliterate traditional broadcasters in half a decade or less. And he's got a YouTube player on his iPhone to prove it. iPhone=Old School: Geek Peter S. Magnusson writes, "I find that the iPhone reveals that Mr. Jobs, and thus Apple, does not (yet)... [FishBowlLA]

Do Record Companies Have Steve Jobs Cornered? - Posted July 3, 2007
NYT reporter Jeff Leeds's story about Universal's dispute with Apple has music-industry watchers in a tizzy this week, with some grunts joking off-the-record to us that "Mom and Dad are fighting again." FBLA asked Leeds if the Universal's decision not to renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes was little... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted June 29, 2007
The Stars -- A Line: Cher, Madonna, even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will have to stand in line today (or hire someone to do it for them) to buy an iPhone. Amazonian To Helm YouTube Rival: It's gonna take a big man to take on YouTube, but NBC and News Corp. chose... [FishBowlLA]

Steve Jobs' Forbidden Fruit - Posted April 18, 2007
This is of such great importance to designers it's a wonder we hadn't posted it already, but as a treasured UnBeige reader just reminded us, it seems like something that deserves as much press as possible. Greenpeace as embarked upon a daunting mission: To get Apple to polish up... [UnBeige]

In The Trades: New Movies, New Shows, New Titles - Posted March 20, 2007
Francis Ford Coppola's first film since 1997, Youth Without Youth, might be acquired by Tom Cruise's United Artists. The film is based on a novel by Romanian anthropologist/historian Mircea Eliade. Coppola shot the film in Romania in 2006 for around $5 million. It's said to be an "arty Raiders of... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted January 10, 2007
Your Crackberry is So 2006: And on the Second Day, Apple created the iPhone and gave it unto mankind. The clouds parted. The angels sang. The really annoying early adopters in your office started a spittle-in-the-corners-of-their-mouths discussion that started at 9 and will end sometime in March. Alana You Glad, I... [FishBowlLA]

iWe Don't iNeed to Say iMuch About This iAnnouncement - Posted January 9, 2007
According to the heart-stopping coverage of Steve Jobs' keynote on Engadget, Apple has just announced the product which has been covered in just about every tech publication, for years, even though it did not exist until now: the iPhone.... [UnBeige]