Jumat, 22 April 2011

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Apple Finalizing Deals For New Cloud Based Music Service

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT

It seems as if Apple is working really hard on that cloud music locker service. Now, word is that Apple may launch the service earlier than we expected, as the company has already penned down deals with two out of  four major record labels and Eddy Cue from Apple will go to New York tomorrow in order to finalize the remaining record label deals.

Basically, the idea behind this service is that Apple will allow users to to store songs that they have purchased from iTunes as well as songs from their own hard-drives. Users will then be able to stream their saved songs from anywhere in the world, provided that they have an internet connection.

So why having official licenses is better for Apple? Well unlike Amazon’s Cloud Player which asks you to upload your own content before you can listen to it, Apple will store a master copy of one single song from a particular label and will allow all users to stream that very song. Meaning the users wouldn’t have to upload individual copies of each song that Apple already has the license for. Hence, it’ll not only save time for the users, it’ll also save Apple considerable amounts of data storage.

More updates on Apple’s music service, as they come in. Stay tuned.

Apple’s Cloud Music Service Is Ready, Google’s Service Still In The Works

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:07 AM PDT

Cloud based services are all the rage these days. Previously, it was being said that Apple was set to introduce a new cloud based music service for its customers, an idea to which Google soon followed suit and has not been able to roll out as yet. Well, Reuters reports that Apple’s cloud music service is ready to be kicked off, or at least the technology required to do so is up and running.

Apple Inc has completed work on an online music storage service and is set to launch it ahead of Google Inc, whose own music efforts have stalled, according to several people familiar with both companies' plans.Apple's plans will allow iTunes customers to store their songs on a remote server, and then access them from wherever they have an Internet connection, said two of these people who asked not to be named as the talks are still confidential.The maker of the wildly popular iPhone and iPod, Apple has yet to sign any new licenses for the service and major music labels are hoping to secure deals before the service is launched, three of the sources said. Apple has not told its music partners of when it intends to introduce its music locker, they said.

Even Amazon has launched its very own cloud music service which comes without label support. Apple on the other hand, is in talks with major labels hoping to secure deals for this service. Google on the other hand, has been stalling the deals, it is being said. The reason for which may be the leadership shuffles at Google.

Even if the service is ready, we expect a formal launch in September later this year. September is the time when Apple launches new music devices at its iPod event. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

Confirmed: iPhone 5 Will Support Both GSM / CDMA Networks Worldwide

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Previously we reported that the CDMA Verizon iPhone 4 had a chip which was compatible with GSM networks as well. This lead to the speculation that the next generation iPhone may be a world phone. A world phone is a device which can be operated in both CDMA and GSM networks worldwide.

Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo has confirmed that the iPhone 5 is going to be a world phone with this very chip inside. This may not be the best of news for carriers though as it means that an iPhone purchased from AT&T could work with Verizon and vice versa.

There has been no final word as yet on the iPhone 5 release. Some say that Apple hasn’t even finalized the production roadmap as yet for the iPhone 5 and one should not expect a release well before 2012. On the other hand, a recent news claims that Apple will release iPhone 5 in time for its usual September iPhone launch time frame.

The iPhone 5 is said to have the same dual-core processor as the iPad 2, an 8 megapixel camera or possibly a 12.6 megapixel camera as well, aluminium back and NFC and a larger screen.

iOS 4.3.3 or 4.4 May Fix iPhone Location Tracking ‘Bug’

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Over the past few days, the internet has literally been abuzz with the news that your iPhone is constantly tracking your location and saving it on-board the device. The news has sparked privacy concerns so much so that even US Senators are demanding answers as to why Apple is doing this. On the contrary, John Gruber from Daring Fireball, a renowned Apple critic, believes that Apple may not be doing this intentionally. Rather, he feels that this is a bug which Apple may fix in the upcoming iOS update, probably iOS 4.3.3 or iOS 4.4.

The big question of course, is why Apple is storing this information. I don't have a definitive answer, but my little-birdie-informed understanding is that consolidated.db acts as a cache for location data, and that historical data should be getting culled but isn't, either due to a bug or, more likely, an oversight. I.e. someone wrote the code to cache location data but never wrote code to cull non-recent entries from the cache, so that a database that's meant to serve as a cache of your recent location data is instead a persistent log of your location history. I'd wager this gets fixed in the next iOS update.

As of now, we have seen no comment from Apple on this whole issue. Even if this is a bug that Apple overlooked, or if Apple wants to patch this as discreetly as it can, an iOS update is the only way to address people’s concerns on this issue. We’d love to hear your thoughts on why Apple would want to track the location of its customers. Sound off, in the comments below.
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