The Apple Beat: Why the iPhone 4S is a Significant Update

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I, for one, am completely tickled that the iPhone 4S looks exactly the same as its predecessor. This means all the accessories and cases (and I have too many of those) on our iPhone 4 will automatically fit nicely on the twice as fast, seven times better graphics iPhone 4S.

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Apple refreshes iPods, shrinks AppleTV into streaming terminal

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The buzz and buildup leading to yesterday's Apple event was apparently justified. Announcements on the continuing iOS strategy, iPad software updates and the usual sales figures were quickly obscured by a series of big announcements in the personal media player space.

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Apple to live stream launch event today

Apple's September 1 announcement/event is a few hours away and the reveal will be streamed live for Mac users at Apple.com. Apple is expected to unveil new iPod music players, possibly an updated AppleTV and an OS update to the iPad but there may be a few more surprises. Apple launch events are not traditionally streamed live but video is posted at a later date so we're wondering what makes this announcement different. 

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iTunes Store Tops 10 Billion Songs Sold

Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com), the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.

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