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Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Waiting for Apple to finally release an iPhone for Verizon? Well, you may not have to wait much longer. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is currently developing two new iPhones to hit market this summer, and one will be its first non-AT&T smart Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Amazon is selling music downloads a day early and way cheaper then Apple.  Price war? Nope. Apple is trying to use its considerable clout to get the record labels to rethink their super-consumer-friendly promotional relationship with Amazon.  Who will win? Right now, you — some albums Continue Reading →

CBS is set to begin selling shows on iTunes for $0.99. The move comes just as Apple prepares to launch the iPad, a device which may transform mobile TV viewing. The move cuts the price of digital TV shows in half, making TV shows more affordable for users to download. Amazon unveiled a free Kindle Continue Reading →

Next on Digital Life. The Apple iPad is announced. Can a Facebook post land you in jail? The Pope becomes a social media guru and AT&T admits that it’s network has not met it’s performance objectives in key cities. Jack Myers and I discuss Apple’s plan to charge less for TV shows on iTunes, plus Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A Google camera used to survey streets caught a criminal in the act. A Google Street View car roaming the neighborhood captured a tree removal company illegally cutting down and removing over twenty trees from a private property. Margaret Burnyeat had Continue Reading →

As a Jobsian supplicant and an Apple acolyte, I really, really want to love the iPad. No one on Earth has made me buy more stuff I don’t need with money I don’t have than Steve Jobs. He’s my hero. One writer who came to visit me in my home office looked around and observed, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. On the eve of the arrival of Apple’s new tablet, McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw announced that 95% of his company’s content would be available on the new device. It’s also being reported that Apple will most likely charge $12.99 or $14.99 Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Playboy now has an iPhone application available in the iTunes App store. While the magazine is known for its nude pictorials, the app eschews naked photos for Playboys articles. Why? Because Apple still won’t allow apps with nudity to be available Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is taking aim at Miriam Webster and Oxford by launching its own dictionary. The move will direct all definition searches to the new Google Dictionary, which will have complete authoritative definitions, sentence examples and links with more detail. Google hopes Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: Cell phones in school? Sony goes after iTunes. The first Adult App Store. And, are the fortune 100 companies inept at social media? Plus, is FiOS better than cable? I’ll talk with Chris Levendos, the Verizon guy who’s in-charge of fibreing NY.  We’ll meet Christine Frietchen, editor-in-chief of ConsumerSearch.com and Continue Reading →