http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/22/roku.launches.open.channel.store/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/rokuchannelstore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Roku late Sunday gave its Internet media players a boost in the form of the Channel Store. Now considered an open platform, the avenue lets content producers of any scale implement their own video services. The service also brings major content providers such as Facebook's photo service, Flickr, Mediafly, Pandora, Revision3 and TWiT; relative newcomers like blip.tv, FrameChannel, Motionbox and M... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/22/roku.launches.open.channel.store/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/ibuqity.outs.hd.radio.tuner.app.for.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/gigawarehdradio.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gigaware and iBiquity Digital have unveiled a new app and peripheral combination for the iPod touch and iPhone that endows the devices with HD Radio tuning support. The wired Gigaware HD Radio receiver mates with both the user's headphones and a free iPhone app to provide the digital-only radio format. The add-on lets listeners pick up local, analog FM radio stations as well as HD Radio stations, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/ibuqity.outs.hd.radio.tuner.app.for.iphone/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/vudu.gets.flickr.pandora.picasa.other.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/vuduappsin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />VUDU on Thursday announced that it has brought brought three key Internet apps to VUDU-enabled TVs. These are the same apps that were already available on the VUDU box and include Picasa, Flickr, Pandora, a free TV on-demand service and a few simple games. VUDU says it brought these apps to the TVs from its partners due to popular demand.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/vudu.gets.flickr.pandora.picasa.other.apps/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/blackberry.curve.8530.announced.for.sprint/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/blackberrycurve8530-sprint.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />After making its appearance at Verizon earlier today, Sprint also announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone is coming soon to its lineup as well. Potential customers can register now to receive updates on the handset. Preloaded apps are the primary difference for Sprint's Curve 8530 and include the Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV and Pandora radio.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/blackberry.curve.8530.announced.for.sprint/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/google.music.search.uses.ilike.lala/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/googleaudio-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google at a Los Angeles event tonight unveiled its widely expected advanced music search feature. The addition (a video of which is available below) automatically parses regular searches for music from all four major labels and automatically filters it by artist, album or track; users can then either sample or buy the tracks through Lala or MySpace's iLike. Those who use recommendation-based Int... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/google.music.search.uses.ilike.lala/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/hp.launches.touchsmart.300.and.600/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/hptouchsmart600.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP early today is making an aggressive push into touchscreen PCs with two key updates to its TouchSmart home all-in-ones. The TouchSmart 300 and 600 add true multi-touch input and have significantly expanded use for the technology: they can not only use pinch-to-zoom, flicks and other gestures in the general operating system thanks to Windows 7 but in several new touch apps for the systems' custo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/hp.launches.touchsmart.300.and.600/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/chumby.one.gets.fm.radio.faster.cpu.more/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/chumbyoneintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Chumby will add a new gadget to its range, with the Chumby one, which will be a clock radio. The all-purpose device adds both a regular FM radio tuner, and will bring in Pandora Internet radio as well as access to other Internet radio stations. As with the original Chumby device, userscan install widgets that include Google Calendar, weather, Facebook and nearly 1,500 others.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/chumby.one.gets.fm.radio.faster.cpu.more/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/17/ascap.others.want.online.performance.fees/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/itunes9.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are pressing online music stores like Apple's iTunes to pay performance fees not only for actual song downloads but also videos and even the 30-second samples used to preview the music in advance. While these stores already pay the distribution fees for the songs themselves, ASCAP, BMI and labels claim that just downloading and playing the content also counts as... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/17/ascap.others.want.online.performance.fees/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/17/screens.connect.to.snapfish.pandora.facebook/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/dreamscreensml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP has introduced several new wireless-connected standalone displays, the DreamScreen 100 and DreamScreen 130. Both products are similar to digital photo frames, but with additional connectivity to services such as Snapfish, Facebook and Pandora. The interface is also capable of presenting weather forecasts, calendar information and a digital or analog clock.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/17/screens.connect.to.snapfish.pandora.facebook/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/04/sonos.apps.gear.get.twitter.support/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/sonoscr200-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sonos on Friday announced through a Twitter post that its CR200 touchscreen controller, Sonos CR for iPhone and Sonos CRs for Mac and PC will get the ability to post tweets on Twitter directly through a given device. The feature should come through a software update that, on the Controller or an Apple device, will bring an onscreen keyboard.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/04/sonos.apps.gear.get.twitter.support/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:15:00 GMT