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Rumor: Apple developing online music streaming service

This could be interesting. Per a tweet from Wall Street Journal writer Dennis Berman, Apple is apparently developing a streaming-music service that is similar to Pandora. The news comes six days before Apple’s Sept. 12 media event. Berman said details will be posted on the Wall Street Journal’s site shortly, albeit an unidentified source said […]

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Apple patent allows potential automatic skipping of commercials for radio, television devices

This could be interesting. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent that allows users to skip unwanted audio and video broadcast segments such as commercials with on-device content like songs, podcasts or other media, possibly hinting at technology headed to the battle for the living room. Apple’s […]

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Boxee updated to 1.5, sings swan song for Mac OS X, Windows versions

The good news: There’s a nifty new version of Boxee available for the Mac. The bad news: This will be its final version for the Mac. Per Electronista, Boxee marked a swansong for its desktop app with the launch of version 1.5. The new version, an 82 megabyte download, has a newly refreshed interface with […]