Real Networks' Rhapsody To Go subscription includes a mobile app that lets you stream music (they've got some 9 million tracks in their library) directly from your iPhone, for a $14.99 monthly fee.It was once thought that Apple would never allow such an app, but now Rhapsody prepares to take it one step further, announcing song downloads for offline listening for the next version of Rhapsody for iPhone.The app is still pending approval from Apple, but according to Rhapsody it should be available in a couple of days. Furthermore, an Android version of Rhapsody is coming out of beta and into the Android Market soon.Check 
Share:  Real Networks' Rhapsody To Go subscription includes a mobile app that lets you stream music (they've got some 9 million tracks in their library) directly from your iPhone, for a $14.99 monthly fee.It was once thought that <span class="company">Apple</span> would never allow such an app, but now Rhapsody prepares to take it one step further, announcing song downloads for offline listening for the next version of Rhapsody for iPhone.The app is still pending approval from <span class="company">Apple</span>, but according to Rhapsody it should be available in a couple of days. Furthermore, an Android version of Rhapsody is coming out of beta and into the Android Market soon.Check Tweet this 

Here's an interesting tidbit from Apple's iPad FAQ: if your iPad's battery goes dead, Apple will simply send you a completely new iPad and charge you 99 bucks (plus $6.95 for shipping) for the service.You alone are responsible for backing up your data on the old iPad, however, and it won't work if the dead battery is the result of an accident of some sort or unauthorized service.From the iPad's FAQ:What is iPad Battery Replacement Service?If your iPad requires service due to the battery's diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee.Note: Your iPad is not eligible for Battery Replacement Service if the product has been damaged, for example, as result of an accident, liquid contact, disassembly, unauthorized service or unauthorized modifications, or if the product is not operating correctly as a result of a component failure. 
Share:  Here's an interesting tidbit from <span class="company">Apple</span>'s iPad FAQ: if your iPad's battery goes dead, <span class="company">Apple</span> will simply send you a completely new iPad and charge you 99 bucks (plus $6.95 for shipping) for the service.You alone are responsible for backing up your data on the old iPad, however, and it won't work if the dead battery is the result of an accident of some sort or unauthorized service.From the iPad's FAQ:What is iPad Battery Replacement Service?If your iPad requires service due to the battery's diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, <span class="company">Apple</span> will replace your iPad for a service fee.Note: Your iPad is not eligible for Battery Replacement Service if the product has been damaged, for example, as result of an accident, liquid contact, disassembly, unauthorized service or unauthorized modifications, or if the product is not operating correctly as a result of a component failure. Tweet this 

According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard, Facebook has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article which wrongfully claimed Facebook makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors.Daily Mail's article, which can (in edited form) be found here, was written by a former police detective Mark Williams Thomas, and had originally been titled "I posed as a girl of 14 on Facebook. What followed will sicken you." 
Share:  According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard, <span class="company">Facebook</span> has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article which wrongfully claimed <span class="company">Facebook</span> makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors.Daily Mail's article, which can (in edited form) be found here, was written by a former police detective Mark Williams Thomas, and had originally been titled "I posed as a girl of 14 on <span class="company">Facebook</span>. What followed will sicken you." Tweet this 

If you've never been to Hong Kong, and you've heard legends about the busy streets of the city, you can now see how it looks for yourself without leaving your comfy chair, as Google has launched its Street View service for Hong Kong.The huge city has been covered extremely well; just zoom out of Street View, pull the little yellow Street View figure on the upper left side of the screen and you'll see that most of the streets are blue, which means Street View is available there.In addition to Hong Kong, Google Street View is now also available in the city of Macau, south of Guangdong province.Tags: Hong Kong, street view 
Share:  If you've never been to Hong Kong, and you've heard legends about the busy streets of the city, you can now see how it looks for yourself without leaving your comfy chair, as <span class="company">Google</span> has launched its Street View service for Hong Kong.The huge city has been covered extremely well; just zoom out of Street View, pull the little yellow Street View figure on the upper left side of the screen and you'll see that most of the streets are blue, which means Street View is available there.In addition to Hong Kong, <span class="company">Google</span> Street View is now also available in the city of Macau, south of Guangdong province.Tags: Hong Kong, street view Tweet this 

It's a bit funny to hear Microsoft referring to any other company as the "Goliath," but when it comes to the business of search, there's no doubt that Google has managed to overshadow Microsoft's efforts, which prompted Microsoft to ditch Live Search and start anew with Bing.It's therefore no surprise to hear Managing Director and Vice President of Consumer and Online at Microsoft UK Ashley Highfield readily admit Microsoft is the underdog in this battle. "This is a big moment — we are taking out our slingshots and taking on Goliath," she said.The moment is big, indeed, as Microsoft plans to spend millions of pounds on promoting its search engine, starting with a series of TV ads in the UK next week. 
Share:  It's a bit funny to hear <span class="company">Microsoft</span> referring to any other company as the "Goliath," but when it comes to the business of search, there's no doubt that Google has managed to overshadow <span class="company">Microsoft</span>'s efforts, which prompted <span class="company">Microsoft</span> to ditch Live Search and start anew with Bing.It's therefore no surprise to hear Managing Director and Vice President of Consumer and Online at <span class="company">Microsoft</span> UK Ashley Highfield readily admit <span class="company">Microsoft</span> is the underdog in this battle. "This is a big moment — we are taking out our slingshots and taking on Goliath," she said.The moment is big, indeed, as <span class="company">Microsoft</span> plans to spend millions of pounds on promoting its search engine, starting with a series of TV ads in the UK next week. Tweet this 

It's a bit funny to hear Microsoft referring to any other company as the "Goliath," but when it comes to the business of search, there's no doubt that Google has managed to overshadow Microsoft's efforts, which prompted Microsoft to ditch Live Search and start anew with Bing.It's therefore no surprise to hear Managing Director and Vice President of Consumer and Online at Microsoft UK Ashley Highfield readily admit Microsoft is the underdog in this battle. "This is a big moment — we are taking out our slingshots and taking on Goliath," she said.The moment is big, indeed, as Microsoft plans to spend millions of pounds on promoting its search engine, starting with a series of TV ads in the UK next week. 
Share:  It's a bit funny to hear Microsoft referring to any other company as the "Goliath," but when it comes to the business of search, there's no doubt that <span class="company">Google</span> has managed to overshadow Microsoft's efforts, which prompted Microsoft to ditch Live Search and start anew with Bing.It's therefore no surprise to hear Managing Director and Vice President of Consumer and Online at Microsoft UK Ashley Highfield readily admit Microsoft is the underdog in this battle. "This is a big moment — we are taking out our slingshots and taking on Goliath," she said.The moment is big, indeed, as Microsoft plans to spend millions of pounds on promoting its search engine, starting with a series of TV ads in the UK next week. Tweet this 

We wrote repeatedly about Apple's odd and often unfair application approval process. Instead of fixing it, Apple is just getting weirder and weirder about what apps are allowed in the store. The latest example is the sudden disappearance of several Wi Fi stumbler applications from the app store.Cult of Mac noticed that Apple has removed apps such as WiFi Where, WiFiFoFum and yFy Network Finder. 
Share:  We wrote repeatedly about <span class="company">Apple</span>'s odd and often unfair application approval process. Instead of fixing it, <span class="company">Apple</span> is just getting weirder and weirder about what apps are allowed in the store. The latest example is the sudden disappearance of several Wi Fi stumbler applications from the app store.Cult of Mac noticed that <span class="company">Apple</span> has removed apps such as WiFi Where, WiFiFoFum and yFy Network Finder. Tweet this 

Don't get us wrong, we love YouTube's new automatic captioning feature. A couple of years ago it was almost unimaginable that someone (or something) could take videos, convert speech to text, then translate that text into 20 or 30 languages, and do it all automatically, in a blink of a second.But we also know that machine translation is not even near replacing human translation, and speech recognition isn't exactly perfect yet. Machine translation alone will often get you hilarious results; add translation to the mix, and the translations often end up being very weird. 
Share:  Don't get us wrong, we love <span class="company">YouTube</span>'s new automatic captioning feature. A couple of years ago it was almost unimaginable that someone (or something) could take videos, convert speech to text, then translate that text into 20 or 30 languages, and do it all automatically, in a blink of a second.But we also know that machine translation is not even near replacing human translation, and speech recognition isn't exactly perfect yet. Machine translation alone will often get you hilarious results; add translation to the mix, and the translations often end up being very weird. Tweet this 

Everyone is still trying to figure out just how big a business social networks are, how much is Facebook worth, and how much money it'll be making in a couple of years. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, doesn't seem worried at all.Asked about Facebook's plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO), he said they'll eventually do it, but they're "definitely in no rush." The reason for the leisured approach, according to Zuckerberg, is the simple fact that Facebook doesn't need money."If you don't need that capital, then all the pressures are different, and the motivations (to go public) are not there in the same way," he said.While 
Share:  Everyone is still trying to figure out just how big a business social networks are, how much is <span class="company">Facebook</span> worth, and how much money it'll be making in a couple of years. <span class="company">Facebook</span> CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, doesn't seem worried at all.Asked about <span class="company">Facebook</span>'s plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO), he said they'll eventually do it, but they're "definitely in no rush." The reason for the leisured approach, according to Zuckerberg, is the simple fact that <span class="company">Facebook</span> doesn't need money."If you don't need that capital, then all the pressures are different, and the motivations (to go public) are not there in the same way," he said.While Tweet this 

Admit it: seeing Microsoft release an application for Google's operating system seems a little weird, doesn't it? Still, it's true; Microsoft has launched its first Android app, called Tag.We wrote about Tag a couple of weeks ago; simply put, it's an app that lets you link physical objects with content on the Internet. You point your smartphone's camera at a specially designed barcode, and your smartphone opens a link to any sort of online content: video, image, or text.At launch, Microsoft supported most mobile operating systems – Symbian, iPhone OS, BlackBerry – with Android also being on the list, but clicking on that link actually revealed a "coming soon" message. 
Share:  Admit it: seeing Microsoft release an application for <span class="company">Google</span>'s operating system seems a little weird, doesn't it? Still, it's true; Microsoft has launched its first Android app, called Tag.We wrote about Tag a couple of weeks ago; simply put, it's an app that lets you link physical objects with content on the Internet. You point your smartphone's camera at a specially designed barcode, and your smartphone opens a link to any sort of online content: video, image, or text.At launch, Microsoft supported most mobile operating systems – Symbian, iPhone OS, BlackBerry – with Android also being on the list, but clicking on that link actually revealed a "coming soon" message. Tweet this