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iPhone gets 20,000 widgets from Plusmo

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plusmo.jpgPlusmo, a free mobile media service that delivers personalized rich mobile experiences, announced the availability of its free and customizable mobile widgets service to users of Apple’s new iPhone. A custom interface gives iPhone users access to more
than 20,000 Plusmo widgets– most of them created by users.

“Plusmo’s personalized homepage makes it easy for iPhone users to discover, install and personalize widgets making them instantly available at the touch of an icon on the iPhone,” says Mike Elgan, a technology blogger. “Plusmo makes text- and photo-based content far more readable than the iPhone Safari browsers zoom-and-pan interface. Plusmo also offers iPhone users easy access to external iPhone widgets.”

Originally posted on August 2, 2007 @ 11:00 am

Texterity releases digital magazines for iPhone

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texterity.jpgTexterity Inc., provider of digital publishing solutions, has launched a beta version of the first digital magazine interface and portal designed for the Apple iPhone. This is the first time users will see a publisher’s complete magazine, as originally published, on the iPhone.

Texterity and a select group of publishers will offer free digital editions, designed for the iPhone’s Safari browser, of over 20 different magazines for iPhone users to read and enjoy through Texterity’s new digital magazine iPhone portal.

Texterity has initially included over 20 publications, representing a wide range of interest areas, in the beta version. As part of the demonstration, publishers have made free digital editions available to any iPhone user. For those without iPhone, this link is for you.

The magazine editions available from Texterity as free iPhone editions are: The American Lawyer, ALM Media; Baseline, Ziff Davis Media; Cabinet Maker, Watt Publishing Company; CIO Insight, Ziff Davis Media; Cottage Living, Time, Inc.; Craft, O’Reilly Media; eWEEK, Ziff Davis Media; Elite Traveler, Universal Media; ID Magazine, F+W Publications; Industry Week, Penton Media; Make, O’Reilly Media; Northern Home & Cottage, Prism Media; Oracle Magazine, Oracle Publishing; Popular Science, Bonnier Magazine Group; Quest Magazine, Quest Media; Quick & Simple, Hearst Corporation; Every Day with Rachael Ray, The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.; Ready Made, Meredith Corporation; Statement Magazine, EJJ Publications; Taste of Home, Reiman Media Group; Telephony, Penton Media; Vibe, Vibe Media; and WoodenBoat, WoodenBoat Publications

Originally posted on August 1, 2007 @ 8:59 am

iTunes Store tops 3 billion songs

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itunes.jpgApple today announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store. iTunes is the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store featuring a catalog of over five million songs, 550 television shows and 500 movies. iTunes recently surpassed Amazon and Target to become the third largest music retailer in the U.S.

“We’d like to thank all of our customers who have contributed to this incredible milestone,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes.

Originally posted on July 31, 2007 @ 12:35 pm

Is iPhone still hot?

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We visited the Apple Store in Fifth Avenue in New York to check if people are still going gaga over iPhone. We’re a regular of that store and what we saw that day surprised us. It’s packed with people not only to try out the iPhone but all other products as well.

Originally posted on July 11, 2007 @ 1:12 pm

Charitable organization places first iPhone sold in New York in eBay to raise funds

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spike_lee.jpgKeep A Child Alive, a charitable organization that gets anti-retroviral treatment to children infected with AIDS in Africa, is auctioning the first iPhone on eBay along with 2 Jawbone Bluetooth headsets, 2 round-trip domestic plane tickets and 2 VIP passes to the Black Ball. The iPhone will be personalized with a celebrity voice mail recording and presented by Alicia Keys at the organization’s Black Ball honoring Bono on October 25th in New York City.

Supporters of Keep A Child Alive took advantage of the wildly hyped iPhone launch by standing in line for 4 days and communicating the charity’s grassroots mission to New Yorkers and media from around the world. At 6 pm on Friday, June 29th, Spike Lee, renowned director, producer, writer and actor, joined Keep A Child Alive volunteers at Apple’s Soho location to purchase the first iPhone.

“We’re thrilled to see this is the most expensive iPhone on eBay,” said Elizabeth Santiso, VP at Keep A Child Alive. “It’s an unbelievable experience that we’re offering – not only does the highest bidder get the first iPhone sold, but it will be personalized for them and he/she gets to meet Alicia Keys at the Black Ball.”

Originally posted on July 2, 2007 @ 7:50 am