For the past seven years, Hong Kong has held the title of the world’s priciest city for homebuyers, according to the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey.
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The Apple App Store makes more money than Hollywood box office
Hollywood has long been the cash cow of entertainment in the U.S., but now Apple is schooling the entertainment industry on how to bring in the cash with the App Store.
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MP3 players are a dead technology
Apple iPods
They were launched over a decade ago and were the forefront of the digital revolution. But sales of iPods and other MP3 players in the UK slumped by more than a fifth in 2012 while consumers turned to smartphones as their gadget of choice.
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Half of all households in the U.S. own at least one Apple product
More than 55 million homes have at least one Apple product.
According to CNBC’s All-America Economic survey, half of all U.S. households own at least one Apple product. That’s more than 55 million homes with at least one iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac computer. And one-in-10 homes that aren’t currently in that group plan to join it in the next year.
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World remembers Apple’s Steve Jobs
In Tokyo, Apple fans pay respect with digital candles–on iPads and iPhones, of course.
Steve Jobs, the visionary who co-founded and built Apple into the world’s leading tech company, died Wednesday. He was 56. The terribly sad news that he has died is taking the world by storm. (Pics)
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Evoz turns your iPhone into a baby monitor
Evoz
The modern baby monitoring system that works over iOS will finally start shipping on October 4th. Evoz is unlike the traditional walkie-talkie-like baby monitors, you don’t need a separate receiver to use the system – you can just use your own iOS devices, like your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, to function as both the monitor and receiver.
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iKini: The Solar-powered Bikini
The iKini
It is probably something of a niche market. But help is at hand for those fed up with their iPod running out of power when lazing about in a bikini. (Pics)
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Human Heartbeat Could be Used to Charge an iPod
The latest device is thousands of times more powerful than its predecessors, allowing scientists to take the technology out of the lab for the first time.
The human heartbeat could be used to power an ipod after scientists developed a tiny chip which uses the body’s own movement to generate power. Scientists hope that as the nanotechnology used in the chip evolves, it could lead to electronics which don’t require batteries or mains power.
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Hasbro Brings My3D to iPhone
My3D
Toymaker Hasbro (HAS) has announced a new iPhone/iPod Touch peripheral that will allow owners to watch content on their mobile devices in 3D.
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Skinny Player – MP3 Player Shaped Like a Band-Aid and Powered by Body Heat
Skinny Player
This MP3 player is extremely rudimentary — it only has one button: a Play/Stop button. Yeah, this thing is more basic than an iPod shuffle. The Skinny Player, as it’s called isn’t powered by a battery though. It runs off of your body heat. (Pics)
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Hearing Loss From Loud Music Not as Prevelant as Previously Thought
Hearing loss rates from loud music lower that thought.
We all surely remember what our parents drilled into our brains about listening to loud music: Turn that down or you’ll go deaf! As it turns out, the prevalence of young people suffering from hearing loss thanks to loud music may be much lower than previously believed, according to a new report published in theJournal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Although the latest findings go against recent research, the researchers warned that we should still be cautious of our exposure to loud noises over time.
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Competition Heats Up in the War Over iPhone Credit Card Readers
iPhone and credit card readers.
What if your iPhone took plastic? Imagine if your business could use it as a mobile credit card processor, a swipe-and-go system for ringing up payments wherever you roam.
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