Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is proud to announce the launch of its site on iTunes U, featuring collections of the best of its resources on international affairs.

To access these videos, audios, and texts, go to www.carnegieitunesu.org.
Carnegie Council topics include Islam and the West, Climate Change, and Nuclear Proliferation.
Watch, read, or listen to distinguished speakers such as Ian Johnson on the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe; Garry Wills on the atomic bomb; Steven Solomon on the impending water crisis—and many more!

All of the Council’s resources on iTunes U are free of charge and available to the public worldwide. The Council will be continually updating collections and adding new ones, such as resources on Afghanistan and the world’s emerging powers.
Accessed by millions of people around the world, iTunes U distributes materials from colleges and universities and also offers a “Beyond Campus” section, featuring museums, libraries, broadcasting stations, and educational institutions such as the Carnegie Council.

“We are very excited about joining iTunes U,” says Carnegie Council president Joel Rosenthal. “The Carnegie Council has been audio and video podcasting via iTunes for several years now, and the audios regularly rank among iTunes’ top ten most downloaded government and nonprofit audio podcasts. Our offerings on iTunes U, however, are carefully selected collections of materials on specific issues. We believe that this will be a boon to students, educators, and anyone interested in continuing education, since they will be able to focus on particular topics.”

The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (www.carnegiecouncil.org), established in 1914 by Andrew Carnegie, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing understanding of the relationship between ethics and international affairs.

CYBERIA MOBILE has officially released its iPad application, TREASURE ISLAND by CYBERIA. Selected as a NEW & NOTEWORTHY Book by Apple, it is available via the iTunes App Store.

TREASURE ISLAND by CYBERIA is an immersive, visually rich retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure tale.

This app consists of 90 pages of original, stunningly composed art merged with lovingly abridged text which faithfully conveys the texture and feel of the original. Each gorgeous page is thick with illustrative detail. 35 pages are animated–15 pages with fun, cinematic interactive experiences, and 20 pages with entertaining narrative animations that drive the story forward.

A lush, entertaining sound track brings the story to life with original pirate music and rich cinematic effects. The user-friendly interface includes an interactive table of contents, instructions and a glossary.

This is a swashbuckling iPad experience appropriate for readers 9 years and up, parents who enjoy reading to and engaging their children, and fans of graphic novels and state-of-the-art iPad technology.

CYBERIA MOBILE was formed in 2009 by a small team of veteran filmmakers, artists and technologists to create rich mobile media products and entertainment. Learn more about the CYBERIA team by downloading the CYBERIA iPhone App.

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Harman announced the JBL On Stage Micro IV iPod/iPhone speaker docking station in a brand-new industrial design: the Weave. The JBL On Stage is now in its fourth generation.

The JBL On Stage IV uses four Odyssey transducers, emitting rich and clear sound for any environment such as dorm rooms, backyard patios or the beach. It includes an AC adapter or can be powered by six AA batteries that will provide up to 16 hours of normal play.

The JBL On Stage IV is compatible with most docking iPod and iPhone devices, and includes the Apple iPod universal dock adapter. Italso connect directly to iTunes via USB 2.0 with a Mac or a PC to synchronize the iPod/iPhone with iTunes. Touch-volume settings and mute controls make for easy operation, and each dock includes a built-in stereo mini-jack input for connecting to other digital music players, as well as CD players, gaming devices, laptops and desktop computers.

Features
Dynamic JBL Weave design
Compact, lightweight, portable
Charges your iPod or iPhone
AC or battery operated (batteries not included)
High power output
Four JBL Odyssey transducers with computer-optimized equalization
IR remote control navigates iPod menus from 15 ft (4.6m) away
Up to 16 hours of music playback from a fresh set of batteries
Easy-to-use touch controls
USB jack syncs iPod/iPhone with iTunes when connected to your computer
LED light illuminates the transparent platform for your iPod or iPhone model and provides feedback on power and battery status of the On Stage IV
System design is optimized, so that the speaker is immune from cellular phone interference during music playback
Pricing and Availability
The JBL On Stage IV is available in black and has a suggested retail price of $179.95.

What’s needed? A real bigger screen or 7″ game-based iPad, because the iPod Touch screen is nice for casual gamers, but hardcore gamers need more real estate, so bringing a 5″ 6″ or even a 7″ game-based iPad could help transform this device into the most successful Apple could have launched and at the same time take away the mobile gaming market almost completely from Sony and Nintendo hands, which can’t compete in games price and device features.

The new 7″ game-based iPad will be always two or three step in front of everybody with features like AirPlay, iPad and AppleTV sync, front-back facing cameras, Gamecenter, iTunes-Ping and more than 220,000 titles to meet user appetite for amazing applications to power their devices.

The new 7″ game-based iPad could act like a dedicated remote control for AppleTV-based games that could be used with up to 3 7″ game-based iPad at the same time, this will help Apple keeps Nintendo Wii running behind, sales from the combination of AppleTV console and a mobile 7″ game-based iPad at the same time could eclipse those generated from the iPhone+iPod Touch and the iPad, because Apple wins selling the 7″ game-based iPad and from the games inside it.

Sonos today announced that the Sonos Controller for iPad is now available as a free app in the iTunes App Store.

Building upon the success of the highly rated and very popular Sonos Controller for iPhone, the Sonos Controller for iPad is a new, dedicated music controller that is optimized for the iPad’s large touch screen. From the comfort of your couch, you and your friends can view your rooms, your music and what songs are playing – all at once-in landscape or portrait mode. Quickly search for your favorite artists by typing on the virtual keyboard and browse through albums by pointing and flicking. The Sonos Controller for iPad allows everyone in the home to play DJ. You can browse, search and drag and drop to create the perfect playlist. Get a complete view of what’s playing in every zone, complete with full-color album art, elapsed time of a song, and more. Group your zones together or play different songs in different rooms – without interrupting music playback.

Sonos gives you instant access to millions of songs and stations, including your iTunes collection. And because Sonos ZonePlayers connect directly to the Internet, you can access a world of music without ever turning on your computer. All you need is a Sonos ZonePlayer such as the Sonos S5 all-in-one wireless music system and a Sonos Controller such as the free Sonos Controller for iPad. Now you can play any track you like, anytime you like, in any room you like. Wirelessly play the same song in every room of the house – perfectly synchronized. Or, mix it up and play different songs in different rooms. And control it all anywhere you like, right from your iPad (or iPhone). Just pick a room, pick a song and touch play.

In conjunction with the new Sonos Controller for iPad, Sonos released Sonos System Software 3.3, a free one-button software update to the Sonos Multi-Room Music System. With Sonos 3.3, Sonos now supports AAC radio stations – adding to the more than 100,000 radio stations, shows and podcasts you can stream directly on Sonos. In addition, all Sonos customers in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK now have instant access to ten million songs and all of their playlists on Spotify. Sonos Controller for iPhone 3.3 has been submitted to Apple and is pending approval.

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Uptown Magazine announced the launch of the first Uptown Mobile branded iPhone application. Uptown Magazine City Guides offers users access, perks, VIP treatment and discounts to the hottest restaurants, bars, lounges, hotels and shopping in over 40 US cities and is available through iTunes and the iPhone App Store.

Uptown Mobile was created to reach the growing affluent African American consumer base who increasingly rely on mobile devices for professional and social communications and is a natural extension of Uptown’s current offerings of print, television and online media plus targeted events.

Uptown Magazine City Guides is the first of many user-friendly entertainment and lifestyle applications that will be introduced under the Uptown Mobile brand. All of the applications include opportunities for advertiser support, with banner ads, broadband and customized opportunities.

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Apple’s iTunes is a well proven ecosystem for music/video and book distritution which primary function is to provide fresh new content to keep members buying and buying, but that content belongs to third-party media networks who decide whether or not to place it in iTunes or take it to other online distribution partners.

iTunes has remained the biggest player in content distribution and content creators are feeling the heat, they want more control over Apple’s iTunes, something that can put Apple in tremendous situation, losing content could mean losing part of iTunes business, Apple knows it, but media executives are ready to burn the house with its business inside.

I’m most than convinced that for Apple the real deal is to invest in creating its own media business, maybe not music in order to avoid another Apple Musci lawsuit, but movies and internet-based series, it would bring fresh new content that could compete with those from CBS, NBC and others.

Creating an internet-based sitcom would drive more traffic to iTunes and can generate a lot more money from syndication or over the air download to iTunes, Apple could leverage its pricing strategy and avoid Hollywood greedy executives; a very risky move, but a really needed one, maybe investing a few millions in AOL, buying a few smaller Hollywood studios or creating its own media business from the ground up for signing young actors, indie movies and short-movies made in home-based studios elsewhere.

Apple has all the components, iTunes for distribution, iAds to provide advertising opportunities for big brands, the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and AppleTV for home and mobile media consumtion and enough money to start the media project right now.

This could hurt some media relations, but Apple is used to take risks, this is just another one and would send a strong message to executives and rivals about the power inside Apple’s field.

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Recently approval of some of the most unthinkable applications at the AppStore and the imminent inclusion of DVR functionalities inside the AppleTV with the licenses Apple acquired from Rovi point to two main ideas, 1) Apple is pissed with the Hollywood/Music industry and its greedy actions against Apple’s iTunes revolutionary ideas, not supporting movies/show rentals at $.99; 2) Apple woke up and realized that this is a win-win situation, where selling/having the most apps the more both parties win (Apple/Developers).

Is Apple afraid of Android? Nope, Microsoft’s Windows is by far BIGGER than Android against the iPhone and Apple has managed to keep the pace in innovation and customers satisfaction, Microsoft can’t say the same. Apple has a devilish plan and it’s developing it day by day, so there’s tooo much to wait from Apple in the not so far future (Search with Siri, Maps with Placebase, iTunes on the cloud with Lala, Face Recognition with Polar Rose, HDR with Imsense, DVR with Rovi licenses)…. want more?

A Verizon iPhone? who cares… maybe next year Apple decides to add a Memory Slot to the iPad, vdieo camera, a dock station, wireless sync, free mobileme.com accounts, unified Apple ID for all Apple properties, add Twitter to Ping or just a dashboard like subsystem in Mac OS X 10.7 to run iOS apps, who knows…. Apple is so Apple that everything is more than possible, Apple is poised to take the whole mobile business on its shoulder and the main difference between Apple and its rivals is that with Apple always deliver the most easy to use innovations or alternatives.

• Ping will be tweaked to meet the higher standards in social network but from a music selling perspective and Facebook will have to rethink its greedy conditions against Apple.

• NFC and location based apps will help businesses attract more clients and provide instant rebates to the iPhone or iPod Touch users, plus a Siri based product and service locator could mean more green money for Apple and partners.

• Adobe will be put to the test, talking and bashing Apple for the not inclusion of Flash, an application that was only recently available to use in Android, We will see Adobe asking for time to test the water, now it’s time for them to deliver what they have been promising with Flash and don’t come with that all videos need to be optimized for Flash mobile, this is bullshit.

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Livescribe releases the free Pencast Player application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The app enables consumers to access a digital copy of their synchronized notes and audio as pencasts from anywhere. Now notes and audio from critical meetings or lectures are portable and playable when you need them.

Pencast Player lets anyone access pencasts posted on Livescribe’s online community, regardless of whether they have a smartpen or MyLivescribe account. Registered customers with a MyLivescribe account can also access from their Apple device any pencasts uploaded to their 500 MB of personal storage.

Pencast Player further advances interoperability between the Apple and Livescribe platforms. It enables consumers to reap the benefits of both smartpen and smartphone technology in one seamless experience.

Pencast Player is available immediately, free-of-charge, in the iTunes store. The application works with all iPad devices with iOS 3.2 or higher and all iPhone and iTouch devices with iOS 4.0 or higher and requires iTunes 9.2 or higher.

Smartpens, including the 4GB Echo smartpen ($169.95), the 8GB Echo smartpen ($199.95) and the 2GB Pulse smartpen ($129.95), dot paper and accessories are available at Best Buy, Amazon.com, Apple, Staples, Target and online at Livescribe.com.

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Rockstar Games today announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is now available on the App Store. The critically acclaimed title brings the intense, story-driven action to the iPad with updated, high-definition graphics.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is the latest game in the ground-breaking Grand Theft Auto series. The handheld title marries the best gameplay elements of the Grand Theft Auto series and offers deep, fast-paced adventures with intuitive touch screen controls to gamers-on-the-go. Featuring more than 50 missions and countless side activities, the title follows the tale of Huang Lee as he navigates the dangerous criminal underground of Liberty City. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD also includes Independence FM, an innovative way to customize the soundtrack using music from your iTunes library.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars garnered rave reviews from top critics, becoming the highest-rated handheld title of this console generation.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is available for $9.99 from the App Store at http://itunes.com/apps/grandtheftautochinatownwarshd.

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