April 9th, 2007 § § permalink
Apple annouced today that they have sold a total of 100 Million (100,000,000) iPods.
“At this historic milestone, we want to thank music lovers everywhere for making iPod such an incredible success,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPod has helped millions of people around the world rekindle their passion for music, and we’re thrilled to be a part of that.”
The iPod was first released in November of 2001. Today, more than 70% of all automobile manufacturers have iPod integration in their cars.
“I take my running shoes and my iPod with me everywhere,” said Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France champion. “I listen to music when I run. Having my music with me is really motivating.”
April 8th, 2007 § § permalink
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April 8th, 2007 § § permalink
Google Desktop is now avaliable on the Mac. Google Desktop is an application for intel or power pc Macs that indexes your hard drive for files, pdfs, and browser history. Then with the double tap of the command key, it launches and is searchable. It also hooks up with your GMail account and searches that; all from the comfort of your Mac desktop! It is reminecent of the Spotlight searches that you may already do. You can download it for free from Google’s Macintosh software page: http://google.com/mac
April 4th, 2007 § § permalink
Today, Apple released the long awaited 8-Core Mac Pro. The update keeps current configurations but adds a top of the line 8-core 3 GHz model for $1498 additional beyond the base 2.66 Quad-core model.

The new model is shipping in 3-5 days and is available in the US and Canada only at this time.
April 4th, 2007 § § permalink
Some of you may use 37signals’ products. They make amazing web service applications such as: WriteBoard, Ta-da List, and BaseCamp. This new web service, called HighRise, manages your contacts and allows you to upload, manage, and add notes to all of your contacts. It even allows you to forward an email message to your HighRise email account and it will add the email to the contact’s notes (or even create the contact if it doesn’t exist).
37signals.com
highrisehq.com
“Watch out Salesforce… 37signals is tuning in on your frequency for the small business
segment with Highrise.”
-Chicago Sun-Times