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Apple's new iPhone 5 ad 'Music Every Day' celebrates life with moving melody

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Apple's latest ad campaign is all about plucking heartstrings, and the company has now succeeded twice in a row. On Thursday, it released "Music Every Day" on YouTube, a one-minute commercial that wistfully highlights the iPhone's claimed role as the most popular phone for listening to music on the go. Unlike "Photos Every Day," the company's previous commercial, it's not clear where Apple gets...

'The Daily Show' rips fawning Senators at Tim Cook's tax hearing

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US Senators’ indulgent treatment of Apple CEO Tim Cook at this week’s hearing on tax avoidance didn’t escape the writers at The Daily Show. On Wednesday’s episode, host Jon Stewart skewered lawmakers like John McCain (R, AZ) and Claire McCaskill (D, MO) with a supercut of fawning and adoration, punctuated with lines like "you’ve managed to change the world," "we love the iPhone and the iPad," and "I harassed my husband until he converted to a MacBook." Cook was called in to testify about Apple’s offshore profit shifting — avoiding US taxes on over $100 billion of income by keeping it stashed overseas.

After throwing in a shot about Apple Maps, the host ripped the senators for asking Cook what kind of tax code he thought would be best for Apple. "What rate do you think we want to be at if we want to be competitive?" asked...

"I love Apple… I love Apple." Senator Claire McCaskill

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Best New Apps: Google Hangouts

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I've tried WhatsApp, GroupMe, Kik, Google Voice, LINE, Trillian, and basically every other messaging app you can think of — I've even tried using Skype as an IM service, because at least my parents know what Skype is. I'd given up on finding...

Shazam for iPad now tags music and TV shows without user input

If you own a smartphone, you've more likely than not used Shazam. The app, which identifies songs by "listening" to their audio fingerprint, was one of the earliest and best ways to wow friends in the days when iPhones were still new to the mobile market. These days Shazam...

Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad

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Whatever era you call it, post-PC or simply PC plus, the Mac vs. PC war has ignited once again today. In a fresh Windows 8 ad, Microsoft is directly attacking Apple's iPad on price, an approach it took during the early Vista days with low-priced laptops. It's also doing it in a way that parodies Apple's own commercial, complete with Siri's voice.

Microsoft choses to highlight Windows 8's side-by-side apps with Live Tiles, PowerPoint, and the $449 price of the 64GB ASUS' VivoTab Smart as the...


Foursquare rolls out 'super-specific' filters to help you search out the perfect destination

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Foursquare is getting more ambitious with the data it has on you and your friends: the company today debuted "super-specific search" for its iOS and Android mobile apps. The new feature lets users make search queries at a level of granularity that Foursquare says competitors simply can't match. It accomplishes this through a range of filters, some of which are common (price, open now, etc.), with others that leverage Foursquare's treasure...

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With downloads dwindling, music publishers throw a roadblock into Apple's iRadio plans

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For years, when it came to driving negotiations with internet music services over licensing, the top record labels were the locomotive and the publishers were the caboose. If the labels licensed songs, then usually the publishers dutifully followed. But now these publishers are in revolt, refusing to simply follow along, and holding up negotiations on Apple’s iRadio. At the heart of the dispute are shifting economics. The industry is moving...

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