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The Day Before Tomorrow, January 21st, 2009
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... future is here, it just still a bit shit
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Brother released a label printer that prints on plastic or vinyl
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Someone bought their 14-year-old son a bullet-proof backpack
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CNN's "The Moment application, powered by Microsoft Photosynth, continued to grow with contributed data
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A plucky developer slurped out the entirety of the iTunes App Store data and put it online for browsing outside of iTunes
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Rand McNally began to release their maps ...
Faux iPhone App Stores Appears Online
textually.org —
A faux iTunes App Store has appeared Internet--and it's a fairly good facsimile of the original. The fake store was created by an ingenious developer, who has made the content of the real iTunes App Store available via any platform's web browser. [via cnet reviews]
The site, app-store.appspot.com, is up and running - but probably not for long.
... Another site, AppBeacon, offers similar functionality.
Justin Noel of AppBeacon.com states: "There are many sites, including ours, that scrape content ...
iTunes Preview Makes Direct Music Links Slightly Less Annoying [ITunes Store]
Lifehacker —
... along with track pricing, length, ratings, and customer reviews. Better still, it now doesn't just hijack your iTunes copy and open it, but offers an "I Have iTunes" link, along with individual "View in iTunes" links for song previews. It's mostly helpful to those looking to browse iTunes music catalog and price out what's available, but it's also welcome relief to those without iTunes tired of seeing a "Don't have iTunes?" message. It's also a music-only feature, but the clever App Store at AppSpot can look at iPhone apps, music, and videos without iTunes installed. Send an ...
