CyberSurge

Highlights:

Developers will be allowed to create turn-by-turn GPS apps.
Push Notifications are actually coming.
Copy and Paste
MMS
Search throughout most of the OS.
Notes syncing
Free for iPhone owners
$10 for iPod Touch owners

Notes and reactions from yesterdays iPhone 3.0 event:

30 million iPod Touch and iPhone. That’s a lot of devices.
In app purchases sounds like a great way to spend a [...]

World Of Apple and My Apple Guide previously broke that Apple would be holding a media event on March 24. Although the rumored announcements for the March 24 event have already happened (Mac Minis, Mac Pros, iMacs, etc.) it is possible that two rumors might have been a little mixed and a March 24 event [...]

I stopped by the studio to talk to Mr. Stone because he had some news: the two men and their partner Comedy Central had consummated a deal with Netflix to stream the first nine seasons of “South Park.”
I really hope Netflix ends up streaming new episodes as well. But, I’ve almost lost hope of Netflix [...]

DoubleTwist is a universal media hub that is now available as a public beta for Mac OS X. DoubleTwist is like iTunes except it works with not just iPhones and iPods but also with other portable media players.
Not only will DoubleTwist transfer the media to your player for you but it is also capable of [...]

The cartoon above (click to enlarge) is absolutely perfect, it clearly explains why we can’t let these large media companies convince our government that their business is more important than our human rights.
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I haven’t played around with Understudy much (it isn’t really all that good) but I have streamed some Hulu content through it. My experiences haven’t been too positive after adding a feed to Understudy I received errors and had to quit Front Row. After reopening Front Row the feed that I added (which was the [...]

Everyones favorite DVD rental service Netflix has surpassed 10 million subscribers. This number was reached by the company adding more than 600,000 subscribers since the first of the year.
Don’t be surprised to see Netflix continue to grow at nearly this rate going forward, especially with consumer confidence being where it is. I see a lot [...]

Recently I received an email from Netflix telling me that the DVD at the top of my queue wasn’t available at my local shipping center so they had sent me my next available DVD but also sent the DVD that wasn’t available from the next closest shipping center. So essentially I got a complimentary DVD [...]

“While we aren’t sure what the specific issues are, we’ve heard that as an alternative Apple is considering allowing apps to run as user selectable background processes. If so, this feature would likely come in the rumored iPhone 3.0 software update but would be limited to only one or two processes on current hardware. The [...]

Netflix sent a survey to some of their customers asking if they would be willing to pay an extra $9.99 per month to stream HBO shows through Netflix’s Watch Instantly feature.
The shows listed in the survey are:

Big Love
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Flight of the Concords
Eastbound & Down
Entourage
Summer Heights High
In Treatment
Little Britain USA
Real Time with [...]

During Apple’s latest earnings conference call Tim Cook said said that sales of the Apple TV were up 3 times what they were at the same point last year. Although they still describe the Apple TV as a hobby Cook noted, “We think there’s something there.”
I’m convinced that the Apple TV was the best purchase [...]

As was expected, CBS is revamping TV.com to be a video-viewing destination. The well-URLed site, which six months ago started featuring Hulu content, has added CBS shows, and Monday is announcing deals for shows from MGM, Sony, PBS, Endemol USA and Showtime, according to reports tonight.
CBS Tries to Out-Hulu Hulu with TV.com « NewTeeVee.