Anith Gopal

This post doesn’t really have anything to do with SharePoint, but a little game on my iPhone. The game is called ” Tiny Tower ” where you try to build a tower by making money and adding floors which inhabitates those tiny little people called “Bitizens”. At the same time, you are also contributing a large amount of time (at office, on train, bus and in the toilet…) in your real life doing stocking, restocking the shops, moving bitizens to different floors and whichsing to get tipped.

As Microsoft proudly ventures into the retail world that has already seen quick entrances and exits by other vendors like Gateway and Dell, many Apple fans are looking towards the new Microsoft stores with mixed feelings. Some of the more dedicated fanboys are quick to call Microsoft a copycat (and perhaps rightly so), but one thing that is certain is that retail is a tricky environment where you can quickly sink or swim

More than six years after the iTunes Music Store launched in the U.S., the iTunes Store has finally opened in Mexico. Everything is DRM-free, and most songs are priced at 12 pesos (approximately 91 cents).

It’s hard to deny how handy it is to plug an iPod into a Mac, fire up iTunes, and watch your device sync with your computer automagically. Take the Mac or iTunes out of the equation, though, and syncing gets a little trickier.

Apple’s recent tech note regarding third parties using iTunes’ syncing has caused plenty of discussion .

As the handheld world waits on iPhone OS 3.0, Apple may be planning a pre-emptive strike on “unsupported third-party digital media players.” A new technical note in the support knowledgebase certainly seems to imply that.

Audiophiles are a picky bunch. They know what they like and if a sound system isn’t up to snuff – they pass on it without any chance for reprieve. We’ve only reviewed one other $600+ stereo and that was the B&W Zeppelin .

Former Apple VP Jon Rubinstein will be shifting from his role as chairman at Palm to the company’s new CEO.

A big story recently is how the Palm Pre syncs seamlessly with iTunes . It does so by making itself appear to be an iPod to iTunes. Further details came out during an interview at the All Things Digital conference that indicate only non-DRM music and photos can be synced.

You’ve got to give Microsoft credit. Having failed at making the Zune an “iPod killer,” they’ve given up and are trying to make it an “iPod touch killer.” Why go after big brother when little brother has kicked your butt for two years?

As a kid, or even as a university student, if anyone had mentioned back-to-school shopping, sales, gear, or anything else this early in the game, I’d definitely have lost it on them. The summer has yet to begin, just let me get my bearings! Still, if I were to make an exception, I’d make it for Apple’s annual back-to-school promotion , during which the company offers a free iPod to all education customers when they purchase a new Mac. The iPod in question, or at least the most expensive one that qualifies for the deal, is the 8GB iPod touch (which is probably nearing end-of-life, but hey, it’s free, and it’s still great hardware), which you buy along with your MacBook when you make your purchases

The iPhone may be taking steps toward breaking into big business, but its little brother is already well on its way to becoming a career soldier. Apparently the iPod touch is becoming quite the staple for U.S. soldiers working in Iraq, partly because it’s such a versatile device capable of replacing and/or augmenting many items in a soldier’s standard kit