TechBytes: Olympics Online
Apple's iTunes approaches 10 billion downloaded songs, text break-ups and more.
Feb. 12, 2010— -- The Vancouver games begin tonight and some are already calling it the beginning of the Twitter Olympics era. If you can't watch the action live, you can keep up with some of the athletes on Twitter and Facebook. More than 200 athletes and teams will be sharing everything from personal photos to status updates about training and competition.
Cell Phone Applications seem to be the most popular feature in technology these days, but you don't have feel left out if you don't have an iPhone. USA Today's Ed Baig has been testing out GetJar, a service that offers apps for the most basic phones. He says the idea is not as smart as it seems. "Getjar has far fewer apps than the 60,000 it claims overall for the specific phone model that you carry," Baig warns. Although Getjar says all apps are free, Baig says "in some cases, that's misleading because what you're really getting is a trial version of an app that you would have to pay to keep on using." Overall Baig says Getjar is "a decent store but it can get a lot better." You can read Ed's full review of Getjar on USAToday.com.
Apple's iTunes music store is counting down to a major milestone, 10 billion songs downloaded. The winner will get a 10,000 dollar gift card. All you have to do to win is be lucky enough to download the 10 billionth song. Right now it's up to about 9-point-9 billion songs. Since opening in 2003, iTunes has become the world's largest music seller.
With Valentine's Day on Sunday there is a depressing statistic.A new survey by a social networking site finds nearly 60% of those questioned have used a cell phone to break up with someone, with nearly 50% of them using a text message to end the relationship. Admittedly this isn't the most scientific survey, but it shows how technology is changing our relationship
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