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Apple Switches on iTunes Genius for Video

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:04:47 +0000

When the iTune 8.0 was first released, Genius is the name given to Apple’s proprietary recommendation engine that uses collaborative filtering and iTunes’ built-in rating system to generate music recommendations for iTunes customers based on their existing music catalog. Let’s make it simpler, the technology that lets iTunes Store customers select any song from their library and then click the Genius button to create a playlist of similar-sounding songs from their library. A Genius sidebar also appears on the right-hand side of the iTunes window and recommends music from the iTunes Store that customers don’t already have, based on the songs they select.

Now the latest news is, Apple recently expands this feature to video files while releasing of iTunes 8.1 few weeks ago. On the other hand, readers are reporting that Genius iTunes Store recommendations for Movies and TV Shows have suddenly started to show up alongside their iTunes libraries, a claim AppleInsider has verified.

Nevada Warn on Using Apple Program

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:55:52 +0000

Using a device for cheating purposes in US Western region state Nevada now is illegal. Most of the casinos have been warned about the most recent cheating mechanism. They will be punished if they use it in future. A special program that can be used on Apple’s iPod Touch as well as iPhone to help count cards is at the heart of the warning. An executive at one of Las Vegas’ casinos said, “If a player uses the program and is caught inside doing so inside of our casino, we will take the same steps that we follow in any other situation where cheating is involved.”

Actually the state was not the first to detect the program. The authorities were informed of the program’s existence on a tip from California gaming regulators. Then the Nevada Gaming Control Board issued a memo previous week to casinos in the state warning very clearly. Many say card counting using a device is not something like that is thought lightly. They think it is one type of felony offense in Nevada. On the other hand, over the years in the state have been several different cheating schemes that have been sniffed out by Nevada administration.

Garage Band Update 5.0.1 is Now Available

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:12:53 +0000

Garage Band of Apple is one of the favorite software of music lovers. It is one of the easiest ways to learn piano and guitar, right on your Mac. Follow along at your own pace with interactive instruction that train you the basics through HD video teaching, coordinated note, and lively onscreen instruments. By using it you can easily learn to play piano and guitar. And also can learn songs from the artists who made them famous, rock like a star with guitar and stomp box effects.

In a recent time it gets so much popularity among the Mac users. And there is an auspicious new for the Mac users that Apple on Tuesday released an update for the newest release of its consumer-level music creation application, GarageBand ’09.

The new update version 5.0.1 includes a fix for problems affecting the software’s new Learn to Play Lesson feature. This update improves overall stability and addresses specific issues with downloading lessons from learn to play lesson store. It is suggested for all GarageBand 09 users.

The whole software is a 26.7 MB. The update is free if you have iLife 09 then download only the update, and if not have, then full version of iLife 09 is $79.