Apple MacBook Air Looks Absolutely Amazing  —  It’s real.  The fabled MacBook Air actually exists.  It’s ultra-thin, can have normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it’s all about wireless connectivity.  It’s an stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top.

Source:   Gizmodo
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Apple adds five apps to the iPod touch — for a price  —  It’s not all love for the iPhone today — Apple just announced that Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather are all coming to the iPod touch.  New touch owners get ‘em all for free, but all of you early adopters will have […]

Breaking: Samwer Brothers Invest In Facebook  —  Serial German entrepreneurs Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer have invested in Facebook, we’ve heard from a very reliable source - presumably as part of Facebook’s recent $15 billion valuation round with Microsoft.  We are still trying to nail down the size of the investment.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael […]

Macworld Live: Next up, iPhone  —  Steve Jobs moved on quickly to the iPhone.  —  “I’ve got some great news for you,” Steve Jobs continued.  After 200 days of sales, he said Apple has sold 4 million iPhones to date.  That’s 20,000 iPhones every day.  —  “We’re really pleased with this,” he said.

Source:   Tech […]

The Macworld 2008 Keynote Liveblog  —  8:54 PT We’re inside.  Media scrum heading for seats.  Coldplay on the PA, crowd shots on the monitors.  Here with Scott McNulty, John Gruber, John Moltz and a whole lot of press.  —  The action starts here shortly before 9 am PT on Tuesday (12 noon ET) — don’t […]

Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote  —  Thanks for joining us for our live Macworld 2008 keynote coverage!  We’re in, so click on, all our real-time updates are posted just after the break.  —  Note: this time we’re updating from bottom to top, with the latest updates below.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Ryan Block
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Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld  —  This post is being updated live, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo!  —  9:48am: One button interface for iTunes rentals on Apple TV.  Remarkably simple to use, at least in the demo

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/15/steve-jobs…

Amazon.com is challenging French competition law  —  PARIS: The online retailer Amazon.com said Monday that it would pay €1,000 a day in fines, rather than comply with a court ruling upholding French limits on price discounts for books.  —  The company decided to pay …

Source:   International Herald Tribune
Author:   Victoria Shannon
Link:   http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/14/technology…

Macworld Expo Keynote Coverage  —  Steve Jobs will be delivering the keynote address for Macworld Expo beginning at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday.  Once the event is under way, Macworld’s team of editors will begin live blogging from the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Source:   Macworld
Link:   http://www.macworld.com/article/131486/2008/01…

Ticketmaster Buys Major Reseller  —  Ticketmaster has agreed to pay about $265 million for TicketsNow, a Web site for reselling tickets to concerts and sports events.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120036522352890281…