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Oxford’s Word of the Year: “Unfriend”
Nov 17th
Thanks to Facebook, “unfriend” will soon be appearing in what has long been considered the ultimate reference work in American English lexicography. The New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen to legitimize the once grammatically-questionable word by naming it the 2009 Word of the Year. A verb, “unfriend” is defined as “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.” 300 million Facebook users can’t be wrong!
The Beatles Go Digital!
Nov 4th
The Beatles are releasing a limited edition apple-shaped USB drive containing pretty much their entire catalogue just in time for Christmas. The release marks the first time Beatles catalogue has been sold legitimately as digital, non-CD files. Vinyl versions of the reissues are expected to be announced shortly.
Visit The Official Beatles Shop for all the details and to pre-order.
Apple Planning Subscription iTunes TV Service?
Nov 3rd
According to ChannelWeb, Apple is looking to do to the television business what it has done with the record industry – take it over!
Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is pitching TV networks about a new service that delivers TV programs via its iTunes software and store across a wide range of hardware via a $30-per-month subscription service.
The networks are both intrigued by and wary of the new potential service, according to a Monday report in The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital blog.
Rather than tying such a service to its Apple TV box or a rumored table device, Apple would make the TV shows available for subscription via iTunes as early as next year, wrote Peter Kafka in the All Things Digital blog.
Read the rest of the article HERE.
Slayer Take Over MySpace!
Oct 30th
Happy Halloween! Slayer plan to spend the holy weekend dominating MySpace. Starting tonight at midnight, the band will hijack the site’s Music homepage and new Music Video homepage for the entire weekend. Lot’s Of surprises in store, I’m sure.
Not only that, Slayer are streaming their new album, World Painted Blood, in its entirety all weekend on their MySpace page.
Foo Fighters to Play Live Gig on Facebook!
Oct 29th
Foo Fighters will release a deluxe CD/DVD retrospective package, creatively-entlted Greatest Hits, on Tuesday, November 3rd. As part of the promotional blitz surrounding the album’s release, the band will perform a live show on Facebook Friday, October 30th at 7PM PST. Details are available at this location.
This is Your Brain On Drugs
Oct 27th
National Geographic’s Explorer presents “Inside LSD” on Tuesday, November 3rd. The show will take viewers inside the human mind during an acid trip. Wow, dude.
Psychedelics over-stimulate serotonin receptors in the brain, resulting in a blissful experience or a horrifying one.
Alice in Chains Announce iPhone App
Oct 26th
Alice in Chains will release their Black Gives Way To Blue iPhone app tomorrow. The app features full songs from the band’s new album, music videos, news, photos, social networking and more. Check out the above video to see it in action. Zoinks.TV looks beautiful on an iPhone, by the way!
Wolfmother Launch New Website
Oct 24th
Wolfmother’s new album Cosmic Egg finally sees its domestic release on Tuesday. Not coincidentally, the band have updated their Web site. That’s a good enough reason to post Mike Patton’s review of Wolfmother’s live act.
Watch U2′s Live Webcast Sunday!
Oct 23rd
U2 are disappointed that their latest release, No Line on the Horizon, has only sold one million copies. Pitch in to help these unfortunate souls ease their pain by viewing Sunday’s live webcast of their Rose Bowl show on YouTube. A word of caution to those of you in Southern California: don’t even think about trying to drive a car in Pasadena on Sunday. It will be a traffic nightmare.
The Google Tricycle
Oct 22nd
Check out this cool video of Google’s Street View Trike. Designed to go where no van can go, the nifty, camera-toting tricycle will be hitting your local cart paths and hiking trails soon. Read the original post on the Official Google Blog.
