Apple Premiers New iPod Shuffle

With absolutely zero fanfare, Apple has premiered their all-new iPod shuffle. The new music player is nearly half of the size of the previous model, and the first music player that “talks to you” via text to speech technology. The new VoiceOver feature enables iPod shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names. The third generation iPod shuffle is significantly smaller than a AA battery, holds up to 1,000...

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Native Instruments Maschine & Ableton Live Tryst Captured On Video

Well, ever since NAMM, there’s been a LOT of discussion in our offices about Native Instruments Maschine. A lot of the discussions are based on what exactly is Native Instruments’ end game? Why is this important? Isn’t it just good enough that NI created a dynamic and provocative product? Well, yes, and no. It’s wonderful that Native decided to enter a whole new market, but one aspect of our “job...

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