Apple reveals iTunes 10, includes music social network “Ping”


Yesterday Apple didn’t just unveil a bunch of new iPods, they also unveiled the sparkling new iTunes 10, which includes a social network for music, one they call “Ping”, where artists and bands can come together, talk music, follow each other and what not. It’s a sort of MySpace/Last.FM/Twitter things, and from the looks of it, seems pretty decent. We’ll have to wait and see how it fares against its competitors.

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HP wins 3PAR bidding war with $2.4 billion

As we reported last week, Dell and HP have been in a heated bidding war over storage solutions company 3PAR, where Dell started the whole thing with a $1.1 billion offer. HP joined the game, and now has emerged victorious — by paying a stunning $2.4 billion for 3PAR, over twice the amount that was originally bid (and confirmed by 3PAR). Congrats, HP! Sorta…

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Apple to release Game Center with iOS 4.1


At today’s Apple media event, Apple’s Steve Jobs finally unveiled when the new Game Center will be shipping: in a few days with iOS 4.1. Game Center is for iOS what Xbox Live is for the Xbox 360, and will offer iOS gamers to play games together, leaderboards, friends lists and much more. For more details, check out DigitalBattle.

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Apple announces new Apple TV


Just as rumor predicted, Apple has announced a new Apple TV, and yes, it’s not called iTV as previously reported. The new TV is much smaller and is a streaming device only, meaning it has no internal hard drive. It will offer iTunes rentals and purchases, and as we reported yesterday, Netflix streaming. The ne Apple TV will ship in a month and will cost just $100.

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Netflix coming to Apple’s new iTV

Apple hasn’t yet announced its new iTV, the replacement for Apple TV, and trusted reports are coming out that the new device will support Netflix, which isn’t surprising, considering that Netflix is pretty much everywhere these days. Apple will hold a media even tomorrow at 10AM PST, where it’s expected that new iPods and the iTV will be announced.

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GMail launches Priority inbox


Gmail is by far the best and most popular email app, and they’ve made continuous improvements for years, and now they’ve launched “Priority inbox”, which sorts your email automatically based on what kind of mail you read and reply to. Watch the video above for more details on how it works.

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Google acquires mobile game developer SocialDeck


Google has been acquiring game developers like crazy during the last few months, and they’ve now made another acquisition: SocialDeck, which developers social games mainly for Facebook. The Canadian developer was founded in 2008, and has created several titles for Facebook and other sides, as well as iPhone games. SocialDeck will join Google’s team in Ontario, Canada.

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