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Some techy news from last week – 13 September, 2009

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Apple’s iPod Update (NZ)

* iTunes 9 with improved Genius (including Genius for Apps) and finally App organisation (you can arrange which screens apps will appear on before syncing to your iPhone or iPod Touch).
* iTunes LPs – single download (note: not this single-file format we’ve been hearing about), including photos, video, liner notes, lyrics.
* iPod Touch 8GB gets a price drop to NZ$349, and we get speedier 32GB and 64GB models for $519 and $699. Bear in mind you won’t get OpenGL|ES 2.0 on the $199 model, so we’ll see some game compatibility issues cropping up there I think.
* More games – notably Madden from EA and Assassin’s Creed.
* iPod Classic gets a capacity bump to 160GB for NZ$429
* iPod Shuffle gets colours at the standard $99 price, and a new “special edition” 4GB model for $129.
* iPod Nano is the biggest change-up, with video camera (640×480 resolution, so there’s no way it’s competing with the Flip-type HD cameras), and FM Radio (!). NZ$259 for the 8GB, and $318 for the 16GB models.

iPhone users complain of new software problems

TelstraClear inks five-year Statistics NZ contract

Twitter to release revenue-generating feature in Q4

Gen-i extends Air New Zealand ICT deal

An Australian company uSocial.net charges you for spamming on Facebook and Twitter and find fans and friends for you.

Their charges are somthing like: from $177.30 for +1000 fans to $1167.30 for +10,000 fans. Interesting concept:

• but are you really interested in those fans who just click “Accept” on any invite they receive on Facebook’s request page?
• and if you really are then how much effort does it really take to invite 1000 friends?
• and is that effort really worth that much money?

Well! may be it is for some non-techy people, but who is now not aware of Facebook or finds it difficult to use it? I don’t think anyone from the potential list of customers of uSocial. OR…

…May be Aussies!?!