http://www.daryldurken.com web developer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:38:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple announced today that the iTunes Store surpassed Wal-Mart to become the top music retailer in the US. Based on the latest data from the NPD Group the iTunes Store was the number one music retailer in both January and February 2008. This is notable since it is the first ... http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/04/03/itunes-store-top-music-retailer-in-the-us/ Apple celebrates another birthday today. Founded thirty-two years ago by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne Apple was established to sell the garage-built Apple I computer kit. Read more about Apple Museum's Apple History Timeline http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/04/01/happy-birthday-apple/ Veronica Belmont (of Muhalo Daily) lands an interview with Steve Jobs. Enjoy. You've just been Rick Roll'ed. Happy April Fools Day. http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/04/01/veronica-belmont-interviews-steve-jobs/ Bling My Thing has blinged out an Apple Macbook Air. Called "Golden Age" this notebook is decked out in 12,000 Swarovski crystals and 24k gold. Available on March 18th for a just under $40,000.00 Founded in 2005, Bling My Thing has been widely recognized as a pioneer of crystal mosaic art. ... http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/03/05/blinged-out-macbook-air/ Apple announced today that market research from NPD indicates that the iTunes Store is now the number two music retailer in the US, trailing only Wal-Mart. With over 50 million customers the iTunes Store has sold over 4 billion songs. iTunes has been the number three music retailer since last June ... http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/02/27/itunes-now-the-number-two-music-retailer-in-us/ Mac Rumors celebrates it's eighth birthday today February 24th. According to Quantcast Mac Rumors is the top-ranked Apple News site on the web. http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/02/24/mac-rumors-celebrates-eight-birthday/ Steve Jobs turns 53 today. Born on February 24, 1955 Steve co-founded Apple, founded NeXt and purchased Pixar Animation in 1986 before ultimately selling it to Disney. Happy Birthday. http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/02/24/happy-birthday-steve-jobs/ The Byte of the Apple blog (Businessweek) reports that that Apple's iPhone SDK may not be ready in time for Apple's self-imposed deadline of February 29th. According to their source the SDK may be delayed by up to three weeks and that the situation is fluid. Apple might opt to ... http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/02/24/iphone-sdk-delayed/ AT&T's recently announced $99.99 unlimited calling plan is available today. This plan offers unlimited mobile phone calls for a flat rate of $99.99 a month and existing customers can sign up without having to extend their service contract.  The unlimited calling plan can be combined with the various data ... http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/02/21/att-9999-unlimited-calling-plan-available-today/ Apple has dropped the price on the 1 GB iPod shuffle which can now be had for a mere $49. Apple also introduced a 2 GB version which will sell for $69 and should be hitting shelves later this month. The 2 GB version will be capable of ... http://www.daryldurken.com/archives/2008/02/19/1-gb-ipod-shuffle-now-49-2-gb-version-coming-soon/