12.15.09 - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is on a mission to kill cash. He likes money, just not actual cash transactions. Dorsey's new venture, Square, could help businesses--large and small--, and even consumers eliminate the need to carry cash. Square allows credit card payments to be processed directly from an iPhone or iPod Touch. That part alone isn't all that revolutionary. There are a number of iPhone apps that facilitate credit card payments, but they require manual input of the credit card number. What sets Square apart from those apps is that is provides users with a small--well....square--gadget that can read the magnetic stripe information from credit cards.

10.31.09 - Just hours before its "rock and roll" music event was set to kick off in San Francisco, Apple went ahead and chopped the price of its entire iPod Touch line by as much as $120. Also: price cuts for the Nano, Classic. The 32GB iPod Touch—formerly $399, or a whopping $110 more than the upcoming 32GB version of the competing Zune HD—now sells for $279, a $120 discount that slightly undercuts the new Zune.

9.1.09 - iLounge Pavilion at CES 2010 to House iPod and iPhone Product Vendors,iLounge’s Charles Starrett explains. “We are excited to announce that iLounge and CEA are partnering on this dynamic new CES pavilion,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CEA. “The accessories market, driven by the popularity of iPods, iPhones, and other MP3 and smartphone technologies, will grow this year to a nearly $15 billion market. This new pavilion is one more innovative way the 2010 CES will be the epicenter of consumer technology.”

8.20.09 - The Juice Pack Air is an add-on battery pack that doubles as a case for your iPhone. It comes in two pieces. You slip your iPhone into the bottom piece, which uses and covers the Apple connector. The top piece then slides on to encapsulate the iPhone. It adds an additional 1200mAH of battery power to your iPhone, effectively doubling its life. For an extra $20, the standard Juice Pack provides an additional 1800mAH.

7.27.09 - iLuv recently quickly followed Belkin by providing official details of its own remote adapter for the newer iPod shuffle. Already teased, the IEA15 gives any minijack earbud or headphone set the same controls as Apple's remote, both for click actions and for volume. The add-on is also confirmed to add full remote control to any other 2008 iPod as well as the iPhone 3GS. Again like Belkin, iLuv uses an Apple-made chip in the IEA15 that guarantees compatibility.