John Markoff at the New York Times writes that there’s evidence that Apple is working on a Kindle-killer. 
According to Markoff, his contact at a search engine company has ”spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook. Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?”
At this [...]

i.TV - the iPhone TV Guide - has become the top App Store application after only being available three days. 
i.TV (App Store link) is a TV and movie guide application for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets you find comprehensive info on the latest TV shows and new movies, based on your current location.
Here’s a [...]

Eugene zMastaa Agyeman’s ZuneStats is a WordPress plugin that lets you get social, Microsoft Zune style. 
ZuneStats displays your Zune Stats in a sidebar widget, including

Recently Played Tracks,
Most Played Artists
Favourite Tracks

According to Microsoft Zune guru Rob Greenlee, there’s been “a huge jump in podcast interest in the Zune Podcast Marketplace Software.”
“This is an annual rite of passage, that summer is the time when podcast usage dips and then it comes stampeding back in the Fall and Winter,” explains Greenlee. “This year is no exception and [...]

Lasonic has introduced its I931 High Performance Portable Music System - aka, The iPod Boombox. 
It’s a lot like the boomboxes from back in the days - except that it’s Made For iPod, it’s got USB support, it reads from SD/MMC cards, it’s got a remote and it can send video out to a TV. 
The iPod [...]

Aristarkh Chernyshev & Alexei Shulgin’s wowPod is an interactive multimedia sculpture based on the iPod. 
It features a giant, distorted version of the iconic Apple iPod, which is actually functional.

Fring (App Store link) is a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch that supports free voice over IP (VoIP) telephony. 
Fring lets you use voice and text communications with a variety of services, including fring, Skype, MSN, Twitter, Google Talk and AIM. On the iPhone and touch, service is available using your WiFi connection. 
fring [...]

Last year, we called the Kindle “this year’s Zunetanic, an over-hyped iPod-wannabee.”
A little harsh, maybe, but the prediction is panning out to be true. 
Since then, Amazon has dropped the price for the Kindle, announced a lot more books for the device and sold in modest numbers, leading Amazon to admit that the device was not the [...]

Barack Obama has introduced a new tool for catering to his wired backers - the Obama ‘08 iPhone app (app store link).
Features:

Call Friends: A great volunteering tool that lets you make a difference any time you want by talking to people you already know. Your contacts are prioritized by key battleground states, and you can make [...]

Fortune reports that Apple is threatening to kill the iTunes Store over music royalties. 
The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a request by the National Music Publishers’ Association to raise royalty rates on songs purchased from online music stores, like iTunes, from 9 cents to 15 cents per track. 
“If [...]