Tech News 2Night!



I recently watched an episode of Tech News 2night on Twit.tv. This was the first time I have ever watched one of their videocasts and I found it to be very interesting. This was episode #236 with anchor, Sarah Lane, who discussed a number of topics including the $1 Billion Apple iTunes lawsuit, and a dog now able to run because of 3D printed prosthetic legs. In this blog I will give a brief overview of the topics discussed.

Sarah Lane started off talking about Samsung launching its own mobile pay system, obviously in competition with Apple pay. According to Sarah's research, this may not be as successful as Samsung is hoping it to be. Apple has already partnered with numerous banks allowing their customers to use Apple pay. Personally, I think Samsung has no choice but to start offering a mobile pay system, in order to stay in competition with Apple. Maybe they will have some appealing features that Apple has not yet come up with to entice buyers.

The biggest topic covered was the $1B iTunes lawsuit. The verdict was in Apple's favor, and they were accused of creating an illegal monopoly on digital music because customers could not play music on their iPods not bought from the iTunes store. This lawsuit has been going on for almost a decade and it has finally been put to an end. Since this lawsuit went in motion Apple has now allowed its users to put music on their phone that isnt necessarily from the iTunes music store.

There is also talk of Bose creating its own music streaming service. According to the show, Apple actually sold Bose products in it's stores. And since finding out about this information that they are launching their own music streaming service, Apple has removed all of its products from its stores. It appears that Apple doesn't like the idea so much and has discontinued its partnership with Bose. Their isn't anything official out yet about the new streaming system, but based on Apples actions it looks like the rumor might be true. If you want to watch this episode of Tech New 2Night, you can right here!