iPod Mp3 Technology

Peter Burrows (businessweek.com) reports that Apple is working “to change the terms of the debate” on green accountability by revealing its total annual corporate carbon emissions on its new Apple and the Environment site. Writes Burrows: “Apple argues that broader, more comprehensive figures for carbon emissions should be used—for everything from materials mined for its products to the electricity used to power them—and it’s offering up its own data to make the case.”

Noting the popularity of taking and sharing pictures with iPhone, Jim Dalrymple (loopinsight.com) selects and reviews “a few of the best” iPhone photo apps. Writes Dalrymple: “There are apps available on the App Store that will help you take better photos and edit them before you upload them to MobileMe, Facebook or Twitter.”

The GarageBand ’09 Lesson Store has added three new Artist Lessons, interactive videos that let you learn to play a song from the artist who made it famous. Reports Dan Moren (macworld.com): “Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson contributes two lessons, ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Limelight.’ The new offerings are rounded out by John Legend, who explains how to play his song ‘Ordinary People’ on the piano.”

For global consulting firm Logica’s perpetually mobile consulting staff, iPhone provides reliable connectivity and new offerings in the way of custom-built iPhone applications for their customers.

When Airship Ventures’ Jim Dexter suits up to fly Eureka, one of three Zeppelin airships in the world, he takes along iPhone as his go-to device for flight planning, weather reports, and keeping in touch with the ground crew. “It’s a huge leap in technology,” he says.

Reviewing iTunes 9 at All Things Digital, Walt Mossberg calls it “the biggest overhaul of the familiar program in recent years.” Citing Home Sharing (“worked perfectly”) and easier app organization on an iPhone or iPod touch as his favorite new features, he concludes: “Overall, iTunes 9 is a nice improvement on a much-used program.”

Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Andy Ihnatko (suntimes.com) writes that the iPod nano “continues to build upon the nano’s tremendous equity,” adding that: “Apple has another winner here.” After testing the new video capabilities of the iPod nano, he recommends it to readers as “still the go-to choice.”

Reviewer Tim Bajarin (pcmag.com) writes that the iPod nano could “change the way families integrate video capture into their lives” and “take spontaneous video capture to new levels.” Bajarin suggests that “given its aggressive price, it just might become the No. 1 digital video camera for the modern family.”