Apple will release software update for iPhone 3G problems

Apple will release an additional software update for the iPhone that will fix the connection bug discovered with the release of the 2.0.1 patch.

iPhone 2.0.1 patch released

Yesterday Apple released the 2.0.1 patch for iPhone, iPhone 3G and the iPod Touch in order to resolve several performance-related issues and bugs found in version 2.0.

Purchase New Movies on iTunes Same Day as DVD Release

Source: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/05/01itunes.html

CUPERTINO, California—May 1, 2008—Apple® today announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com) on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios. Movies purchased from iTunes can be viewed on an iPod® with video, iPhone™, Mac® or PC or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV®, with new releases priced at $14.99 and most catalog titles at $9.99.

Apple stopped auto-install of Safari on Windows

Apple decided to change strategy on delivering its browser Safari to Windows users; instead to offer it by default with the Quicktime and iTunes updates, it is now offered as choice under the “New Software” category.

Starbucks offer again free iTunes download

Starbucks just started its promotion of free iTunes music downloads, as it similarly did last October. You can get the free song at any of 7,000 Starbucks locations across the United States.