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Web-based, Social iTunes Store Launching Next Week?

Now here’s an interesting rumor from All Things Digital. Apple sent invitations for a press event on September 1st to selected media outlets yesterday, and the speculation began about what Apple will announce next Wednesday. There are so many rumors and reports floating around one may think Apple is coming out with a new iPad next week. The invitation mail contains an acoustic guitar, just to confirm that - like every year - it’s a music-related event.

According to All Things D, Apple won’t launch “iTunes Cloud” next week, but a web-based version of the Store with revamped social capabilities.

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iPod Touch 4th Gen LCD Spotted In The Wild [Video]

SmartPhoneMedic is the same iPhone repair website that back in May posted a video showing the case of the rumored “iPhone 4G”. It’s a reliable source that somehow always manages to get these parts and capture them on video. This time, they have footage of the new iPod Touch assembly - front facing camera for FaceTime and slightly bigger case.

We’ll know everything in a week. At this point, though, a FaceTime enabled iPod Touch with a higher resolution display is pretty much a given. [iSpazio via RazorianFly]

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The iPhone Floating Forecaster

This is supposed to be some sort of 3d display for weather information, but I’m not really sure how it works. From what I see in the video though, there’s an iPhone running a custom application which lets you control a panel with 30 air guns and ping pong balls on it.

You touch a spot on the grid, the corresponding air gun raises a ping pong ball on the panel. Isn’t this uber-cool?

I know, I know - it’s also pretty useless. Still, we had to post this. [via TUAW]

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Stay: Train Your Windows

If you are anything like me, than at any given time you’ve got 30 windows open and at least 17 apps running at once.

The only thing that keeps me from going completely insane is my second 21” screen I have plugged into my Macbook Pro (15” screen) ninety percent of the time. Now, the extra real estate is awesome when I have all 30 windows open and organized among my spaces the way I like. It becomes cumbersome, however, when I unplug my laptop from the screen to go downstairs. My 30 windows become 30 huge billboards all trying to compete for my attention. Read more

Dunk Winners Announced

Thanks everyone who entered the Dunk for iPhone giveaway. We also want to thank the Robocat developers for the promo codes they offered to MacStories readers.

Here are the winners:

Shawn Grimes

Daniel Doyle

Umar Irshad

Oskar konstantyner

Ezequiel Lancelotti

You’ll receive the promo codes in your inbox in a few minutes. Congratulations!

Why Jailbreak Makes The iPhone 4 A Better Device: My Setup

Two months ago I wrote that jailbreak on iOS 4 still had its importance, but when JailbreakMe came out earlier this month I was very disappointed that the iPhone 4 wasn’t really supported. Sure, I could jailbreak my iPhone and install Cydia - but what for? Tweaks and apps weren’t updated for the Retina Display and new device, there was the possbility to break FaceTime and MMS and, overall, it seemed like JailbreakMe for the iPhone 4 was released just for the sake of it.

Fast forward 20 days, and I can’t imagine having a un-jailbroken iPhone 4 anymore. What happened?

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iPad Accessories Of The Day: iPADock, KeyCase iPad Folio

These are two interesting peripherals I’ve stumbled upon today which I’d be interested in trying out. First, the iPADock: even if the manufacturer is still looking for a ditributor in the US (and we’ll keep you posted about that), the dock already looks great. Basically, it allows you to charge and dock multiple iDevices in one single place: two iPads, and iPad and two iPhones, four iPhones simulateneously. It’s also got seven USB hubs and memory card slots.

The KeyCase iPad Folio (as first spotted by Engadget) turns your iPad into a complete netbook: it packs a keyboard inside a leather case. Maybe it’s not the most elegant solution ever but hey, you have an Apple netbook.

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World’s Fastest Texting on iPhone 4 [Video]

Can you imagine writing the phrase:

“The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human”

on the iPhone 4 virtual keyboard in 20 seconds? That’s Gumball Tech’s blogger Brian Sweet did, becoming the world fastest texter. I’m pretty sure that there’s someone faster than Brian out there, so if you’re reading - you just have to record a video of your performance and tip us.

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