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If you are picking up a Bimmer in 2011, you’ll notice a new level of iPhone and iPod integration.  Check the video below:

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Apple’s Flagship Shanghai store opened today with the following human Chinese/machine English translated words from Ron Johnson:

“I travel the world, read each and every Apple store, but confirmed that Shanghai Pudong impressive, this is a perfect store. When Apple Shanghai store site, selected the Pudong meaningful place. We hope that the buildings have their own unique characteristics, but also hopes that the Building and the surrounding environment together. We hope that in years to come, Pudong is the Apple store is still a prime landmark. “

Probably better to watch the video below:

iOS MP4 video here

The fine folks at Fortune report that YouTube has announced support for ultra high-quality video. The announcement, which came at today’s VidCon 2010 conference, promises video “that you typically see on 25 foot IMAX screens” 

As you can imagine, playing this type of video at home would require some killer setup with a fast computer running a fast Internet connection with an insane video card and display.

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To be specific, the full support resolution is 4096 x 3072 which is typically abbreviated as 4K. You can watch a sample video above filmed on RedOne 4K camera.

Why those leaked images of a tiny 2-in. touchscreen published by a fairly reputable Apple leaks Web site may well hint at Apple’s next big plan for television. Think of an iOS and MultiTouch future for the Apple TV — game on, Google …

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War, but not as we know it: diplomatic relations continue, but behind the comedy of good manners, Google

What have Apple, Google, HTC, LG Electronics, Motorola and Microsoft got in common? Well, a few things, but there

Fortune Magazine this morning hails Apple boss, Steve Jobs, as being the

My but here is an interesting thing: an alleged image of an Apple-branded touch screen that is a tiny 3-x-3cms in size. What could it be for? (More images after the jump).

MacRumors reports the image appeared this morning over at tw.apple.pro (translation), where the author claims to have been passed on the image by his

Put yourself back in time to those heady moments of — last week — when Apple told us it had found a problem in its signal strength indication math and promised a future iOS 4 update would patch the problem.

The update isn

iPhone developer, Kenneth Ballenegger, has come out to argue against yesterday

How interesting, it appears the 5-megapixel camera used in the iPhone 4 won

Apple is Taiwan

Everyone’s favorite iPhone 4 dropping crew at ifixyouri.com have returned to drop test the iPhone 4 with Apple’s $29 Bumper.  As with their other tests, the third time appears to be the charm.  Again, shocker.

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NewTeeVee today is bringing back the $.99 TV show rental rumor with the Cloud twist.  According to Ryan Lawler, the new $99 AppleTV that runs the iOS will feature the ability to buy and stream TV shows for $.99 each.  The TV shows will be watchable for 30 days after purchased and for 24 hours after watched for the first time.

As for competition in the Cloud streaming field, Roku (HD player is $129-ish) sells a box that streams Netflix and Amazon TV and movies.  Those TV shows are mostly the same price as those currently selling on iTunes.  If iTunes drops prices on their shows, Netflix and Amazon would likely follow.

Of course, GoogleTV is coming in the Fall but will have a different skillsets.

Double post, sorry

The iPhone 4 can’t seem to catch a break.  According to BGR, this one below caught fire.

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