Multiple sources have said that Google allegedly secured content rights from almost all the major music labels over the past few weeks. All this is going towards a new service that Google is starting up supposedly called ‘Google Audio’ which is a kind of a basic name but fits the spot right. This service is going to start out in the United States but it is said that it could go global.

“We’re still gathering details, but our understanding is the service will be very different to the Google China music download service that they launched in 2008,” the report said. “That service, which is only available in China, allows users to search for music and download it for free.”

One thing that is unknown is whether or not the new service would provide purchase and download of content, like iTunes, or another format, like streaming and no downloading or something of that nature.

This service will be essential to devices such as the MyTouch, Android, and any other device that is powered by or incorporated with Google.

There is a little hate heating up as well because the Google Voice app was never accepted by Apple and also a Google board member declined saying “We love the iPhone.” So this whole battle is just going to get better when this new service comes out but honestly I don’t think anything will ever beat iTunes but that’s just my thought.

So what do you think of this new program/service? Will it end up beating out iTunes?

So here is the, as expected, Mac version of Blackra1n for any iDevice.

Follow These easy steps to Jailbreak 3.1.2:

1. Upgrade to 3.1.2 in iTunes (Restore & Update)

2. Download Blackra1n

Yepp, it’s as easy as that!

After you finish the jailbreak and it connects to iTunes, you should have an icon named ‘Blackra1n’ and in there you can install Cydia, Rock, And Icy. I recommend downloading only Cydia and Rock.

Enjoy

Works For all devices except for the iPod Touch 3g.

No DFU or recovery needed! This also fixes the mobile substrate file so that themes will now work!

Download: Pwnage Tool 3.1.4

Steps: 1. Upgrade to 3.1.2 in iTunes (Restore & Update)

2. Download Blackra1n: http://usershare.net/dwowaxrxzvcr

If you get stuck at the recovery screen, do this:

1. Move blackra1n.exe to your C:/ drive

2. Check your Task Manager for any iTunes processes running and close them!

3. Run BlackRa1n.exe as Administrator (right click)

This Jailbreak supports all models of the iPod Touch and iPhone and is, by far the easiest jailbreak to date!!

WARNING iPod Touch 3G Users!: If you are jailbreaking the iPod Touch 3rd Generation this is a tethered jailbreak so every time you reboot or restart, you will need to run blackra1n agian & re-jailbreak.

This is the Windows version, Mac support coming soon.

This is just a minor update just fixing a few bugs that were found in 3.1.1. You’ll now find that Apple have fixed an ongoing issue which caused the iPhone to not wake from sleep sometimes, while AI also points out that an ‘intermittent’ issue which may have been interrupting cellular network services until you restart, has now been addressed.

Another problem was that some devices crashed while opening a video, this is also fixed in this new firmware update.

The update will be a little over 200MB in size and can be downloaded only through iTunes. Also, there is a similar update for the iPod Touch.

Now do not update to this new firmware if you are expecting to have a jailbroken or unlocked device. You should all wait until the dev team figures out a hackable exploit for this new firmware, which I will keep you all updated with.

There were a few updates in this new version of iTunes, these features/bug fixes can be found below. The biggest and best feature to me in this update is the maximize button which was not in iTunes 9. This update is available for all operating systems (Mac, Windows, Vista, Linux) and can be downloaded here

Apple is investigating several reports of people complaining about poor battery life for their iPhone 3GS users after they upgraded to the 3.1 firmware. The 3.1 upgrade did deliver a lot of new and useful features but this was not what some people were expecting. There are several iPhone 3GS users on the 3.1 firmware that are looking for solutions to this problem but unfortunately there are not any kind of fixes right now, the only thing that could fix this is downgrading your iPhone to 3.0 or 3.0.1.

Apple is now offering (for download) a battery life logger, which will collect information about your iPhone’s battery life. The logger syncs the data with iTunes and sends it off to Apple for investigation.

Also, some of these people have tried restoring, which is what most apple help center’s would say to do when experiencing battery issues, but it still does not work. Some things that could slow down your iPhone and run the battery out faster is using push notifications, frequent vibrating, and running apps or the internet in the background.

First Off is iTunes 9:

Next is the new iPod Nano :

And the full recap:

This is all a rumor but you never know, it may end up coming true! iTunes 9 features will possibly include Blu-ray support, a new way to organize iPhone apps within iTunes, and also maybe some kind of integration with Twitter, Facebook and possibly even Last.fm or another music app.

With the new iMac’s coming out, this is definitely a feature that is needed in iTunes version 9.0 because it has been wanted for some time now for the iMac and Macbook’s.

Now a new way to organize iPhone/iPod touch apps in iTunes is something that has been needed forever! It is really bad that you will have to re-arrange you apps from your springboard and we all know how big of a problem that is sometimes, especially when you have 5-6 pages of apps. Here is a video showing how it should be done, and what a great video it is!

Now with the integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm, some of the features could include: showing what song you are listening to or showing what game you are playing at the moment. None of this is confirmed yet but I think that would be pretty cool!

Again, all these things are rumors, but we will see if they come true or not in early September, like always.

-Brandon

Apple released iTunes 8.2.1 today and it was not too big of an update, here is what Apple said changed… “provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices.”

This update also disables the syncing with the Palm Pre because they are now saying that iTunes will only work with Apple media players.

You can download this on the Apple Download Page