In this very first video I am reviewing three apps that work on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Please watch, enjoy and I appreciate any feedback, suggestions and/or “likes”.
For years now I have been an avid supporter of going to the store and happily scanning the shelves for cool videos that I may have somehow missed on the big screen, as well as videos that just didn’t get notice and fell through the cracks into the “straight to DVD” abyss. I really love doing this. But sadly, it appears that physical video rental stores has now become an outmoded means of renting videos when there is Netflix, Redbox, Video On Demand (VOD) and iTunes. These four new alternate means of watching movie content is sending Blockbuster to it’s bankruptcy grave. But what’s worse is Blockbuster adopted the Netflix model of video rental with mailed video rentals,and I must admit I tried it and found it annoying. So lately I have been renting and purchasing everything from iTunes, then storing them on an external harddrive via Wi-Fi after viewing.
Sadly, I guess I kinda helped hammer a few of these nails into BB’s coffin. Lastly, I finally decided to write about this because I was on my way home day before yesterday and saw the “everything must go” type signs plastered all over the windows of one of my local Blockbuster stores. I was DISTRAUGHT! I went in and just didn’t know what to do.
Let me put it this way, there are video gamers, there are the otaku, and then there are the movie-goers. I’M the movie-gover. I rent on average 1 to 3 videos a week, and watch at least one theater movie every two weeks. So when there is a slow period in the movie industry, that’s when I’m most bored. LOL! Hey! Don’t judge! Everybody has their vices, and this one is mine.
Washington Times online: Blockbuster announced this week that it is suffering severe cash-flow shortages and is considering filing for bankruptcy. The company stock value tumbled to just 28 cents a share at the close of Thursday’s trading, two days after a Tuesday night regulatory filing that said the video giant was suffering “significant liquidity constraints” that, along with its debt load, “raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.” Read more…
It has been hard not to hear and see tragic news of the natural disaster that has hit the island of Haiti. Since I live in South Florida, I have a good number of Haitian friends, co-workers, and mutual acquaintances. But since Hurricane Katrina I have been a bit sketchy about which relief organization to donate my money. So when I got an email about the option to donate to the American Red Cross through the iTunes store, I became curious and donated. If you’ve purchased anything from the iTunes store since the this tragedy struck Haiti on January 12, then you’re already well ahead on being able to easily donate to a good cause in under 3 minutes.
1. Basically you go to iTunes and click on the button for American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Donation (which you can do here by clicking “Earthquake Relief”).
2. Next you can choose the amount that you would like starting from as little as $5.00 to $200.00 dollars.
3. To pay the amount of your chosen donation all you have to do is log in the same way you would when purchasing an app, song, album or movie from the iTunes Store.
4. Confirm your purchase.
5. And voila! You are all done giving a moment of your effort, time and a portion of your hard-earned money to what will benefit a people in need right now.
“Apple is believed to be wrapping up a new feature in iTunes 8 that will allow users to stream their iTunes video purchases directly from the company’s servers for playback anywhere, anytime without eating up local storage. Dubbed iTunes Replay…“Read more…