If you’ve been keeping your ear to the street in the online technology world, I’m sure you’ve heard about the FBI’s confiscation and the website shutdown of Megaupload.  Well, if you wanted to know a little bit more about the person behind everyone’s favorite file sharing website – Kim Dotcom, check out this news report.  Very interesting…

Broadly considered a brand that inspires fervour and defines cool consumerism, Apple has become one of the biggest corporations in the world, fuelled by game-changing products that tap into modern desires. Its leader, Steve Jobs, was a long-haired college dropout with infinite ambition, and an inspirational perfectionist with a bully’s temper. A man of contradictions, he fused a Californian counterculture attitude and a mastery of the art of hype with explosive advances in computer technology.

Insiders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, the chairman who ousted Jobs from the company he founded, and Jobs’ chief of software, tell extraordinary stories of the rise, fall and rise again of Apple with Steve Jobs at its helm.

With Stephen Fry, world-wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and branding guru Rita Clifton, Evan Davis decodes the formula that took Apple from suburban garage to global supremacy.

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What could be more appropriate from Bobby Digital, aka RZA, than his own app for the iPhone or iPad? RZA has gotten together with Charisma Apps to introduce RZA’s World, something that will give fans a glimpse into the world of the rapper/producer/actor/composer. RZA’s World is broken down into four chambers: Soundtrack to Your Life, in which RZA provides original beats and worldly advice; RZA’s Chess Chamber, which offers 3D gameplay (remember, a game of chess is like a sword fight); The Vault, where one can find archival content including two Bobby Digital films; and finally, What’s News — the latest news on the man himself. Click through for video of RZA discussing the features of his app, then head over to iTunes to purchase.  [via]

Bong, bong…

If you type a lot on your iPhone this can be a handy gadget. The Keyboard buddy by Boxwave has just gotten better, it now has backlit keys! You can now type easily with the new backlit feature, it allows easy viewing of the keys and buttons in the dark. The new version also features new key functions and a more intuitive layout. Available in jet black and winter white color. [via]

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VuPoint has created a photo printer for the iPhone and iPod Touch.   Just in case you can’t wait until you transfer the photos to your computer to print on your normal printer, you can now print directly from your iPhone, but only in 4″ x 6″ photos.  You can cop one HERE.

A while back we showed you the concept watch for Apple, the iWatch.  Well…it was a concept and now the I’m Watch ”The First Real Smartwatch In The World” has been released.   Check out the introduction to the innovation of the timepiece, you can find out more HERE and you can buy one HERE.

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We’re always on the lookout for all things cool and innovative; and the RYNO fills that search today. I saw this one night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, but didn’t know what it was. What is the RYNO, exactly?

RYNO Motors Inc., based in Portland, OR, offers cost competitive, energy-efficient, personal transportation products allowing consumers to move through their community, business and environment in a highly efficient manner. RYNO is well positioned to ride the wave of the growing demand for urban commute vehicles driven by urban congestion, fuel costs, and the sustainability movement.

Check out the RYNO in action after the jump,

Go back to the 80´s with this app for iPhone. AirCassette is an audio player that has an interface just like a cassette tape. The song information is on the tape label, while the tape spins in a realistic way. The application also allows you to save your favorite mixtapes. After you create some mixtapes, as they were called in the 80s, you can then post them on Facebook or send them via e-mail. You can also choose a number of different models of the nostalgic cassette. AirCassette is now available on the App Store for $1.99. It works with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.