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Apple has just started sending out invitations for a special event — it’s annual special music event typically involving iTunes and iPads — on September 1, 2010.

A new iPod touch 4 (with FaceTime and Retina Display?) is a given, as is iOS 4.1 — perhaps with some new, previously unseen features? — and maybe new versions of Apple TV/iTV (for $99 running iOS and TV rentals?), iTunes (with some cloud streaming services?), and iLife (with an HTML5 content creation app?)? What about iOS 4.x for iPad and news on white iPhones?!

What does the Apple-fied guitar above say to you? Start the predictions below!

[Engadget]

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Google has a nifty update ready for users of their Finance web app, and while it won’t work on iOS (of course), we’re sure many in the US will appreciate the new Google Voice integration with Gmail as well. Here’s the low down on Google Finance Mobile:

We heard your feedback and are please to announce we've launched the new Android/iPhone edition of Google Finance for mobile! The markets don't stop when you leave your desk, so we're bringing the markets to you. Our new design gives you a unified experience across desktop and Android or iPhone phones, offering nearly all the same features and functionality on both. You can easily access the new site when you do a Google search for stock tickers or company names on your mobile device, or when you tap the “Finance” tab on the Google mobile homepage.

For more on the new Google Voice in Gmail, we refer you to the video… after the break.

[Google Finance, Gmail, via Android Central]

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This week I am looking at the Incipio Silicrylic Case for iPad. This is a two-part case not unlike the Case-Mate Hybrid Touch Case where you have a silicone inside layer and a hard outside layer. The goal being to provide extra durable shock protection.

As you would expect you have the typical openings in the case for the 30-pin connector, speaker, headphone jack and rotation lock. The power and volume controls are covered by silicone, but still function. I found putting on the case was a little easier than other models of this case type offering the same style and function. However, it also has the same weakness; the top and bottom portions of the silicone layer are not very secure and can easily be moved or nudged with little effort. Of course this is because it is difficult to add any rigidity to the silicone case covering the connecting port and speaker, but there has to be a way…

I did find the case to be quite protective and even covered the edges onto the screen to protect any accidental iPad face-plants. As a side bonus, the Incipio Silicrylic Case does come with a screen protector for iPad and a wipe cloth. These are nice additions that you don’t receive with other cases and in my mind sets them above the competition in this regard. The Incipio Silicrylic Case for iPad is available in four color combinations: Black/Black, White/Grey, Confetti/Charcoal, Lime/Charcoal for $47.95 in the TiPb iPad accessory store.

Pros

• Durable
• Easy to take on/off
• Nice color selection

Cons

• Does not fit in Apple Dock
• Top and bottom of case are still "loose"

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Cult of Mac has an interesting post up that shows some of the truly spectacular LiquidMetal injection moulding and manufacturing processes that will let Apple make stronger, better, faster unibodies, antennas, and pretty much everything else. Here are some choice quotes:

• Apple will soon start experimenting with a new prototype injection molding machine, says Drew Merkel, who is perhaps the most knowledgeable third-party expert on Liquidmetal Technologies. It may allow Apple to make advanced iPhone antennas and seamless gadget cases with holographic logos cast right into the metal.
• The part in the picture above is a good example of the machine's capabilities. Made for the aerospace industry, if it had been manufactured traditionally, it would have undergone several rounds of cutting, milling, drilling, threading, deburring, routing and sandblasting, Merkel said. Instead, the part was cast in one operation and requires no further processing.
• The alloys, also known as bulk metallic glasses, are as strong as titanium but use only one-third of the material. It can be mixed with very small amounts of precious metals to make jewelry-like finishes, or optimized for functions such as an antenna. And while titanium scratches and magnesium corrodes, Liquidmetal is scratch and corrosion proof, and resistant to greasy marks. "You get fingerprints all over them and they just disappear," Merkel says. "You could add gold or silver to get a beautiful look you've never seen before."

Read the full article for more, but suffice it to say Apple SVP of design, Jony Ive, might just have some new toys to play with for iPhone 6 and iPad 3.

[Cult of Mac]

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While a lot of controversy has surrounded Facebook and privacy, Google has lately made many wonder if they could still be trusted with our private, personal info as well.

Personally, I’m all in with Google and I don’t see that changing unless/until something truly cataclysmic happens. Dieter told me to sell my soul and enjoy all the free, fantastic services and sell it I did. I’ve significantly curtailed what I share over Facebook in light of their privacy stumbles, yet I’ve continued to go full steam ahead with Google.

Still it’s inarguable that the young, upstart, idealistic company many of us geeks knew and loved has been changing as of late. It’s almost like the hippie, carefree days of Larry and Sergei are slowly morphing into the conservative, corporate era of Schmidt right before our eyes.

Wi-Fi data retentions, DoubleClick, Verizon net-neutrality deals, Buzz’s early privacy problems, the whole China fiasco, Android returning control to the carriers, and odd, almost allegorical comments from their CEO about changing names as we come of age to distance ourselves from the indiscretions of youth… they give pause.

It’s also undeniable that, while Google was once an unassailable darling of the tech media, that’s been slowly changing as well, especially in light of the above controversies.

iPhone and iPad owners typically use tons of Google services. Their maps and search and videos are built in. Their Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts are only getting more popular and better on iPhone and iPad. In return Google knows what web pages we go to, what we search for and click on, who our friends and associates are, where we are, and what we’re doing. Every time we use the internet in almost any way, Google tracks us, anonymizes and aggregates us, and uses our data to advertise to us.

When “don’t be evil” seemed a much more heartfelt motto, most of us didn’t seem to care. How about now?

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