Industry insider estimates have claimed that the iPad 2 has reached the million-unit sales mark in South Korea. The milestone came after a late November 2010 launch and 700,000 iPads shipped just in 2011, leaving the remaining 300,000 to have been sold in two and a half months' time, the Korea Herald said. ...   MacNN

An investigation into Google's public records has hinted that the company is planning large expansions that would be incubators for multiple secret projects. The Mercury News sleuthing found that Google was spending over $120 million in construction around its Montain Vew headquarters for both public and private work. ...   MacNN

As part of a larger study, comScore has shown that e-mail is making a large shift away from the web. Among teens and those aged 18 to 24, webmail use dropped by about a third in December from where it was one year earlier. Declines also appeared among the 35 to 44 set (down one point) and 55 to 64 (by seven points)....   MacNN

AT&T's efforts for shared data plans came closer to fruition Sunday after leaks from its Telegence account management system. Staffers showed Engadget that the interface for family plans was being changed to include a data section so that staff could add the eventual data plans at the same time as voice and text. No clues appeared for when shared data would take effect....   MacNN

An upgraded Apple TV media hub might come sooner than thought after signs emerged that multiple stores ran low on stock. Amazon, Best Buy, Buy.com, Radio Shack, and Target all show the device either as out of stock or taking weeks to ship. Apple and others do have supply, but it follows a pattern of third-party resellers usually running out first....   MacNN

The Recording Academy in its annual pre-show ceremony gave Steve Jobs its promised Lifetime Achievement award. The posthumous award was accepted on behalf of Jobs and family by Apple Senior VP Eddy Cue. In the acceptance speech, Cue highlighted how music was a central part of Jobs' existence; he was an outspoken fan of The Beatles and Bob Dylan, and often made music a focus of Apple's work....   MacNN

Saturday Night Live made technology an unusual target after it poked fun at Verizon in a pre-recorded skit (below). A customer (Fred Armisen) comes in asking about the carrier's 4G LTE network and is barraged with an increasingly technical and nonsensical sales pitch. By the end, LTE is likened to orange juice, and Verizon is described as an "old person's nightmare."...   MacNN

The 13- to 14-inch notebook screen size is currently one of the hottest areas of competition right now: it's where Apple, HP, and others start off their higher-end models. Dell has certainly been one of the most active in this space and has brought its high-end XPS line to that space through the 14z. ...   MacNN

The 13- to 14-inch notebook screen size is currently one of the hottest areas of competition right now: it's where Apple, HP, and others start off their higher-end models. Dell has certainly been one of the most active in this space and has brought its high-end XPS line to that space through the 14z. ...   MacNN

Fresh checks have shown the earliest signs that iPad 2 supply might be ramping down ahead of the iPad 3 launch rumored for the next few weeks. The 9to5 investigation pointed to sales channel sources who said supply of 3G models was "constrained" across the board. ...   MacNN

An expansion upon what few details have been available from Apple's new Samsung lawsuit has suggested that it reaches more at the core of Android and less at Samsung's specific actions. ...   MacNN

Each week, we round up our most significant stories from the past seven days, mostly because the powers that be refuse to let us write about the biggest news from the week ahead. This week, we covered App Store drama, iPad 3 rumors, and a typical slew of Mac advice.   Mac Central

With the rumor mill abuzz with news of an impending iPad 3, we've already started getting press releases from case manufacturers. While we all wait for what promises to be another exciting chapter in the world of Apple tablets, your Macworld staff has been hard at work collecting a brand new batch of great cases that you can use today.   Mac Central

Some parents of autistic children see benefits from the use of apps and technology; however, experts raise concerns.   Mac Central

Two major mobile apps got updates for special features at the end of the week. Spotify on iOS (App Store) now has the option to both stream and sync audio at 320Kbps, the same quality as it exists on the desktop. While it requires either a more intensive Internet connection or extra storage for cached tracks, it puts the app's audio quality ahead of other on-demand music rivals....   MacNN

Cider port house TransGaming's download service GameTreeMac is now accepting pre-orders for The Darkness II, a first-person shooter released earlier this month for Windows and consoles originally from 2K Games, TheLoop reports. The Mac version is expected in March, and the sequel is based on the same comic book series that inspired the original game, which was released in 2007. ...   MacNN

Two different tech gear companies have announced two new products for music lovers who want small speakers. Gear4 out of El Segundo are launching the AirZone Series 1 home speaker and iPhone/iPod dock that incorporates AirPlay compatibility for remote sounds and control, while iPod accessory maker iHome is offering two different mini-speakers that stream music and more via Bluetooth ...   MacNN

A somewhat sensationalist press release from Russian forensic-cryptology company ElComSoft claims that it can "crack" passwords users put on documents created in Apple's iWork software (which comprises Pages, Numbers and Keynote). However, the company admits that the attack is just a variation on a brute-force cracking method that attempts to guess the password....   MacNN

Instagram finished the week with a significant update to its app (App Store). The 2.1 update now has Lux, an image adustment option that automatically brings out details in highlights and shadows in a rough equivalent to high dynamic range (HDR) shooting. Similar to the tilt-shift effect, Lux can stack with other filters....   MacNN

Using a network of Facebook event pages, a wiki and a spreadsheet in Google Docs, the anti-censorship group Fight for the Future is planning to launch large-scale crowd-sourced protests on Saturday against what they call the "European version of SOPA," known as ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). ...   MacNN

Apple's new Siri commercials are a little too comprehensible, the designer of the Mac has an unusual Steve Jobs souvenir, and one Google acquisition apparently came with some guts.   Mac Central

A staff memo has leaked plans for AT&T to hike its device upgrade fee. The BGR copy had the cost jumping from $18 to $36. The cost was allegedly necessary because the "overall costs" for upgrading to a new device had gone up, AT&T said....   MacNN

Apple is now selling a special scaled-back 13-inch MacBook Air to schools, a report says. The model is said to have the same internal specifications as the standard 11-inch Air, including a 1.6GHz Core i5 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of flash storage, and Intel graphics. The new option is limited to schools buying in bulk, though, at a price of $999 per system, or $4,995 for a group of five. ...   MacNN

A German court has thrown out a Motorola Mobility patent lawsuit against Apple, breaking a recent run of courtroom successes for the company.   Mac Central

Apple's lawsuit retaliation continued on Friday after it sued Motorola in the US over 3G patent issues. The iPhone designer sought to block Motorola from making patent violation accusations based on its use of Qualcomm's MDM6610 cellular chipset as well as any others it might use. ...   MacNN

Large portions of the western half of the U.S. do not have access to 3G or faster mobile broadband service, according to a new map released by the Federal Communications Commission.   Mac Central

An escaped USA Today presentation has uncovered some of the real results of mobile news app downloads. GeekWire's copy showed a wide gap between downloads for the iPad and Android tablets: at over 2.9 million downloads, the iPad version had more than seven times the downloads of Android, which had 390,000 combined. ...   MacNN

O'Reilly has released a new programming book for iOS developers with more than 100 lessons. iOS 5 Programming Cookbook is geared towards users that are comfortable with the iOS SDK and includes lessons that show different approaches to designing an interface, how to develop location-aware apps, access the accelerometer, and more. ...   MacNN

The App Store offers so many new offerings each week (as well as updates of old favorites) that it can sometimes be difficult to track them all. That’s why we're starting The Week in iOS Apps, to highlight some of the best offerings of the past few days.   Mac Central

It’s been almost 12 months since Thunderbolt made its debut on the 2011 MacBook Pro. In that time, just a few dozen Thunderbolt products have shipped, to the disappointment of users eager to take advantage of the fast connection.   Mac Central

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Tekky Synths has updated ZeNeRyC to version 2.0, which integrates a new scaling system developed by Tekky Synths. ScaLer creates scales from inputed keys and enhances the melodic feel for randomiz [Read More]   KVR Audio

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Rhythmic Robot has released Typewriter, a sampled instrument for Kontakt. Typewriter is a sampled version of a 1920s Imperial wide-carriage typewriter. It includes a pool of randomly-selected keystr [Read More]   KVR Audio

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Sonokinetic has announced the release of Vivace, a new Cinematic Orchestral FX and Textures sample library programmed for Kontakt 5 and the free Kontakt 5 Player. It costs €199.90. Vivace features t [Read More]   KVR Audio

Montclair, NJ (February  10, 2012) - Incident in New Baghdad has been nominated for an Oscar this year in the Best Documentary Short Feature category. The film was scored by Emile D. Menasche, author of The Desktop Studio, Your Sound Onstage, and Home Studio Clinic. He recorded the soundtrack to Incident in New Baghdad in his home studio using his MacBook Pro. ...   Harmony Central

Read the full story @ KVR Audio The CoreStylerz has updated Hardcore Kicks VSTi 2 to version 2.0.1. Changes: Fixed: Issue on expansions. Fixed: Does not show registered to in information. Fixed: Sawtooth sampling corrected. Ad [Read More]   KVR Audio

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Klanghelm has updated VUMT, the VU meter and trim plug-in/standalone - to version 1.8.2. Changes: VST3 support has been added. Both Mac and Windows Versions now have a dedicated installer. The PP [Read More]   KVR Audio

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Sinevibes has released Deep, a new AudioUnit plugin for Mac OS X for creating rhythmic filter effects. Deep's flexible envelope sequencer runs precisely synchronized to your DAW and modulates an ult [Read More]   KVR Audio

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Jack O'Donnell, owner of Numark Industries, Akai Professional, Alesis, Alto Professional and ION Audio, has announced the acquisition of Sonivox, a software company that specializes in developing virt [Read More]   KVR Audio

Read the full story @ KVR Audio Two Notes Audio Engineering has updated its freeware Torpedo PI-FREE to version 2.0.12. This update benefits from all the improvements and bug corrections made on the Torpedo PI-101 since last PI-FREE [Read More]   KVR Audio

Use of Aviom Products Helps Attract New Clients, Makes Production and Maintenance Easier at The Loop Studios and Venue Rental and Recording ServicesCORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, JANUARY 19, 2012—An Aviom Pro16® Personal Mixing System (NAMM Booth 6720, Hall A) is key to the launch of Grammy Award-winner Dylan Ely’s two new companies, The Loop Studios and Venue Rental ...   Harmony Central

NILES, Ill., February 8, 2012 — With a platinum-selling album, three trophies from the Country Music Awards, and a GRAMMY® nomination for Best New Artist, The Band Perry has risen quickly to the  top of the charts. ...   Harmony Central

GERMAN RADIO GROUP TUNES IN SONNOX BROADCAST BUNDLES  LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY: Attracting over 10 million daily listeners, RPR1., Radio Regenbogen and bigFM are three of Southwest Germany’s largest privately-owned radio stations. ...   Harmony Central

—  Bose Panaray® MA12EX system and supporting technologies, as well as an acoustical treatment that cut the reverb time in the mosque in half and restored speech intelligibility during worship, show how GC Pro is the single best resource for any HOW AV need ——  Project was completed through GC Pro’s Affiliate program, with the ...   Harmony Central

High-speed, enhanced MIDI interface delivers a portable, plug-and-play solution for music production on iOS devicesEnables communication among 5 pin MIDI, USB MIDI, Mac, PC and iOS devices – all at the same timeZero latency for immediate resultsConnects to all standards-based MIDI gear with the ability to handle twelve MIDI ports total2 mini USB ports for iOS devices1 USB A Host ...   Harmony Central

Release Date: February 8th, 2012 Equinox Sounds has released 'Electro & Tech Sylenth1 Soundbank', a  downloadable soundset for Lennar Digital's Sylenth1 VSTi that includes  64 fresh and up-to-date sounds featuring leads, basses, plucks, pads and  FX's that will enhance any Electro, Tech and House production. ...   Harmony Central

Los Angeles, CA — February 8, 2012: Alfred Music Publishing, in partnership with National Guitar Workshop, releases Therapeutic Guitar, a comprehensive resource for therapists and guitar teachers of students  with special learning needs, written by board-certified music therapist  Dr. Robert E. Krout. ...   Harmony Central

—New software makes mashup creation easier than ever— Miami Beach, Florida—February 8, 2012 —Mixed  In Key has released Mashup (mashup.mixedinkey.com) for Windows and Mac  OS X, a new software application that lets you quickly and easily beatmatch two or more audio files, edit them, and  save your results to a new audio file. ...   Harmony Central

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Learn how to read sheet music. Whether you're an expert musician or a beginner you'll enjoy learning and improving your sheet music reading skills while playing this game. The easy level of game play only displays one octave of notes....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: Practific is a personal practice assistant for classical musicians. It makes practicing your instrument fun and rewarding while helping you organize and automatically keep records of what you've done....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Fun: 50% off for TODAY ONLY! 'So much fun... You won't be able to put it down.' -The Independent, UK Daft Drum Machine features a Fun, Interactive Drum machine for your maximum entertainment....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Others: 'PicoMML' is a MML sequencer application to play with 8 bit game sound. Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later. demo movie   440Software

Mac, Pc / Tools / Analyzers & Meters: Analyzer. LARA (Lucerne Audio Recording Analyzer) is an audio analysis software developed at the Music departement of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Percussions: Have you always wanted to play an African drum? Now you can, anytime, anywhere, with Djembe! Featuring professionally recorded sounds and high quality graphics, Djembe! is the ultimate African drumming app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Audio Editing: If you're a musician who likes to learn new songs and techniques by listening to the same piece of music over and over but wish that the music could be played a little slower, then you'll enjoy Amazing Slow Downer Lite....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Audio Editing: If you're a musician who likes to learn new songs and techniques by listening to the same piece of music over and over but wish that the music could be played a little slower, then you'll enjoy Amazing Slow Downer....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: With Singsolatido practising first-sight singing becomes fun! For everybody who sings in a choir or who has singing lessons. Youâ€ôll learn 'a prima vista' singing at ease. Tap N....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Audio Editing: Robick is an audio player for listening to music deeply. Repeat playback, change key and tempo with wheel interface and you can control visually. Robick can repeat the selected point of the music many times and play with all keys....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Controllers: Oraison is a music software application that allows you to use a multi-touch screen as a control interface for software synthesizers, audio effects, digital audio workstations, and other applications....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Courses: Pro Tools 10 sets the standard by which all other DAWs are judged. In this collection of AVID Learn Partner tutorial-videos youâ€ôll see why! Use this App to learn everything you need to know to confidently use the Avid Pro Tools software....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Percussions: SteelpanDSS is an acoustic musical instrument originating from Trinidad and Tobago, the island in the southern Caribbean! Now you can play the Double Seconds Pan on Steelpan on your iPad....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Percussions: Always wanted to play a bottle xylophone? Never had the motivation to build one yourself? Now you don't have to: Bottle Xylophone brings the fun of playing music on bottles filled with water to your iPhone & iPad! Features: ⇒ One full scale...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Synthesizers: Everybody's favorite musical pugs are back - this time for FREE! Definitely the puggiest two voice synthesizer on the app store....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: A useful utility for tuning guitars. Plays each note in standard tuning (E A D G B e). Best if used with headphones. update coming soon   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Portable Studio / Effects: From the Creators of ProStudioApp, ProRecorder - FX is a great recording Tool, Simply to record, and easy to use with real time Effects....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: Here's a simple guitar tuner that supports multiple tunings! This is a universal app for both iPhone and iPad! Some of us guitarists prefer to tune by ear. This app plays the notes of popular guitar tunings....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Download this amazing piano teaching game and your kids will learn the basic of music playing instantly. 50+ songs are included....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Ralph, the Restless Rhythm Rat has rhythm in his blood. Do you too? Make the right Moves while keeping the beat, following the commands that Ralph gives you....   440Software

Mac, Pc / Tools / Accessories: Wireless audio around your house. Airfoil can now capture audio from Airfoil Speakers. Airfoil now uses a brand-new audio capture engine, for better performance. Airfoil's interface is now resolution independent, and fully compatible with Windows text scaling....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Others: Kyoto Keyboard allows you to play a piano keyboard with the sound of the beautiful instrument from Japan - called the 'Koto'. This is a traditional stringed instrument dating back over 1000 years....   440Software

Mac, Pc / Audio Production / Virtual Instruments: Synthesizer. The deputy Mark II is a VST™2.4 software instrument Microsoft Windows® in the tradition of classic string machines and early 'polyphonic' synthesizers, written in native C++ code for high performance....   440Software

Mac, Pc / Audio Production / Virtual Instruments: Synthesizer. * fixed problem with hanging notes   440Software

Mac, Pc / Audio Production / Virtual Instruments: Synthesizer. * fixed problem with hanging notes   440Software

Mac, Pc / Audio Production / Virtual Instruments: Synthesizer. * fixed problem with hanging notes * fixed problem with pitch bend wheel   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Ralph, the Restless Rhythm Rat has rhythm in his blood. Do you too? Make the right Moves while keeping the beat, following the commands that Ralph gives you....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Guitars: Play guitar on your iPhone & iPad. Tap the buttons on the right to select the chord you want to play while you strum. Supported devices: iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, iPad, and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th gen.   440Software

Mac, Pc / Audio Production / Virtual Instruments: Synthesizer. - Added new filter types. - Added non-hex values to MIDI assign dropdown. - Added mouse over descriptions to module connectors. - Added dropdown to control length of envelopes....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Others:...drroopp! That wobble bass be speakin' yo. No longer are the sick beats and filthy drops reserved for those with professional software and expensive equipment. Now YOU can slam some womp with your iOS device. It's simple....   440Software