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Apple sometimes really really hack me off. I have a MacBook Pro. My wife and kids have a Macbook each and we have a Mac Desktop sat idel somewhere in the house. We all use iPods. My daughter and I have an iPhone. We’re a family with an Apple thing going on and I bet we’re not alone.

So why is it that Jobs et al feel it necessary to take steps to tie us to their products? We’re certainly not going anywhere while the products deliver what we need. I guess it’s those pesky greed genes kicking in again Stevie.

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Tags: Apple, Nike

imeem, the social network for music lovers, has announced a partnership with Universal Music group (UMG) that will deliver on-demand, interactive streaming of Universal’s extensive digital music and video catalogue, to the imeem community. With this announcement, imeem is the first social networking company to offer full-length, streaming access to the entire music and video catalogs of all four major music companies on an advertising-supported basis.

Beginning today, imeem’s audience of over 19 million users can listen to and express themselves with music and video from UMG’s digital catalog, which includes many of the world’s top-selling artists such as Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas, The Pussycat Dolls, Gwen Stefani, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Maroon 5 and Nelly, among many others.

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Tags: Apple, AT&T Wireless, imeem, Microsoft, Nike, PUMA, T-Mobile, Toyota Scion, Universal Music Group