In this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, Sam Levin (@samlevin) from the Cool Mac Picks show joins us to talk about some Apple news!

News:

• Apple Announces New iPod shuffle
• Apple to Preview iPhone OS 3.0 on March 17th
• Apple Netbook Touchscreen Rumors Continue
• ‘Premium’ App Store Rumors Revived
• iTunes 8.1 Now Available
• Final Cut Studio Update Due in Late April?

Sam’s Cool Mac/App Pick of the week:

• LaCie iamaKey USB Flash Drive
• AirPhones (iTunes Link)

Review: MiMo Displays
A single USB connection from your computer gets you an instant secondary (tertiary, quaternary, quinary…) display. This awesome display is perfect for your IM client, your email, a spreadsheet, or your Photoshop tools. Not only do these displays enhance productivity, but they look great. The single USB connection combined with a weight of 1.3 pounds means these displays are ultra-portable. Overall, for the size and power, the MiMo is great for a IM window, or Twitter, but with a 24″ monitor at home in my case, I found it not very useful after the different compared to the 24″ monitor.

Don’t forget about Speck’s MacBook Air SeeThru discount!

Host/Executive Producer: Daniel Brusilovsky (@danielbru)
Associate Producer: Sam Levin (@samlevin)
Length: 30:09

Sponsors:

• shinywhitebox – Great software for Mac. The makers of iShowU, Stomp and now Chatter!

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In this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, Daniel talks about the latest news on prMac, prMac is focused on providing value. They believe that any business should have access to state-of-the-art public relations tools at a price that fits their budget. They provide the necessary tools you need to create, manage and distribute your press releases, making it easy to manage every aspect of your organization’s public relations activities.

• New Sonicfire Pro 5 Featured in Larry Jordan’s Final Cut Seminar Tour
• MarketBuddy 2.0 released for Mac and Windows
• Apple reseller now includes British Infovox iVox voices with every Mac
• Nuclear Nova introduces GL Golf 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch
• Marware announces Sport Grip Extreme for Apple iPod nano 4G
• LaCie 4big Quadra Sets a New Standard in RAID Technology

This week, Daniel reviewed 2 amazing Marware products. First, the Marware Protection Pack Deluxe which received 5 out of 5 stars. Next, Daniel reviewed Sportfolio for 13” MacBook, which received a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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Sponsors:

• shinywhitebox – Great software for Mac. The makers of iShowU, Stomp and now Chatter!
• Skitch – The best screen capture program for the Mac!

If you would like to sponsor Apple Universe, contact the Sales team at .

Theme Music is provided by Daphna Kalfon. Apple Universe is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network and the Teen Podcasters Network.