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POTUS sings Al Green as your ringtone

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Obama for America: President Obama was inspired to sing a bit of Al Green during a recent campaign stop at the Apollo Theater. And now you can have his rendition of “Let’s Stay Together” as a ringtone. Don’t you hate … Continued

Apple, America and a squeezed Middle Class

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The New York Times: Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight. A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to … Continued

“Aww! We just got Samsunged!”

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Another slightly amusing ad from Samsung poking fun at iPhone buyers. Samsung will supposedly unveil the commercial during the upcoming Super Bowl. Interesting way to blow through $3.5 million dollars – the cost of a 30 second ad during the … Continued

Google+ now boasts 90 million users

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Network World: Google CEO Larry Page announced yesterday that Google+ now boasts more than 90 million users worldwide, more than double the number of users it had in the previous quarter. Page also said that engagement on the social networking … Continued

Camera-less iPhone 4, iPhone 4S on sale in Singapore

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Yahoo! News: The camera is normally a big selling point, but in Singapore Apple’s iPhone 4 and 4S are now available without the function — to cater to military personnel banned from taking image-capturing devices into army camps. Camera phones … Continued

Sen. Reid postpones PIPA vote

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Thomas Lane for Talking Points Memo, quoting from a statement from Sen. Harry Reid: “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act. Reid says he’s “optimistic that we can reach a … Continued

SOPA Web blackout wouldn’t have happened in China

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David Pierson for the Los Angeles Times: As websites including Wikipedia shut down and millions of Americans complained to lawmakers about the potential for government censorship, Chinese netizens spoke admiringly of the public rebellion. Such a display in China would … Continued

A look at the fed takedown of Megaupload

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Nate Anderson for Ars Technica: “… the government asserts that Megaupload merely wanted the veneer of legitimacy, while its employees knew full well that the site’s main use was to distribute infringing content. Indeed, the government points to numerous internal … Continued

Sponsorship opportunities on The Loop

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We have a few sponsorship slots open for February and March. If you want to get your product in front of The Loop’s extremely good looking readers, drop me a line. Your sponsorship is exclusive for the week and will be sent out through the RSS and Twitter, as well as a link on the Web site. You can get more details on the Sponsorship page.

Apogee introduces the Symphony 64 Thunderbolt

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The latest addition to the Symphony I/O module line-up, the 16×16 Analog I/O Module allows you to pack 32 channels of premium Apogee conversion into one Symphony I/O (two module spaces per chassis).

I haven’t seen this one yet, but I’m going to try to stop over this afternoon.

New AT&T data plans will launch on Sunday

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AT&T will hike data rates by $5 on all new subscribers: As the AT&T network gets even faster with 4G LTE deployment – up to 10 times faster than 3G – and devices and applications become even more sophisticated, it’s … Continued

The secrets Apple keeps

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Fortune has published an excerpt from senior editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky new book, “Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired–and Secretive–Company Really Works”: Apple employees know something big is afoot when the carpenters appear in their office building. New walls are quickly … Continued

Co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo

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Wall Street Journal: Yahoo Inc. said its co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its board of directors, severing all ties with the Internet company he founded about 17 years ago. It’s worth underscoring that Yang has severed “all ties” with … Continued

Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac

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Do the words, “gold-plated, German-engineered, mechanical key switches” mean anything to you? If they do, you’re going to love Das Keyboard’s “Model S Professional for Mac” keyboard. Those of us old enough to remember the wonderfully tactile and ridiculously loud … Continued

UltraViolet movies still have no Apple support

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Daniel Frankel, paidContent.org: That speed to get into the market was second-guessed at CES this week, with accounts of early adopters frustrated by UlraViolet’s extensive digital rights management, which requires users to register at two different websites. Singer boiled down … Continued

Apple to teach a few things about textbooks

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From the Wall Street Journal: While the notoriously secretive Apple remains mum about its education announcement Thursday at New York’s Guggenheim museum, the company is expected to unveil textbooks optimized for the iPad and that feature ways to interact with … Continued

CES sets attendance, space and exhibitor records

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PC World:

The 2012 International CES had more exhibitors (3100)…across more space (1.9 million square feet) and…more people (153,000 attendees) than any other CES in history. More than 20,000 new products were introduced at this year’s show, the association said, and more than 2000 news articles were written about innovations at the event — a 33 percent increase over 2011.

The increase in all aspects was reflected in the announcement the iLounge Pavilion at CES for next year’s CES sold out 95,000 square feet of space in just three hours.

Samsung ships Microsoft Surface 2.0 table

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Engadget: Samsung’s SUR40 has been a long time coming. The 40-inch next-gen Surface was unveiled at CES 2011, but it’s only just now starting to ship, following the 2012 edition of that gadget show. If you’ve never had a chance … Continued

Obama opposition turns the tide against SOPA

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Reuters: In a potential problem for the movie industry, the White House has issued a warning about the anti-piracy legislation in Congress. While agreeing that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem and requires a serious legislative response, … Continued

The 10 Most Hated Companies in America

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24/7 Wall St. says:

Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a lengthy list of corporations for which there is substantial research data to choose the 10 most hated in America.

There’s no doubt that some companies bug us more than others. Whether it’s your bank or your cel provider or your ISP, we all have a corporation or two we hate.

The Best of Everything at CES

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The “Best of Everything at CES” from Gizmodo: Well that about does it for CES. We managed to escape Las Vegas with our lives, most of our belongings, and almost none of our dignity intact. But for all our bellyaching, … Continued