Apple has just made history by surpassing Wal-Mart to become the United States’ No. 1 music store. It marks the first time in history that a seller of digital downloads has beaten a big CD retailer. According to market research firm NPD Group, Apple sold more albums in January and February than any other U.S. retailer. The NPD Group said that Apple probably received a sales boost during the two months when people started cashing in the iTunes gift cards (a $20 sample is pictured ... Read More

There has been increased debate over Google’s latest “site specific” search feature. The new service was introduced to help us users shortcut our search into specific contents within sites. For example (refer to screen capture above), if I want to look for a certain news article from the New York Times, all I have to do is Google up NY Times and a new search box will appear under the first result (which is always the homepage of the searched item ... Read More