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Google plans to take on Apple and Amazon with its own MP3 store that will open in the next several weeks and accompany its Google Music Beta service, according to a report.

This new Ford has the latest version of its infontainment system "SYNC with MyFord Touch." SYNC is voice-activated technology which connects your smartphone and MP3 player to your car's dashboard and steering wheel. It launched in 2007 and now there are 4 million Ford cars in North America with SYNC. The latest evolution is called MyFord Touch, a fully integrated "cabin tech" system. Ford has not only been a leader in car infotainment systems, it has also adopted the software paradigm of iterative upgrades. At the end of last year it announced free upgrades for MyFord. This relates to the course because it shows how technology is getting better and better.

Sunglasses that have a spy camera, DVR, blue tooth and an MP3 player with 4GB. This is good for protecting your eyes from the sun while listening to music without headphones and spying on people.

Google is coming up with a digital music store to try and compete with itunes. I doubt it can. Itunes is pretty much dominating the market for music. (out of the ones where you buy the music). So far though, they're having trouble getting clearence from music labels because google in the past has been soft of music piracy.

On October 23rd, 2001, the ipod was introduced to the world. Making Friday the 10th anniversary of this iconic music player. Iconic, because there has been so many different brands of mp3 players, yet the ipod is the first one you think of. The scrollpad and white headphones are its trademark, and this product has been the key factor in keeping Apple constantly relevant in the technology industry.

It's hard to imagine life without the iPod today. Although it wasn't the first portable MP3 player released, the iPod extracted the best elements from its early competitors, and morphed them into a product that defined portable technology and changed the way listeners experience music.