Sad day today for legendary artist Michael Jackson. The iTunes Store has a tribute page with all of his music, videos and other recordings May he rest in peace.

Thanks to MacandStuff for this tip (c/o Textually) — if you’ve always been wondering how to copy and paste these complex iTunes app URL’s and send them to your friends all you need to do is use a CTRL + click command and you’ll see a popup allowing you to copy the URl from the app. Useful for bloggers or anyone who needs to send URL’s to apps to friends.

[image c/o author]

OK, as expected, Apple unveiled their new iPhone upgrade, the 3Gs which is essentially the same iPhone with a few new surprises. None of these are actually groundbreaking when taken apart, but they still make for a welcome upgrade. 4x speed increase for most apps, autofocus 3MP camera, 30 fps video recording, support for Nike+ running (the iPod touch had this one so this upgrade is welcome, but still late for the iPhone). There are also voice activated commands for launching apps and controlling your music. There’s also a data speed bump up to 7.12MBPS.

Price? Well $199 for 16GB. $299 for 32GB. Coming this June 18th.

[image taken from Apple.com Press Gallery]

If you’re planning on getting the beta for iPhone 3.0, we suggest not taking the risk as there are reports of you having to re-purchase applications that were downloaded before, thus having to pay for them all over again. We’re sure Apple will refund you through the store when 3.0 comes out, but I persoanlly would rather not take the risk.

[image c/o The iPhone Blog]

Just in case you still have not found it, Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone is on the list of top FREE applications in the iTunes store. I’ve been using it for days now and I must say that it is the best made-for-iPhone app that integrates YM - well, duh! It should! Finally, a decent version of Yahoo! Messenger that allows you to monitor multiple contacts in an easy to navigate UI.

The only thing I don’t like is the obvious disallowing of running on the iPhone’s background. If you exit the app to multitask, you will have to connect again.

[photo c/o iTunes Music Store]

If you’re an iPhone developer or WANT to learn how to develop iPhone apps, this might be the place for you. The catch is, you have to live in the Philippines.

There are two scheduled — one tomorrow but if you can’t make it, there are three succeeding in May ‘09.

What: A 2-day workshop on iPhone app development and a code sprint weekend
When: April 25, May 9, 16, and 17
Where: At the G2VC Innovation Center, a place where emerging technologies and innovation meet

Since physical sign ups are a thing of the past, all you need to do is send a DM to their Twitter accounts @G2iX or @ExistGlobal. Registration is FREE! But slots are limited. If you still want to chime in virtually, you can do so with the official hastag #iphoneappstart.

Hope you had a great weekend! In this video, the iPhone makes his way to a cellphone reunion where he meets car phone, Bluetooth headset, Crackberry, and many others.

When I was nine I was too busy with my GI Joe’s and Sky Commanders. But Lim Ding Wen, 9 from China spends his time writing applications to show his brotherly love for his siblings.

Lim, who is in fourth grade, writes applications for Apple’s popular iPhone. His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple’s iTunes store in two weeks, the New Paper reported on Thursday.[source]

Like father, like son - his father also writes iPhone apps and has a “friendly competition” with his son to see who has the more downloaded apps for the week.

First come, first served! Here’s a free code for ShiveringKittens: a Tetris-like game for the iPhone / iPod touch where you’re supposed to align three or more kittens to remove them from the array of falling ice blocks. Seems simple enough, just like this contest — GO CRAZY WITH IT!

The promo code is: L9APT9YKY9WY

I only have one copy so let’s see who gets to input this first. To apply the code, log into the US iTunes store and click on Redeem Code on the Quick Links area on the right.

Oh here’s a semi-classic. If you’ve been so bugged with not having an FM radio on your iPhone, this application allows you to stream radio over from AOL Radio.

Sadly this is only available in the US iTunes store for obvious reasons since it uses AOL Radio.