The BBC just recently launched its iPlayer video service on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The service will now streams its on demand programmes on the devices. Now if only Comedy Central would do the same. More details in the full article.

The iPhone just recently launched in the UK, and as expected by UK mobile service provider O2, things went well according to plan. Customers flocked the Apple London flagship store and were all abuzz with excitement as they were all whipped up to get their own slice of Apple's delicious iPhone pie. Do read the full article to get the dibs on what went down.

Reuters reports that British Home Secretary John Reid is planning to approach Apple and Sony to join a summit that will focus on fighting crime in Britain. Reid wants mobile phone and mp3 player manufacturers to focus as much on security features for their devices as on other design features.

"New technology, lifestyle changes, new commodities and new gadgets mean that the criminals continually move on," Reid told the BBC's Sunday AM program. "So when we defeat them on mobile phones, they move on to Sat-Navs and then on to iPods." Reuters noted that crime figures released last week showed an 8% increase in the number of street robberies in Britain.

"We already have a close working relationship with mobile phone manufacturers," a Home Office spokesman said on Sunday. "John Reid is likely to approach Apple and Sony in the coming weeks to join this summit." The spokesman also added that during the coming week, they will be drawing up a list of other manufacturers to include for the summit.

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has recently announced plans to release plug-in attachments that can turn MP3 players into digital radios.

No details regarding the said gadget have been finalized as of yet as the planning of this project is still in its very early stages, so the manufacturer, the look, the price, as well as the release date of this add-on are currently still very large question marks. However, it has already been noted that the add-on will not be limited to playing BBC digital stations, and will also most likely have versions that can be used for mobile phones and cars.

Potential partners for this undertaking are yet to be named, but there are speculations that Apple is somehow involved in the project.

Neilsen/NetRatings released the results of an extensive study into the habits of American iTunes users on Thursday. They covered users both of iTunes itself and the iTunes Music Store.

Collectively, use of the application and the store has risen 241% over last year. 14% of active internet users regularly use iTunes and visit the iTunes Music Store.

Teenagers are the bulk of the users - kids between the ages of 12 and 17 are almost twice as likely to visit the iTunes Store than other internet users.

Neilsen's reports on the media choices of iTunes users may have impact on which content producers choose to partner with Apple in future, and who offers videos (for instance) for sale via iTunes. According to the new report, iTunes users read Wired and Rolling Stone magazine, they watch Cartoon Network, HBO, and BBC America, and drive Volkswagens, Audis and Subarus.

[Via Neilsen/NetRatings]