Skrillex Drops the Bass While You Browse

Most of us have experienced the annoying interruption from web browsing to change a song (first world problems). Sure, it only takes five seconds — but when you’re focused, that could be five minutes spent getting back on track.

Luckily, Skrillex is here to help. Canadian TV station Aux.tv launched the Skrillex Machine, a new site that plays a constant stream of dubstep, placing the electronic artist into whatever web page you’re visiting. Basically, it turns your web browsing into wub browsing (sorry).

Be sure to keep your headphones in, unless your co-workers are cool with dropping the bass.

Study: 45 Million Americans Used Their Phones to Shop in June

Shopping on your mobile device is becoming simpler. As app developers continue to make the mobile shopping experience more seamless, consumers are eager to test out new apps and mobile shopping experiences.

A recent Nielsen survey showed 45 million American smartphone owners used an app from the Shopping/Commerce category in June 2012 — accessing shopping apps an average of more than 17 times during the month.

In June alone, shopping apps for eBay and Amazon attracted 13 million and 12 million unique users, respectively. Daily deals sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial aren’t far behind with more than 10 million Americans using those apps in June.

“Retailers are finding that consumers are willing to use smartphone apps to enhance their shopping experience, and this data shows usage of shopping apps is growing,” Don Kellogg, Director of Telecom Insights at Nielsen, said in the survey’s press release.

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Another recent Nielsen survey, however, showed that mobile shoppers prefer retailers’ mobile websites to apps. Either way, the prevalence of mobile shoppers is increasing. While the iPad dominates mobile traffic, the iPhone and other mobile devices are not far behind.

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YouTube App Will Not be Included in iOS 6

The YouTube app, a staple in iOS since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, will not be included in the next version of the operating system.

As of iOS 6 beta 4 — released to developers earlier today — the stand-alone YouTube app is no longer part of the default applications included with the iPhone and iPad.

In a statement to The Verge Apple indicated “Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store.”

In a statement, Google told Mashable, “We are working with Apple to ensure we have the best possible YouTube experience for iOS users.”

YouTube isn’t the only Google service to be decoupled form iOS 6. At WWDC in June, Apple announced that it was replacing Google Maps with an in-house mapping solution.

YouTube was also conspicuously absent from Apple’s “share sheets” included in OS X Mountain Lion. In place of YouTube, users can share videos directly to Vimeo.

Still, the removal of the stand alone YouTube app is striking — if only because of the historical semblance of the app itself. In 2007, the ability to watch YouTube videos on the iPhone was a revelation. In fact, it was the iPhone’s famous lack of Flash support that quickened YouTube’s conversion of its library from Flash-only to also support H.264.

The iPhone and iPad aren’t the only apple devices that support YouTube. Since June of 2007, Apple TV owners have been able to browse and watch YouTube clips directly on the big screen.

Apple TV has added support for more video providers over the years — most recently gaining Hulu Plus support — but we can’t help but think losing access to YouTube would negatively impact the device. At this time, it isn’t clear if Apple’s license for YouTube on iOS is different from its license for the Apple TV.

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