I am sure 10 years ago most people thought about downloading songs from an application on your computer called “iTunes”. Also, I am even more sure, most people did not expect putting the songs on a small device called “iPods” and listening to their songs when on the go. But one man, Steve Jobs was making his master plan. On Wednesday, Apple happily announced its 10 billionth song downloaded from iTunes. Interestingly enough it has taken over 6 1/2 years for the iTunes Store to reach this milestone, and the App Store is ahead of the pace. In 2009, Apple reported $10.17 billion in revenue in its fiscal first quarter. Apple makes about 10 cents a song, and those dimes sure have added up. It is evident that the iTunes Music Store is a success! The lucky downloader of the 10 billionth song received a $10,000 iTunes Store gift card, and a call from Steve Jobs and thought the call was a prank. The 10 billionth song was downloaded by Louie Sulcer and the song downloaded was “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash. Congratulations to Louie and another great milestone by Apple in the music industry.

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Next month, we will be hosting a Laptop Review Week where we will be rigorously reviewing and comparing the latest backpacks and messengers. If any Real Mac Genius readers have any backpacks or messengers that they would like to be reviewed, please leave a comment below. Any vendors who would like to have their bag reviewed, please fill out the “Review Request” form in the “About” section.

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At MacWorld, we were able to meet great people, and see awesome products. From the lucky people who were able to attend, we compiled our favorites from MacWorld 2010. We saw tons of iPhone/iPod Touch apps, Mac screens, cases, software, as well as iPhone and iPod touch items. We are very thankful that we were able to attend MacWorld 2010.

Nick: Just attending MacWorld was amazing enough. But, to be more specific, I enjoyed talking and meeting different Vendors, such as Codeweavers and CrashPlan. My favorite part of the day was talking with Matthew Dornquast (Interview to be up shortly), because he was able to answer programming questions that I could not find the answer. Also, walking around the Mobile Applications area was exciting in itself. Meeting developers of applications such as BeejiveIM and Microsoft Bing –  Though I am still an Apple lover. At the end of the day, I was intrigued with a projector gadget from Mili, that projects movies. At the end of the day, I wish we were able to stay longer, but next year we will.

Zander: I enjoyed seeing so many different vendors and seeing all this interesting material made for Macs.  I think one favorite thing was the screen protectors for my MacBook.  I always get frustrated with the glare on my computer sometimes and that is an easy fix without buying a new computer.  Finally, another interesting product I saw at MacWorld was the miniature Mili iPhone/iPod projector.  It was cool how a tiny case doubled as a projector.  It was a great experience for everyone at MacWorld.

Kyle: This was a great first Macworld for us. All of us had a great time but I found that our interview with CodeWeavers was the most memorable for all of us. I really enjoyed talking to Kanex about all of Apple’s flaws . Kanex has been improving on all of the many flaws by creating many better alternatives to the basic apple cables. As our site grows, we will be able to expand and soon be able to attend Macworld more often and for more than one day, We hope to see everyone out there next year!

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Are you ever reading an article online such as the New York Times and do not know the fancy words that they are using mean? Well, do I have a the trick for you. It works in Safari and Firefox and is extremely helpful, so you do not need to fire up the Dictionary application each time and search for the word.  I also wrote down a couple of other tips. Here’s how to do the tricks:

-When you are in finder and click on a file or app and press the space bar so you can bring up a preview.

-For when you are on Safari you can click control + command + D= and when you hover over a word the dictionary reference comes up

-Also for when you are in Safari you can click command + (- or +) and you can zoom in or out

-You can also change the color of your screen by clicking control + alt + command + 8= invert screen (changes color of your screen)

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Have you ever downloaded a file online that is a podcast but it goes into the “Music” section in iTunes? It is definitely a pain to deal with, especially when you browse through your podcasts and can’t find the file. Luckily, there is a simple way to fix this, so you don’t break your Mac. First, launch iTunes. Then choose the file or files in some cases that you would like to change to a Podcast. Next, right click and press “Get Info” or simply use the following key commands Command + i. Next, press the “Option” tab on the top. Then look for media kind and press the drop down button next to it. Then select Podcast, AudioBook, or whatever you want to change the media kind to be.

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