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Apple’s “iTunes in the Cloud” won’t arrive in the UK until 2012
Apple’s recently announced iCloud music service will let users “store” copies of their purchased music in the cloud and access it from any iOS device or Mac, DRM free. As for music that wasn’t purchased via iTunes, Apple will provide users cloud access to those songs for $24.99 a year. There’s no doubt that Apple’s [...]
Continue reading...Take that iTunes! Amazon offers new Lagy Gaga album for only $0.99
Monday, May 23, 2011
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When it comes to a wide variety of media content, there are really only two major options out there – Amazon and Apple’s iTunes store. It’s for this reason that of all the tablet competitors that can really pose a legitimate challenge to Apple, Amazon’s rumored tablet initiative probably stands as the biggest threat in [...]
Continue reading...Apple beats Google in race to deploy could-based music service – Report
Thursday, April 21, 2011
There have been a number of reports over the past few months suggesting that Apple is planning on completely revamping its MobileMe service to include a digital locker that would enable users to store, and potentially stream, purchased content from iTunes from the cloud – namely, Apple’s large Data Center in North Carolina. Apple, of [...]
Continue reading...iTunes delivers record-breaking $1.4 billion in revenue during Q2 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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There was a plethora of information discussed yesterday during Apple’s earnings conference call, but one item that seemingly flew under the radar was the performance of iTunes during Apple’s most recent quarter. Historically, iTunes has been a break-even proposition for Apple and has been positioned largely as a means to sell high margin hardware. The [...]
Continue reading...Apple asks Judge to dismiss iPod/iTunes Antitrust Litigation
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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A few weeks ago, a US judge gave the prosecution in an on-going legal case against Apple over claims that the Cupertino-based company was abusing its iTunes monopoly the go ahead to interrogate Steve Jobs. The Judge explained that Jobs has “unique, non-repetitive, firsthand knowledge about the issues” at the center of the case and [...]
Continue reading...AirPlay Private Key uncovered
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Developer James Laird recently reverse engineered the AirPort express private key and released an open source AirPort Express emulator that allows third party hardware to stream music from iTunes and certain iPod models. My girlfriend moved house, and her Airport Express no longer made it with her wireless access point. I figured it’d be easy [...]
Continue reading...Apple puts up “Songs for Japan” section on iTunes to help relief efforts
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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This is two weeks old but worth mentioning. In light of the earthquake and tsunami disasters that hit Japan three weeks ago, Apple recently put up a special “Songs for Japan” section on iTunes featuring 38 songs from big artists such as Elton John, Shakira, Enjya, Norah Jones, Queen, and Bruno Mars. The songs can only be [...]
Continue reading...Enhanced iPad albums hope to succeed where iTunes LP failed
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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Launched in 2009, the intent behind iTunes LP was clear: get users to pay extra money for interactive albums that came with exclusive photos, artist interviews, videos, liner notes, and in some instances, bonus tracks. But for a variety of reasons, iTunes LP never took off. Not only was the selection of iTunes LP enhanced [...]
Continue reading...Judge gives go-ahead for Steve Jobs deposition in iTunes antitrust case
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
It seems like forever ago, but it really wasn’t until April 2009 that Apple began offering iTunes downloads free from the shackles of DRM. Prior to that, downloaded songs were only playable on iPods, effectively tying consumers who used iTunes for music downloads to Apple hardware. This understandably irritated some consumers who wanted to enjoy [...]
Continue reading...Jon Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs is “personally responsible for killing the music business” – Here’s why he’s wrong
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
So many song titles to riff off of, it’s hard to know where to start. Well, here goes. Not only does rocker Jon Bon Jovi give love a bad name, he’s now taken to trashing iTunes and Steve Jobs as well. The Bon Jovi front man recently lamented the changing landscape of the music buying [...]
Continue reading...Apple looking to expand access to iTunes purchases
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Apple is reportedly engaged in negotiations with record labels in an effort to give iTunes users the ability to store backups of their purchases in the cloud and dowload them again should the originals get lost or destroyed. Bloomberg notes that Apple is currently in talks with Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, and EMI [...]
Continue reading...Apple addresses 57 security bugs in iTunes 10.2 update
Friday, March 4, 2011
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Zdnet writes: If you use Apple’s iTunes software — whether on Windows or Mac OS X — it’s important that you immediately apply the latest software update. Apple has shipped iTuens 10.2 as a highly-critical patch to cover a whopping 57 security vulnerabilities, some serious enough to allow hackers to take complete control of a [...]
Continue reading...iTunes now boasts over 200 million credit card accounts
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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As he usually does, Steve Jobs kicked off his presentation yesterday by detailing the growing number of iTunes users. As it stands now, iTunes has over 200 million individual accounts, which of course translates into 200 million separate credit card accounts. “Amazon doesn’t publish their numbers,” Jobs said, “but it’s very likely that this is [...]
Continue reading...Southwest teams with Apple to offer fliers 20 free songs via iTunes
Monday, February 28, 2011
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From their unique boarding structure to quirky pilots with a knack for cheezy jokes, flying Southwest Airlines is an interesting experience to say the least. Now, in their never-ending efforts to be as people friendly and innovative as one can possibly be for something as routine as air travel, Southwest is starting to sell media [...]
Continue reading...Forget subscriptions, Apple clarifies plans for iTunes/Cloud combo
Monday, February 28, 2011
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With Apple’s massive Data Center in North Carolina set to become operational soon, some feel that all the pieces are in place for Apple to offer streaming content from the cloud and to perhaps even offer subscription based music services. But is that really what Apple has in mind? The Financial Times clarifies Apple’s position: [...]
Continue reading...When Steve Jobs rebuffed MTV exec Jason Hirschorn’s idea for iTunes Subscriptions
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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One of the biggest Apple stories to land last week was Apple’s announcement that it plans to take a 30% cut of all app subscriptions that originate from within the iOS ecosystem Our philosophy is simple,” Steve Jobs explained. “When Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when [...]
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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