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The iTunes Store turns 10 years old
The Verge has a nice retrospective worth checking out: Ten years ago this month, a music sector ravaged by Napster and largely ignorant of digital distribution found a savior of sorts in what was then called the iTunes Music Store. With its 99-cent unbundled songs, the service quickly became the only significant source for acquiring […]
Continue reading...Apple now makes more money from iTunes than it does from the iPod
Monday, February 4, 2013
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Amazing how quickly the times change. AppleInsider reports: In the winter quarter (Apple’s fiscal Q1), the company reported “iTunes Software and Services” revenues of $3.69 billion and accessory sales of $1.83 billion. Those figures represented year over year growth of 22 and 25 percent over the year ago quarter (despite that previous quarter having an […]
Continue reading...Apple’s iTunes is a media entity all unto itself
Thursday, December 6, 2012
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Bloomberg reports: By itself, Apple’s iTunes (which was just updated) and App stores, which hawk everything from movies and music to books and newspaper subscriptions, make more money than The New York Times; Simon & Schuster, which publishes the best-selling “Steve Jobs” biography; Warner Bros. film studios, which owns the popular Batman film franchise; and […]
Continue reading...iTunes 11 to be announced today?
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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So believes 9to5Mac: From high-level AppleCare employees, currently training for iTunes 11, we’ve heard the new digital player has been re-designed from the ground up and is much sleeker and faster. The upcoming update may also explain the wonkiness of the App Store over the past week or so. We last heard reports of a major iTunes […]
Continue reading...Apple prepping iTunes changes including spotify-style features.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
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Bloomberg reports that Apple is planning a major overhaul of iTunes in an effort to more closely integrate its iCloud service to enable users to better manage their media content files. Apple will unveil the changes by year’s end, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. The company […]
Continue reading...iTunes Match in iOS 6 now streams music
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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Apple’N’Apps reports: When you’re on a Mac, you can stream music without any files being stored on your device. On your iOS device, if you tapped to play a song, the song plays automatically, but downloads too. In iOS 6, that’s changed, at least in the first beta. Now when you tap to play a […]
Continue reading...Numbers and stats to digest from Apple’s Q2 2012 earnings conference call
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Following Apple earnings announcements, Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer typically field a few questions from analysts. Below are a few numbers that were touched upon yesterday that are worthy of looking at. Macintosh Mac sales grew 7% year over year, and though this was lower than what analysts were hoping for, Apple this past […]
Continue reading...Apple working on HD Audio format for “adaptive streaming” – Report
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Neil Young not too long ago claimed that Steve Jobs had, at one point tossed around the idea of developing a high quality audio format, something which obviously never came to fruition. In light of that, the Guardian has an interesting report claiming that Apple is currently developing new “adaptive streaming” audio format for iCloud […]
Continue reading...Apple acquires app search firm “Chomp” as it looks to revamp the iTunes Store experience
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Apple’s iTunes Store, everyone’s favorite repository for music, movies, TV shows, and mobile apps, is on track to get its first major re-design in over three years. 9to5Mac reported last week that a revamped version of iTunes is a top priority for Apple and is aimed at being more user-friendly and engaging than the current […]
Continue reading...Beatles offer exclusive ringtones via iTunes
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Starting today, Beatles fans can download iPhone ringtones that span the Beatles 27 top #1 hits. The ringtones, or alerts if that suits your fancy, are only available via iTunes. Beginning today, fans around the world can, for the first time, purchase ringtones for the Beatles’ 27 UK and US #1 hits, exclusively on iTunes. […]
Continue reading...Paul McCartney concert of new album, “Kisses on the Bottom”, to stream live on iTunes
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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With a new album, titled Kisses on the Bottom, scheduled to launch this week, Sir Paul McCartney will be performing live at Capital Studios in LA, an event which will stream via iTunes. Paul McCartney will commemorate the release of his new album, Kisses On The Bottom, with a free streaming performance that takes place […]
Continue reading...“The Dark Knight Rises” trailer broke iTunes download record in just 24 hours
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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Call me crazy, and indeed I’ve been called much worse by fans of the revamped Batman movies, but I didn’t think Dark Knight was all that great. I mean it was good, but I thought Batman Begins was decidedly much better, more cohesive, and overall, much more entertaining. In any event, Christopher Nolan and Christian […]
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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