Tag Archive | "iTunes"
Apple and Record Companies look to create interactive Albums to encourage full-length album downloads, and here’s why it’s a great idea
In an effort to boost high margin digital music sales, and perhaps convince the few remaining hipsters¹ out there to migrate over to iTunes, Apple is working with the big 4 record companies to establish downloadable and interactive booklets that would be bundled with full album purchases on iTunes. According to a report in the […]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre webOS update re-enables syncing with iTunes
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Last week, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1 which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Earlier today, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which, among other things, re-enables the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. […]
Continue reading...Duke makes old and historic TV commercials available for free download on iTunes U
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Duke University is digitizing and adding an impressive number of old and historic TV commercials to its page on iTunes U. The collection of historic commercials can be found on Duke’s “AdViews” section, and according to the University, are being made “available for use in research, teaching, and private study.” The AdViews archive currently has […]
Continue reading...RIM to release Mac desktop client for Blackberry devices
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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In what should come as welcome news for all Mac users currently using BlackBerry devices, RIM announced today that they were finally coming out with a desktop app for the Mac that will allow users to mange the content of their BlackBerrys with ease. According to The Official BlackBerry Blog, the app will be available […]
Continue reading...Apple finally breaks ability of the Palm Pre to sync up with iTunes
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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It was reported shortly before the Palm Pre release that Pre users would be able to sync up their devices to iTunes to transfer media content. Now, a little over a month later, Apple has finally tweaked iTunes to preclude the Pre from syncing up. Earlier today, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1, which according to […]
Continue reading...Apple offers cheap music bundles on iTunes in honor of the vinyl 45 record
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
In the latest sign that Apple is becoming more comfortable with variable pricing on iTunes, the Cupertino-based company today unveiled a new pricing scheme that should satiate the music appetite of music lovers. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the 45 single record (which offered 2 songs at a low price), Apple and the […]
Continue reading...iTunes App Store surpasses 1.5 Billion downloads, over 65,000 apps
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The iTunes App Store is a force that seemingly can’t be stopped. Today Apple announced that the app store had surpassed over 1.5 Billion downloads and now contains more than 65,000 apps from over 100,000 developers. Impressively, downloads from the iTunes App Store aren’t just growing, they’re accelerating. It took Apple about 6 months to […]
Continue reading...A year with the iTunes App Store, according to Craig Hockenberry
Monday, July 13, 2009
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Craig Hockenberry, of Iconfactory and Twitterrific fame, recently penned an article detailing a year of ups and downs with the iTunes App Store. Hockenberry lays out a number of things Apple did right, things it did wrong, and more importantly, comes up with a few ideas that we agree would work to make the app […]
Continue reading...A look back at the iTunes App Store – Part III: The bannings and the rejections
Friday, July 10, 2009
The iTunes App Store has been exceedingly successful for Apple, but the past 12 months haven’t gone off without a hitch. Since its inception a year ago, the iTunes App Store has been embroiled in controversy, and it often seemed that the unprecedented breadth and popularity of the app store left Apple confused, and unsure […]
Continue reading...A look back at the iTunes App Store – Part I: Explosive Growth
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Part 2: Successful iPhone Developers Part 3: The iTunes App Store Bannings and Rejections On July 10, 2008, Apple launched the iTunes App Store and helped transform the way people look at and use their phones. Over the past 12 months, the iTunes App Store has seen its share of controversy and milestones. It’s been […]
Continue reading...Alternative iTunes icons that impress, offend, and make you hungry
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Ah, the wonderful power of crowdsourcing. Gizmodo recently asked its legion of users to come up with original icons that embody what iTunes represents to them. The results were pretty impressive, and at times comical. Below are what we found to be the most worthwhile entries. The first place prize went to this icon, and […]
Continue reading...Buy songs on iTunes via YouTube Videos
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The ability to buy songs on iTunes via YouTube is admittedly old news, but we found this post as a draft that was never published so we thought what better time than July 4th to publish a post centering on a boat. So yeah, if you watch a music video on YouTube, an ad hovers […]
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Monday, July 27, 2009
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