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Nokia’s competitor to the iTunes App Store gets off to a rough start
Nokia rolled out its Ovi Store earlier today, but things got off to a less than auspicious beginning. If you recall, the Ovi Store is a mobile app store for Nokia devices, and Nokia is hoping to position it as a competitor to the already up and running, and wildly successful, iTunes App Store. Of course, […]
Continue reading...Apple explores selling iTunes music to all EU nations
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
It’s easy to take for granted how easy it’s become to download music files via iTunes these days. But for some countries, its not that simple. Countries such as Poland and Bulgaria still lack the ability to download song files on iTunes due to a complex European licensing system which precludes Apple from making a […]
Continue reading...Sony CEO: We could have beaten Apple in Digital Media had we embraced open technology
Monday, May 25, 2009
In a recent interview with TechOn, Sony chairman and CEO Howard Stringer had some interesting things to say about Sony’s past failures and achievements, in addition to laying down a noteworthy tidbit about DRM and Sony’s failure to successfully take on Apple. On Sony’s failed CONNECT music download service: Sony hasn’t taken open technology very […]
Continue reading...Screenshots suggest iPhone will support over the air downloads for TV Shows and Movies
Friday, May 22, 2009
A series of screenshots, if you buy that they’re authentic, seem to indicate that the iPhone will soon be adding support for over the air downloads for T.V shows and Movies. As it stands now, the iPhone only supports over the air downloads for music and video podcasts.
Continue reading...Free iPhone development course from Stanford nets over 1 Million downloads on iTunes
Monday, May 18, 2009
One of the cooler things about iTunes, though perhaps not widely known, is iTunes U, an area within iTunes that lets users download educational content such as lectures and lab demonstrations from Universities much in the same way you would download a podcast. Naturally some of the content is restricted to students who attend a particular University, but much of the content […]
Continue reading...Microsoft attacks iTunes on price, touts subscription model of Zune Pass
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Microsoft’s series of “Laptop Hunter” ads have highlighted the price difference between Macs and their PC counterparts. Now, Microsoft is taking its “Apple is more expensive!” message one step further, this time via a web advert which purports to show how much more expensive it is to download songs via iTunes than it is to […]
Continue reading...Summing up the iTunes App Store
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
From a Reuters article discussing Nokia’s upcoming plans to release its new Ovi Store to challenge Apple’s dominant position in the mobile app market: “As much as iPhone and App Store is a success for Apple, it’s a humiliating defeat for the rest of the mobile industry,” said Bengt Nordstrom, Chief Executive of telecoms consultant […]
Continue reading...Apple’s releases new web ad in celebration of 1 Billion app downloads
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Apple recently released an entertaining new web ad to celebrate the 1 Billionth app download from iTunes. The video below shows the ad first without sound, and then with sound.
Continue reading...13 year old downloads billionth app from iTunes
Friday, April 24, 2009
In a press release today, Apple announced that 13 year old Connor Mulcahey from Connecticut was the lucky guy who downloaded the billionth app from iTunes. He’ll be receiving a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod Touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. Not too shabby, but 10 grand in cash might have been […]
Continue reading...BabyShaker App in Action [Video] and Apple issues apology
Thursday, April 23, 2009
In case you missed it, an app called Babyshaker made its way into the iTunes App Store yesterday. What did it do? Well, it displayed drawings of babies accompanied by “annoying” sounds such as crying and screaming. The stated purpose of the app was to see how long you could endure the “annoying” sounds before […]
Continue reading...iTunes price increase = More $ but less exposure for artists
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sometime last week, a few reports emerged detailing how quite a few number of songs whose price was increased from 99¢ to $1.29 experienced a sales decline. From the vantage point of the record labels, this is hardly a reason for concern as they can sell a significantly lower number of songs and actually end […]
Continue reading...“Badass” Hulu app coming to the iPhone?
Friday, April 17, 2009
Citing a “plugged-in industry executive”, BusinessInsider is reporting that Hulu is working on a “badass” iPhone app that will work on both 3G and WiFi networks. If true, a Hulu app would certainly be a huge hit on the iTunes App Store. Interestingly, Hulu competes directly with iTunes as it offers an impressive number of […]
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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