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Apple wins 5 British Technology Awards

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Apple’s iPhone won “Best Mobile Technology”, “Gadget of the Year”, “Most Stylish Technology”, and “Technological Innovation of the Year”. Not too shabby! Apple’s iTunes also won “Best Music Technology”. You can see a full list of all the winners in all the categories here.

Apple leads the pack in terms of teenage mindshare

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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When it comes to what kind of electronics teenagers own, and what they’re planning to purchase, Apple is head and shoulders above the competition. AppleInsider has the scoop here.

Apple threatens to shut down iTunes

Thursday, October 2, 2008

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Apple has said that it won’t run the iTunes store at a financial loss, but if a ruling today by The Copyright Royalty Board in Washtington, D.C increases the royalty rates paid to artists on downloaded songs, then that might be the situation Apple finds itself in. CNN has the scoop here.

iTunes to be center of legal action in Norway

Monday, September 29, 2008

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A consumer advocate in Norway has initiated a legal preceeding against Apple over its failure to open up its iTunes store to other music players. It’s not quite clear how this will play out because Apple introduced DRM-free songs for $1.29 on the iTunes store last March. The problem is that the only major label […]

MySpace takes aim at iTunes

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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Today MySpace is launching a new online music service that it hopes can chip away at iTunes’ dominance in the music retail market. The new initiative from MySpace has the backing of all four of the major music labels. MySpace users, which number over 120 million worldwide, have previously been able to go to the […]

NBC returns to iTunes with a vengance

Friday, September 19, 2008

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Since returning to iTunes just over a week ago, NBC TV shows have been downloaded over 1 million times. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “about 30% of the top-selling episodes and season passes now comprise shows either airing on or produced by NBC Universal.” NBC originally left iTunes in a much publicized move over frustrations […]