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Survey finds strong interest in iTunes Match amongst iPhone users
Yeah yeah, Apple’s new iCloud service doesn’t support streaming, but it’s all about significant, yet incremental, updates right? Besides, it’s not as if iCloud is completely forgettable. On the contrary, what Apple introduced at WWDC a few weeks ago is pretty darn compelling. We can only hope, of course, that the company has learned from […]
Continue reading...How many iPhone customers sync their devices? Less than you think
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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Some of the biggest iOS announcements Apple made last week have to do with cutting the proverbial cord. For the first time since the original iPod debuted in 2003, Apple’s portable devices can now be activated without first tethering it to a computer. More than that, iOS 5 will now enable over the air updates […]
Continue reading...Apple’s “iTunes in the Cloud” won’t arrive in the UK until 2012
Thursday, June 9, 2011
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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 […]
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
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