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NIN’s Rob Sheridan on Apple rejecting their updated iPhone app
O’reilly Radar has an interesting and informative audio interview with NIN artistic director Rob Sheridan regarding Apple’s recent rejection of NIN’s updated iPhone app. You can check it out over here. Related: Trent Reznor speaks out on App Store approval process
Continue reading...Trent Reznor speaks out on the App Store approval process
Monday, May 4, 2009
A few days ago, Trent Reznor tweeted that an update to the much-acclaimed NIN iPhone App was rejected from the iTunes App Store due to “objectionable content”. Apple rejects the NIN iPhone update because it contains objectionable content. The objectionable content referenced is “The Downward Spiral” Trent Reznor correctly points out, though, that the album […]
Continue reading...Apple rejects NIN iPhone App update due to objectionable content
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Apple today rejected an update to the popular NIN iPhone application today due to objectionable content. Earlier today, Trent Reznor tweeted the following: Apple rejects the NIN iPhone update because it contains objectionable content. The objectionable content referenced is “The Downward Spiral”. This, of course, isn’t the first time Apple has donned its “objectionable content” […]
Continue reading...Nokia’s “Comes with Music” off to a disappointing start
Saturday, April 25, 2009
DigitalTrends reports: The mobile industry has been keeping a careful eye on Nokia‘s “Comes with Music” service, which builds the license fees for unlimited music downloading into the cost of a phone…and lets users keep all the music they downloaded once their deal expires. Although the service had been given a frosty reception from mobile […]
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...Lunchtime Link Roundup
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Here are some links to keep you busy whilst you eat your lunch, or simply waste time at work. Whatever works for you. We aim to please. Apple selling 22 iPhones, 28 Macs a day – Fortune NIN iPhone App goes Live – 9to5Mac Why Apple should not extend its exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T […]
Continue reading...$1.29 songs hit iTunes
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
As expected, some songs in the iTunes store are now selling for $1.29, marking the first time since iTunes was first launched that songs have been priced over 99 cents. As of now, 10 out of the top 20 songs on iTunes are currently selling for $1.29 a pop.
Continue reading...Why Bono left Apple for RIM
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Blame it on a slow newsday, but a recent article in TheGlobalMail sheds some light on why former Apple posterboy Bono all of a sudden started showing up with BlackBerry’s in tow. According to the article, the U2 frontman told Toronto-based DJ Alan Cross a little bit about some new initiatives underway betweenn RIM and […]
Continue reading...Tiered pricing on iTunes to hit on April 7
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Well, we all knew it was coming sooner or later. The LA Times is reporting that the tiered pricing system for iTunes, which was announced earlier this year at Macworld, will go into effect on April 7. Under the tiered pricing system, record labels will be able to sell tracks for as low as 69 […]
Continue reading...iTunes DJ ushers in crowdsourcing for party playlists
Monday, March 16, 2009
Lost in the controversy surrounding the iPod Shuffle (wow, I never thought I’d write that), was Apple’s iTunes 8.1 update. One of the features included in the update is called ‘iTunes DJ’, which replaces, in name and function, the ‘Party Shuffle’ feature. So what does iTunes DJ do exactly? Well, Venture Beat laid out a […]
Continue reading...iPod Touch catches fire on kids pants, parents sue
Saturday, March 14, 2009
A Cincinnati woman is suing Apple for $75,000 and attorney’s fees after an iPod Touch allegedly caught on fire and burned a hole through her son’s pants. And no folks, this ain’t the onion! Ars Technica reports: ..the iPod touch was sitting in the “off” position when it unexpectedly popped and caused the kid to […]
Continue reading...Eminem loses iTunes royalty lawsuit
Monday, March 9, 2009
Cleanin’ out my docket. Wow, a new level of nerdity. Eminem’s production company, FBT Productions, recently lost their legal case against Universal Records where they alleged that artists should be entitled to higher royalty rates on sales made via iTunes. The demand for higher royalties wasn’t limited to music, and was actually made to encompass […]
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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