The concept that most drove the iPhone (and by extension the iPod Touch) above and beyond all smartphones or multimedia players was the ability to purchase and use apps within the device.  While cogitating on this as well as the hypothesized upgrades available in iTunes 9, a thought crossed my mind.
[What's on iPhone] Why isn’t [...]

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In conjunction with the story regarding iTunes Store terms and conditions change [see here], I’ve been surfing around the net, when I found the above hilarity via Twitpic.
Apparently Apple Inc. wants us to agree that we will not use their products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, [...]

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Along with the iPhone OS 3.0 firmware release earlier this morning, Apple has undergone some iTunes store terms and conditions updates.
Something else you may notice, upon downloading specific games and applications, is a notice stating that “This content may not be appropriate for children under 17″. This is an appreciated addition to when it [...]

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Further to the announcement made by Phil Schiller during the Macworld Expo keynote address regarding the iPhone 3G’s ability to purchase and download music and podcasts over the 3G data network, it has been reported that you can also download using an EDGE connection… although you will need time and patience!
For a 9.3MB track, it [...]

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It’s finally happening. For real this time, not just one of the Big Four breaking out from the pack like EMI did a couple of years back. This time it’s happening all over: DRM is dying.
You heard me.  Digital Rights Management, that loathesome, justly maligned technology designed to inconvenience music lovers the world [...]

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It is being rumored that the oh-so-popular music downloading software iTunes will be heading in a good direction this afternoon; DRM-Free mp3’s!
This has been brought to Apple Insider’s attention via French technology site ElectronLibre, stating that Apple will start publishing music on the iTunes Store, DRM-free, from Sony, Universal, and Warner on December 9th, which [...]

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iTunes sales are doing well, and that’s just to say they are raising at a fair pace. Apple has managed to gain an excess of over US$840 million dollars this year more than they had at this time last year. That’s an increase of an astonishing 34%!
This information was revealed at Apple’s annual SEC 10K [...]

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Apple has recently released an update to their iTunes music player; version iTunes 8.0.1.
This update doesn’t add any huge features, but instead fixes some much needed bug and stability issues.
iTunes 8.0.1 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
• Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist.
• [...]

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So, good news for those who make use of the iTunes Music Store…
Apple has decided against pulling it from existence. The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington declined a request by the National Music Publishers Association to increase royalties from 9 cents to 15 cents per song purchase.
Apple only makes approximately 10 cents per song in [...]

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CNN Fortune has it that Apple is actually considering shutting down iTunes. Reasons being the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a request by the National Music Publishers’ Association to increase royalty rates paid to its members on songs purchased from online music stores like iTunes. [...]

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According to Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog, there are many iPhone game and application developers getting raged at Apple’s application approval process.
It is known that one developer in particular had designed an application for the iPhone which he sent to Apple for approval named “Podcaster”. The application was designed so that iPhone and iPod Touch users [...]

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Apple has officially made iTunes 8.0 available for download via their online Apple website, or if you already have iTunes installed on your computer, you can simply click the update button to quickly get the latest version of iTunes available to you (which, as of today, is iTunes 8.0).
The above MacBook Air image is one [...]

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It’s that time of the year again.  Apple’s called a town hall and The Steve is giving his keynote announcing this year’s newest lineup of iPods, and as we have done for the last two Stevenotes, we’re here with a window on the events, but I’m going to try something new this year.  I’m going [...]

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So as most of you know, the Let’s Rock Event went on at 1PM EST this afternoon, and Steve officially announced the 8th version of his ever-so-popular iTunes program for Mac and Windows computers, especially made for iPod and iPhone users around the globe.
Steve went on to say that iTunes is, “the ubiquitous store and [...]

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