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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 [...]

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via benhunted
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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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