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Used MP3 Music Files Legal To Sell Says Federal Judge

Used MP3 Music Files Legal To Sell Says Federal Judge

According to a federal judge, MP3 files are legal to sell if the person selling them, bought them. This is after Capitol Records wanted to shut down a used MP3 store which the record company deemed not ... continue
[Opps Dept.] iTunes Match is swapping clean versions of songs for the ‘dirty’ ones

[Opps Dept.] iTunes Match is swapping clean versions of songs for the ‘dirty’ ones

I am pretty sure that we can expect a disclaimer about how this is a bug and will be dealt with immediately, at least we hope it is a bug, but Tom Cheredar over at VentureBeat is ... continue
iTunes U App Arrives For iPad Users

iTunes U App Arrives For iPad Users

Apple on Thursday announced the release of an iPad app for iTunes U. The announcement was made during a New York City press conference by Apple's Eddy Cue.  iTunes U has served 700 million downloads to date and ... continue
Taylor Swift’s ‘Safe and Sound’ Christmas Number 1 on iTunes

Taylor Swift’s ‘Safe and Sound’ Christmas Number 1 on iTunes

Taylor Swift is top of the Christmas singles charts this year - on iTunes, at least. The 22-year-old country music star's latest single 'Safe & Sound' is a collaboration with The Civil Wars, and features on the ... continue
Fake iTunes Gift Certificates Leading To Malware Infections

Fake iTunes Gift Certificates Leading To Malware Infections

If you plan to buy your loved ones, friends and co-workers iTunes gift certificates this holiday season you might want to avoid e-mail offers for the cards. A group of 11 specialists are warning buyers of fake ... continue
Pepper Spray Rage

Pepper Spray Rage

UC Davis police Lt. John Pike has found himself unwittingly achieving meme status, and out of all the ones I've seen, this cracked me up the most. continue
Apple Posts A Celebration of Steve’s Life Online

Apple Posts A Celebration of Steve’s Life Online

Apple has posted a link on its website to a video of the company's memorial services for its employees to celebrate the life of its founder Steve Jobs. The event, held last Wednesday in an outdoor amphitheater at ... continue
Apple TV, iTunes lose TV rental option

Apple TV, iTunes lose TV rental option

Despite a big push to make TV rentals one of the strongest selling points of the Apple TV, Apple has decided to pull the plug on the 99-cent TV rental service previously available on the iTunes Store. ... continue
Walmart cries Uncle and gets out of the MP3 download business

Walmart cries Uncle and gets out of the MP3 download business

It's not very often that you hear of Walmart getting out of a business segment but that is exactly what is happening when it comes to the MP3 music download business. Walmart was one of the first big ... continue
[Graph] On demand music listening patterns over time

[Graph] On demand music listening patterns over time

The LP is truly dead- do you do this? continue
Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs “Killed” The Music Business

Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs “Killed” The Music Business

Steve Jobs "killed" the music business, at least that's what Jon Bon Jovi thinks. The musician recently spoke with The Times Sunday Magazine and said that the move to digital music, lead by iTunes, all but ended ... continue
Apple To Shareholders: North Carolina Data Center For MobileMe, iTunes

Apple To Shareholders: North Carolina Data Center For MobileMe, iTunes

That huge new data center Apple is getting ready to open in North Carolina will be used solely for Apple iTunes and MobileMe applications according to a company statement made today. Apple announced the data centers planned use ... continue
Mom apoplectic after kid spends $1500 on Smurfs’ Village app upgrades

Mom apoplectic after kid spends $1500 on Smurfs’ Village app upgrades

How smurfing angry would you be at your kid if she spent $1,500 on in-app upgrades after finding out your iTunes password? Unlike yesterday's big-haired family who were unable to wiggle out of a $1,700 XBox Live charge, ... continue
There is making money and then there is downright greed. Apple goes for the latter.

There is making money and then there is downright greed. Apple goes for the latter.

I don't own any Apple products, and I really don't ever expect to because there isn't a product out there that I can't find a more reasonable priced version of and I don't have to worry about ... continue
The Beatles prove once more how timeless they are thanks to iTunes

The Beatles prove once more how timeless they are thanks to iTunes

It's only been a week since the Apple announcement that they promised us a day that we would never forget and finally made the Beatles song catalog available on iTunes but between then and now they have ... continue
Beatles Coming To iTunes Tomorrow [Leaked Rumor]

Beatles Coming To iTunes Tomorrow [Leaked Rumor]

It's been a long uphill battle for Apple, full of negotiations and rumors that never came to fruition, but now it has been leaked that the Beatles catalog, in partnership with EMI will reach iTunes or will at ... continue
iPhone ‘Ugly Meter’ app prompts cyberbullying concerns

iPhone ‘Ugly Meter’ app prompts cyberbullying concerns

Another crass app that's popular with kids has hit the iTunes App Store, and this one has a bit of "cyberbullying" stigma attached to it. The app scans iPhone pictures and rates them on a scale of one ... continue
Apple’s morals strike their new social music network by muting Lady Gaga tweets

Apple’s morals strike their new social music network by muting Lady Gaga tweets

Apple is well known for applying their corporate (of Steve Jobs') morality upon anything that happens within their sphere of influence. We have seen this happen more than a few time when it comes to apps but ... continue
Prince declares the internet ‘over’

Prince declares the internet ‘over’

Prince did an interview with the UK's Daily Mirror, in which he explains his unusual position of banning digital distribution of his work and says he believes the internet is "over." The diminutive pop star, now 52, elaborates: "The ... continue
WiFi Sync For iPhone – Speed Demo

WiFi Sync For iPhone – Speed Demo

Yesterday I wrote about the (hopefully) coming iDevice - iTunes WiFi sync. Today app developer Greg Hughes has treated us with another demo video. This time he shows us how relatively fast the synchronization works. To speed up ... continue
WiFi iTunes Sync Coming Soon! But Will Apple Approve It?

WiFi iTunes Sync Coming Soon! But Will Apple Approve It?

Android users are already used to, what I doubt Apple will approve - syncing iTunes with your iDevice using WiFi. This isn't stopping us naïve enough to start a small grassroot movement and hopefully goading Apple into ... continue
Johnny Cash song was Apple’s 10 billionth iTunes download

Johnny Cash song was Apple’s 10 billionth iTunes download

In a surprising lottery win of taste over suck, Johnny Cash's "Guess Things Happen That Way" was the ten billionth song downloaded on iTunes. Nearly seven years after iTunes opened its virtual doors to what used to be ... continue