The Inquisitr » macworld http://www.inquisitr.com The Better Mix Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 iTunes Goes DRM-Free, Changes Pricing System http://www.inquisitr.com/14446/itunes-goes-drm-free-changes-pricing-system/ http://www.inquisitr.com/14446/itunes-goes-drm-free-changes-pricing-system/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:25:17 +0000 JR http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=14446 Apple has finally decided to heed the calls and pull all Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection from its iTunes tracks.

The decision, announced at the Macworld Expo today, will be fully in effect by the end of March. Already, about 8 million of iTunes’ 10 million tracks are available for DRM-free downloads, Apple says.

The change is accompanied by a shift in pricing. Rather than offering all songs at a rate of 99 cents, iTunes will soon introduce a three-tiered system. Beginning in April, songs will be available for either 69 cents, 99 cents, or $1.29. Apple’s Phil Schiller said the decision will be made based on what record company is behind the song. He also said more tracks will be at the 69 cent rate than the $1.29 rate.

Finally, as of today, iTunes purchases will be made available over 3G networks for iPhone users. Previously, iPhone users had to connect via a Wi-Fi connection in order to make a purchase.

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.inquisitr.com/p=14446 3 iTunes DRM-Free Are bloggers & social networks killing the big shows? http://www.inquisitr.com/12270/are-bloggers-social-networks-killing-the-big-shows/ http://www.inquisitr.com/12270/are-bloggers-social-networks-killing-the-big-shows/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:57:30 +0000 Robert Scoble http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=12270

I’ve noticed a trend lately (actually I noticed it back when I worked at Microsoft and my bosses kept refusing to buy booths at conferences, saying they didn’t return the ROI, but that trend has grown and grown big time). Big companies are throwing their own parties to get news out inside of going to big trade shows. Last night I was at Facebook’s party, where they told everyone they had just passed 140 million users. That deserves a blog post of its own, but we’re here to discuss the trade show crunch.

Earlier in the year we attended a day-long event where Electronic Arts introduced a bunch of bloggers to Dead Space, here’s our video with the producer of that.

I’ve watched as Apple invites a few hundred bloggers and journalists into a conference room at its headquarters in Cupertino and gets the news out to the world without having to go to an expensive venue.

What changed?

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