Archive for the ‘iTunes’ Category

DRM-free Music Will be Available on iTunes Soon

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

According to 9to5Mac, Sony will soon offer their music catalog to Apple in the iTunes Plus format. iTunes Plus is Apple’s marketing term for higher quality (256kbit) audio tracks without any DRM. Let’s just say we have a hunch on this one.  [ read on ]

Time to Jump Over to The Mac Side?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Apple introduced their new line of MacBooks last Oct. 14 on the invite-only MacBook event. Apple presented their new MacBooks with their new unibody frame, multitouch glass trackpads, new keyboard and better GPU. Many people ask, “is it time to [ read on ]

New iPhone Optimized Site from Flickr

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

For those people praying for an iPhone Optimized Site, your prayers have been answered. Flickr has just launched a new iPhone-optimized version of its site. Below is a screenshot of new Flickr site. The most used options run along the top of the page [ read on ]

iTunes Safe, No Royalty Rate Increase

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Last Week, Apple threatened to close down iTunes Store –as if there was ever much of a chance of that happening–should regulators approve a royalty hike that would grant artists a 66 percent increase in commission for each song sold through [ read on ]

List of Things that Should be changed in iTunes 9.0

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Although Apple promised a lot of things for the launch of iTunes 8 last month, they failed to make good of their promise. We only got a music recommendation engine and another layer of User Interface glossiness in the Grid view, many are very [ read on ]

Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.1 and Apple TV 2.2

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Barely a month ago, Apple has released the iTunes 8.0 which introduced, High Definition TV shows, and a new iTunes visualizer, and now, Apple now updates iTunes to 8.0.1 which improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, [ read on ]

Apple Threatens to Close iTunes

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

According to Fortune, Apple threatens to close down iTunes Store should regulators approve a royalty hike that would grant artists a 66 percent increase in commission for each song sold through online download services. The Copyright Royalty Board in [ read on ]

Facebook 2.0 for the iPhone Now Available

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

One of the most popular social networking site, Facebook 2.0, is now available for download at the iTunes App Store. Facebook 2.0 now promises faster and more stable functionality. Some of its new features include: Notifications Facebook Chat Full News [ read on ]

Apple to Make iTunes and iPod accessible to the Blind

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Apple has committed to work with the state of Massachusetts to make itunes 8 and the iPod Nano fully accessible to the blind. The VoiceOver technology from Mac OS X to make its iTunes and iPod ecosystem fully usable for the blind. John Olivera of the [ read on ]

Apple sets some changes in its App Store

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Apple has implemented some changes to the way their iTunes App Store listings and reviews are handled. Over the weekend, Apple changed the reviews and listing on the App Store, one issue is about the source of frustrations of many developers, anyone had [ read on ]