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On Tuesday, a jury of eight decided in a class action suit argued in California that Apple is not guilty of harming consumers, bringing the nearly decade-old suit to a conclusion.
As more and more families enter into the Apple lifestyle, managing multiple iTunes accounts can have its advantages and disadvantages. Knowing account boundaries and how to manage multiple accounts is becoming household task to master.
Apple has unveiled this year’s iTunes Best of 2013 list, showcasing the most downloaded apps, books, movies, music, podcasts and TV shows. Some of the results might surprise you.
Do you know about Apple’s(s aapl) “12 Days of Digital Gifts” campaign? American users have been left out of Cupertino’s annual free…
Vanished is a scary, stressful thrill that is worth the dollar I paid for it.
If you live in the U.S., how much time are you spending on apps built in country compared to overseas? Likely less then you were last year as lower development costs in other countries are fueling more mobile apps.
One of Apple’s most famous noises got its start 15 years ago as a hobby project from one of its whip-smart engineers.
After disappearing for two years, the popular VLC Media Player for iOS is back. Now, users can watch any videos on an iPhone or iPad.
Besides the future of iOS and OS X, we’ve recently learned a lot from Apple about the state of iTunes. We can also know how much users are spending on apps and music, and how little they’re spending on video and books.
iTunes’ increasingly good quarterly sales demonstrates how the long-rumored Apple video and “iRadio” subscription services the company has over the years tried to bring to fruition could become significant revenue sources.
ReDigi claims to offer a legal way for consumers to buy and sell iTunes tracks through its “music locker.” In a stern court ruling, a judge said the service amounts to widespread copyright infringement.
iTunes 11 is the best version of Apple’s software yet. It is a major redesign, but one that aims to keep its legacy going and dispell the opinion that iTunes is bloated and outdated.
Looking to give your friend the perfect birthday gift, or want an easy way to give your kids a gift card for the holidays? Facebook announces Monday that it will be integrating iTunes gift cards and content into its digital gifts platform.
Do you want to buy a gift card for the Apple Store or for iTunes? Or maybe an Amazon card would be better. It all depends on what the gift recipient is likely to buy. We break down your options.
The original version of iTunes Match was a huge hassle when it came to uploading and matching my iTunes library to Apple’s iTunes in the cloud. I tried again this year to see what, if anything, about the experience had improved.
iTunes will have to wait a little longer for the update to iTunes 11: Apple acknowledged Tuesday that it won’t be able to make the app available for download by the end of October. Maybe it’s trying to avoid another Maps debacle?
Canada’s Supreme Court this morning further defined the balance between music owners’ right to be paid and the public’s right to use music in ways that don’t trigger copyright infringement. The Court also likened the internet to a “technological taxi” for online content.
The BBC and its commercial department may each sell different kinds of digital TV show downloads to UK viewers, following news of the radical plan codenamed “Project Barcelona”.
Player FM. wants to make it easier to consume podcasts across different devices: The web-based curation and playback platform was launched by former Googler Michael Mahemoff just a few days ago, but Mahemoff is already thinking about bringing new ad formats and micropayments to podcasts.
The challenge is no longer finding a great podcast, but automating the subscription process on the device you intend to listen on. Here’s a step-by-step guide for all the different ways you can subscribe and sync your favorite podcasts to any device.
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to compete with premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime in the…
The Academy Awards tend to favor movies released in the last few months of the year, so many of this year’s top contenders are still in theaters. But some nominees have been out long enough to be available on digital platforms.
Back in July, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and other content providers pulled the purchasing options from their iOS apps, in order to comply with App…
Management consultancy Deloitte today became the latest company to buy into the app marketplace with the news that it has bought the Seattle…
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Last year, News International made The Times and The Sun newspapers free on Christmas and used the opportunity to promote their respective i…
According to a new report from app market research firm Distimo, the App Store, which has traditionally been dominated by U.S. downloads, is seeing another major driving force on the rise as more and more Chinese shoppers pick up iOS devices.
Apple’s iTunes got a small but handy feature update on Tuesday, and also iTunes content partner Sony Pictures Television has provided an early Christmas gift that’s perfect for filling any downtime you may have as a result of the holidays.
Samsung may be still be trying to crack the tablet market, but in mobile devices it is continuing to pick up steam: it sold 300 million devi…
An iPhone application called iTether that would let iPhone users run their Mac or PC over the phone’s data connection without paying their c…
The digital music market is not in a great place right now and is in need of some major change: CD sales are still shrinking more quickly th…
Tencent (HKG:0700), China’s social media giant, has thumbed its nose at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) (NASDAQ:AAPL) by releasing a desktop ‘App Assista…
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Apple’s iTunes Match service appears to have gotten lost amid the Halloween candy. Despite promises that it would launch its Internet-based…
Pete Townsend from The Who has called iTunes a ‘Digital Vampire’. As much as the claim makes for nice headlines, it is misplaced and poorly…
Ahead of the coming connected TV opportunity, availability of movies through UK online services is still poor – and Lovefilm has amongst the…
Apple’s long track record of underpromising and overdelivering when it comes to expectations of the financial community seems to have finall…
Apple’s redesigned Internet services portal, iCloud, will arrive next week for iPhone and iPad users looking to sync music, contacts, and ot…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is to announce a European rollout of the music storage service iCloud, with the U.K. expected to be the first major marke…
Early details about a forthcoming Amazon tablet indicate it could have a potential success on its hands. Many have been quick to label it the first legitimate iPad challenger. But should Amazon have tablet success, it doesn’t mean Apple will sell fewer iPads.
In a somewhat uncharacteristic move, Fox has released one of its new fall shows early on the iTunes Store. You can now download the full pilot episode of Fox’s New Girl, a half-hour comedy starring Zooey Deschanel, for free with a U.S. iTunes account.
To stream or not to stream? That is the question; whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of a flaky wireless connect…
It looked like one of the mysteries of Apple’s new iTunes Match service has been solved as developer preview versions of the software make a…
The iTunes Store is now part of the ownership society. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has removed the option to rent television shows from its online st…
All through the past decade, observers in industry and on Wall Street have had a handful of reasons to discount Netflix’s efforts. First, th…
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This looks like an example of “Digital First” in action: today, the Guardian announced that it has launched a Kindle app, its first for the…
HP (NYSE: HPQ) may be pushing the theory that “size doesn’t matter”. But if it so happens that it does, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is killing the co…
Apple’s iTunes Match has been accused of opening the door for piracy, but that’s probably not something Apple’s concerned about. Match will still make Apple money, and its other digital content marketplace, the App Store, may quickly become the primary breadwinner anyway.
The world’s largest technology companies have a nasty habit of testing their new products solely in the world’s biggest market.
Google (NSD…
Though iCloud got the most attention at WWMD, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) also announced some new iBookstore details. They include:
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has changed the terms of service that govern its iOS developer program to ban most applications that let iPhone and iPad…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) finally revealed the details of its hotly anticipated, Steve Jobs keynote-worthy iCloud, including a major iTunes upgrade…
For a certain segment of geeks, checking the changes to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes Store Terms and Conditions after new features are adde…
Rumors have been flying that Apple is deep in negotiations with record labels and publishers to secure the rights necessary to provide a cloud-based music service. But why does Apple need to negotiate anything? Here’s a basic guide to the murky waters of music licensing.
The open-source media player Miro just received a major update: Miro 4 includes the ability to sync media with Android devices, buy Android apps and share files in your home network. Call it iTunes for Android, or simply an open-source challenge to DoubleTwist.
Thanks to an ambitious multi-city road trip in which Kevin Smith traveled to screenings of his latest film and spoke with audiences afterward, satirical horror film Red State has already made back the $4 million budget production company SMODcast Pictures invested in the film.
Amazon beat Apple and Google to the punch with an online music locker for storage and web playback, both on the desktop and on Google Android phones. I took the service for a spin to see how well it works for playback, purchases, and uploads.
Apple wants record companies to let iTunes customers download music they’ve purchased as many times as they like, on multiple devices, according to Bloomberg. The Mac-maker is reportedly now in talks with its major record label partners to make this happen.
Steve Jobs was on stage today to introduce the iPad 2, and took a few moments to talk about why the iPad has been so successful to date. Jobs stressed the role of the App Store in the iPad’s success, but also that of Apple Retail.
Speaking at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting, Apple COO Tim Cook addressed the company’s new data centers, worker mistreatment in China and Apple’s success thus far in that market. Shareholders also rejected a resolution requiring the board to disclose a detailed succession plan.
Sony’s Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity service, which launched in the UK and Ireland in December 2010, will be expanding its availability to France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Music Unlimited competes directly with other cloud-based music services, but it could pose a threat to iTunes, too.
If you acquire television shows from sources other than the iTunes Store for enjoyment on your iOS device, some of that enjoyment may be frustrated by a bug that inexplicably missorts shows and episodes. Luckily, the fix is simple, if a little illogical.
Apple made good on its promise to extend iTunes song previews to 90 seconds very early Thursday, Dec. 9. Only some songs 2:30 and longer will get the new preview length, though, with shorter tracks and some exceptions retaining the original 30 second preview length.
In a recent email to music labels and providers, Apple announced that previews will be soon tripled in length. Song previews for tracks over 2:30 will now be 90 seconds instead of 30 seconds in the iTunes Store. Reaction to the change appears to be mixed.
According to some reports, there are now 300,000 apps available for iOS devices. Whether or not the number is actually there yet, it will be soon, and that’s an impressive feat for Apple. But is it the best thing for Apple consumers and iOS developers?
Director Edward Burns has had an active Hollywood career as both an actor in other people’s projects and a writer/director of his own. But while his latest film is a low-budget return to his indie roots, it’s getting a digital release on iTunes, VOD and DVD.
Even if your kids understand the value of a dollar, do they appreciate how quickly they add up when using an iOS device? Unprotected iDevices can lead to big accidental iTunes charges. Here’s how to stop that from happening to you and your family.
Orb’s Music Puck, a $69 device that streams digital over a home network is launching just two months before Apple’s similar AirPlay functionality arrives in iOS devices. Music on Orb is controlled with a free smartphone app. Can Orb’s new hardware compete against Apple’s music juggernaut?
Apple is reportedly talking with a number of newspaper and magazine publishers about an iTunes-based newsstand that would allow them to offer subscriptions to readers. But while this seems like an appealing offer, publishers should be aware of how much they stand to lose as well.
The film adaptation of the popular book Freakonomics will be hitting movie theaters on Oct. 1, but anxious viewers can watch it now if they want, with rentals of the Freakonomics film available for just $9.99 on Apple’s iTunes, Amazon Video On Demand, and cable VOD.
Almost every year, Apple releases a new version of iTunes with some new feature. Last year it was Home Sharing. This year, it’s Ping. Apple also usually tweaks the UI, many times creating a backlash. This year Apple has outdone itself.
iTunes 10 was released yesterday and brought with it a few UI overhauls. There currently isn’t a way to bring back the colored icons in the sidebar, but there sure is a way to get the window controls back to their former positions.
It wasn’t until the late 1970s that bottled water started catching on in the U.S. to become the market it is today, representing 28.9 percent of the U.S. beverage market. Is Apple’s scheme to rent TV shows online at $0.99 per episode a similar watershed moment?
It can be a real hassle putting an audiobook into iTunes when it’s split into many different files. Lucky for you, I have a method, absolutely free, to make listening to books a pleasure again by combining all the separate files into one audiobook file.
While The Onion News Network, delivering the Onion’s skewed POV on news, is typically free to watch, this month the network is experimenting with a premium offering available for $1.99. The justification for charging is this: This news broadcast comes from the future.
This is a developing story, and not all of the facts are out yet, but if what is being reported on The Next Web turns out to be true, it may be prudent to stop reading and remove your credit card from your iTunes account.
By now, a lot folks with an iPhone have been running iOS 4, the new name for iPhone OS. But if Apple has seen the point in renaming the OS, at what point will it admit that iTunes is horribly named at this point in time?
Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week:
Apple’s iTunes now accounts for 28 percent of all music sales within the U.S. This four percent gain since Q1 2009 detail that Apple’s digital store still holds the top spot as the number one music retailer within the U.S.
The iTunes movie store just got a lot more usable thanks to a small but significant update that went live today. As of now, the iTunes movie store features Top Critics’ reviews and the Tomatometer rating score from Rotten Tomatoes prominently displayed above customer reviews.
Ever wanted to listen to all your Rock music? Or wanted to hear only your recent music purchases? We’ll walk you through creating a Smart Playlist and how to set up different “rules” to control what songs automatically show up in your playlist.
Digital magazines aren’t new, but the latest version of Zinio is. This new Adobe AIR application lets you read magazines on Windows, Mac or Linux computers and the experience is immersive. With dynamic content, live web links and interactive media, this is the future of magazines.
If you have hundreds or even thousands of songs in your iTunes library, then it’s more than likely there are some songs…
If Apple’s iTunes LP format was supposed to give music fans a new reason to buy albums instead of individual songs, its impact on record sales has been a major disappointment. Six months after its introduction, the format is more a curiosity than a game-changer.
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Everyone keeps saying that the iPhone will replace many of the gadgets we use today, like GPS devices, MP3 players, digital cameras, and pocket-sized…
YouTube (s GOOG) is in talks with content providers to add a pay-per view element to its business, which would allow partners to charge end users to view some premium content on the online video site, say “multiple sources.”
Ever since I began my quest for the ultimate minimalist Mac experience, I have failed to find an elegant and stable way…
Apple (s aapl) said it was going to allow independent content producers open access to the tech and process behind iTunes LP…
This is one of those items I find so hard to get behind, rather like the infrequent (boring) updates to MobileMe. But…
Once upon a time, iTunes did exactly what it sounded like it should do: play music. It was the digital jukebox for…
The competition is really heating up in the e-reader market. Hot on the heels of Barnes & Noble’s (s bn) newly-released Nook…
Right now, as you read this, there are five iTunes-flavored profiles over on Twitter, providing their followers with SMS-length dispatches on music,…
Just days after the head of an independent label claimed Apple (s aapl) was charging as much as $10,000 in production fees…
It just wouldn’t feel right getting through a month without another lawsuit. Apple (s aapl) is in the firing line this time…
Smart Playlists in iTunes have always been a powerful way to create specific playlists to meet your needs, from creating a rotating…
Pioneers of the Inevitable, makers of Songbird, the open-source alternative to iTunes, has just secured a new round of financing, saving it…
It has been a little over one year since the iTunes (s aapl) Store was blocked in China for the heinous crime…
There’s been a lot of chatter recently about the value of movies. Studios are duking it out with Redbox over its $1-per-night…
I really like Dexim’s AV Dock Station, a handy little gadget that lets you connect your iPod or iPhone to your TV.…
I see Apple (s aapl) let Ninjawords in the App Store. Good for it. But there’s just one little thing… Apple censored…
The Apple (s aapl) rumor mill never stops. This week, the Financial Times is claiming that Apple is working hand-in-hand with record…
It seems Windows users are not only at risk from software viruses, but also from antivirus software. Over the weekend antivirus software…
In just a few days time (July 11), the App Store will officially celebrate its first anniversary. To mark the occasion, Apple…
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I recently switched from an iPhone (s aapl) to a BlackBerry (s rimm). As I mentioned before, one of my BlackBerry dislikes…
If you’re like me, you have one of many choices to view your television shows. TiVo, your own DVR, Netflix, Hulu, cable…
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Naively, I used to think that once I’d purchased music, I could easily download it again, for free, on any other computer…
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Along with the release of their new iPod shuffle, Apple (s aapl) has updated iTunes to version 8.1. New features include improved…
This must be “Update iTunes Content” week at Cupertino or something, because Apple (s aapl) keeps making changes to the music player.…
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The headline in this case is slightly misleading. The Presidents of The United States of America (remember Lump, anyone?) are giving you…
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Like many users, I’m pleased that the labels are finally allowing Apple to sell music free of DRM copy protection. Given that…
Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up: “Music companies aren’t tech companies, although we depend on tech innovation for the evolution of…
Apple finally acquiesced to the demands of the record labels and introduced variable pricing to its iTunes music store. That’s good news for consumers, who also get DRM-free music. The problem is, it won’t fix what ails the music business, which by agreeing to 69-cents-and-up pricing might be setting consumer expectations even lower. No one ever said record labels were smart.
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The best way to take on the UK MP3 download market? If you’re Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), by stealth. Today the e-tail giant quietly brought its MP…
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One of my personal gripes with iTunes 7 and earlier versions was that the “retention” rules for podcasts were global. You could…
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All I wanted to do tonight was curl up with an old episode of The Wire (damn that Chris Albrecht, he got…
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Apple said yesterday it had finally scored deals to sell movies from almost every major studio on the same day they come…
Broadband service providers looking for ways to upsell higher-speed (more expensive) connections now have the perfect come-on: same-day downloads on Apple’s iTunes…
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