Well, it is finally here. Apple‘s online cloud music storage is here to compete with services from Amazon and Google. Now, for $24.99 per year, Apple will scan your computer and match as many tracks as they can to their iTunes Store library. Once a track is matched it becomes available to every device that [...]
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iTunes Match Is Alive
Posted: December 23, 2011 in NewsTags: 128-Kbps, 256-Kbps, Amazon, Apple, cloud, Google, iOS, iTunes, Match, music, Napster, storage
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iTunes Allowed Government Agencies To Access Your Computer For Three Years
Posted: December 6, 2011 in NewsTags: Apple, Egypt, FinFisher, Gamma, International, iTunes, Spotify
Apparently, for three years multiple government agencies from around the world could have been hopping on your computer and seeing what you were up to. Yup, it appears that a British company called Gamma International had been marketing software called, FinFisher, which has been used to hack into machines running Apple’s iTunes. Gamma International say they [...]
Pete Townshend Slams Apple’s iTunes
Posted: November 15, 2011 in NewsTags: Apple, digital, England, Facebook, iTunes, label, Manchester, Pete, publisher, record, scout, talent, The, Townshend, Twitter, vampire, Who
Pete Townshend, the legendary guitarist and frontman for the classic rock band, The Who, slammed Apple’s iTunes at the beginning of this month, calling them a “digital vampire.” Speaking in Manchester in northwest England, Townshend called on the online music giant to do more to assist the artists from whom they are making so much [...]
Bye-Bye, Napster – Again.
Posted: October 19, 2011 in NewsTags: Apple, Best, Buy, Irwin, iTunes, Jon, Napster, Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify
In a move to bolster it’s market share in the online, on-demand music industry, Rhapsody has agreed to aquire Napster subscribers and certain other assets from Best Buy, which will receive a minority stake in Rhapsody. Rhapsody President, Jon Irwin, said in a statement, “This deal will further extend Rhapsody’s lead over our competitors in [...]
RIP Steve Jobs
Posted: October 5, 2011 in NewsTags: Apple, Best, Buy, Computers, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Jobs, Mart, Steve, Wal, Wal-Mart
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers has passed away today, October 5, 2011. While Steve was not directly associated with the music industry and never really considered himself in the industry, he has forever changed the face of it with his inventions of Apple computers, the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, and more. Through these innovations [...]
“Apple to ‘ban iPhone gig filming’”
Posted: July 31, 2011 in NewsTags: Apple, concert, film, iPhone, patent, US
It’s a scene seen at almost every large show these days… Hundreds, or even thousands of fans holding up their smart phones to record snippets of the show and then post them online and/or send them to their friends in real-time. Well, with Apple obtaining a massive foothold on the smartphone market, this occurance might [...]
