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iApps: The Software Suite Apple Should Create

Written on November 06, 2009 by Jon Buys and 14 people have commented

Once upon a time, iTunes did exactly what it sounded like it should do: play music. It was the digital jukebox for your mac, Rip, Mix, Burn, remember that?
Looking at the sidebar in iTunes now, I’ve got Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, iTunes U, Audiobooks, Applications, and Radio, and that’s just the main library. [...]

iTunes U: Learning Wherever You Are

Written on September 18, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 2 people have commented

iTunes U (iTunes Link), part of the iTunes Store, is an amazing venue for top-notch educational content from the world’s greatest universities, institutions, museums and other public educational foundations. From language lessons to audiobooks to lectures and more, iTunes U is a great place for those who love to learn. With the release of iTunes [...]

Apple Launches iTunes Store in Mexico

Written on August 05, 2009 by Charles Jade and 1 person has commented

More than six years after the iTunes Music Store launched in the U.S., the iTunes Store has finally opened in Mexico. Everything is DRM-free, and most songs are priced at 12 pesos (approximately 91 cents). Albums range from 90 to 170 pesos, and music videos are 24 pesos. Popular Mexican artists include Paulina Rubio, Vicente [...]

iTunes: Rebranding History

Written on May 15, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 15 people have commented

Yesterday I was reminded of a song I used to like in the mid 90s by McAlmont & Butler. I hadn’t thought of that track in years, but I figured I should get it. I opened iTunes, navigated to the Store, searched, bought and downloaded. From memory recall to new music took about 30 seconds. [...]

Features I’d love to see in the iTunes Store

Written on September 26, 2007 by Josh Pigford and 23 people have commented

iTunes has been around for quite some time (if my calculations are correct it’s about 6 years). It’s been my favorite music/video organizer I’ve ever used (both Mac and PC) and the launch of the iTunes Store in 2003 quickly made it the go-to place for purchasing music as opposed to actual CDs.
So while I [...]

John Lennon: Now playing at the iTunes store

Written on August 14, 2007 by Billy Halsey and 2 people have commented

Fans of The Beatles and John Lennon can now officially rejoice: As of today, sixteen of Lennon’s solo albums are available for the first time for immediate download from the iTunes Store. Some of those albums also contain exclusive video content for the first 30 days of availability—so get them while the getting’s good.
The albums [...]

Apple releasing ‘corrected’ Audiobooks

Written on June 12, 2007 by Eddie Hargreaves and 3 people have commented

Apple is making new versions of audiobooks available in order to resolve the problem for those users who recently downloaded an Audiobook from the iTunes Store to find it unplayable on their iPod or not appearing in the Audiobooks category of their iTunes Library.
Users are instructed to

Download and install iTunes 7.2, which is said to [...]

Apple to Enter Video Rental Market

Written on June 10, 2007 by Louis Gray and 10 people have commented

The worlds of downloadable music and downloadable video are two very different beasts. While downloading a track for $.99 or an album for $9.99 to keep forever from iTunes makes sense, downloading a film for $9.99 or $12.99 makes less sense, as most consumers will watch a movie only once, and listen to music again [...]