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Apple Pitching iTunes TV for $30 a Month

Written on November 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 12 people have commented

Big Cable has just been given a lot more to worry about in a landscape that is already rapidly changing under its feet. All Things D is saying that Apple has been shopping around a subscription-based model for video content to TV networks recently, and it looks to be a fairly attractive deal from a [...]

Microsoft Considers Zune On the Mac and Apple Should Offer iTunes Subscriptions

Written on October 09, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 15 people have commented

Mary Jo Foley reports on her ZDnet blog that Microsoft is seriously considering making Zune services, such as the subscription-based Zune Pass, available to other platforms — and that includes Apple’s very own Mac OS X.
It’s early days though, as Foley admits, “There’s no guarantee that the Redmondians will end up doing this — or [...]

MobileMe Free Trials Could Lose Your Precious Files

Written on January 13, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 18 people have commented

The MobileMe trial began to seem like it was going to go on forever, since Apple kept tacking on more time to make up for having released a half-baked service to begin with. Sadly, not so. My own trial term recently came to an end, but by the time it did, I’d become fairly dependent [...]