Yes, it seems that Steve Jobs knew what he was doing when he decided to launch the iTunes store all those years ago. Apple (AAPL) announced on Wednesday that it has now sold more than 25 billion songs over iTunes, an astonishing figure for the online store that has changed how people buy and listen [...]
Archive for the ‘iTunes’ Category
Newly Formatted App Pages Have Started Appearing In App Store
December 12th, 2009
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iTunes app pages have started looking more like the iPhone App Store app pages. The new app page in iTunes has changed to accommodate side-scrolling screenshots of the app. So from now on, you wont have to click those dots to see rest of the screenshots, you need to just scroll. Cool stuff. Other changes [...]
You can now buy iTunes Gift Cards through Facebook
December 12th, 2009
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You can now buy iTunes gift card through Facebook. Facebook has just launched an app that lets you buy iTunes gift cards for users. These cards come in $5, $10, $15, $25 and $50 denominations, and the app also allows you to select a date when the gift card should be delivered. [via - CultOfMac]
Sony Online To Bring iTunes Like Service
November 21st, 2009
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Looks like Sony is planning to challenge iTunes world dominance. Sony Online might be bringing iTunes like service offering music, movies, apps etc., to its user base sometime soon. This news was shared in a Business Week report: Sony said, it plans to launch an online store selling music, movies, and books as well as other [...]
Web-Based iTunes Preview Launched – You Can Now Preview Any Music Without Launching iTunes
November 14th, 2009
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I have been actually waiting for some kind of a feature where I dint have to launch iTunes every time I wanted to preview a music track. And Apple seems to be listening. Apple has updated links that gets generated via iTunes to direct to a website called iTunes Preview, thereby helping customers to view [...]
iTunes 9.0.2 Release Is Safe For Jailbroken & Unlocked iPhones
October 30th, 2009
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Dev-Team‘s MuscleNerd has pushed a tweet where he confirms that iTunes 9.0.2 version is safe and will not interfere with any jailbroken or unlocked iPhones. So go ahead and install the latest version of iTunes:
iTunes updated to 9.0.2 – Kills Palm Pre sync again
October 30th, 2009
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Apple released iTunes 9.0.2 last evening just before Apple TV 3.0 software update. Basically this iTunes version will be compatible with Apple TV 3.0. And another important update is that this version will again kill sync capabilities with the Palm Pre webOS. Appleinsider shared this bit of insight: Apple and Palm have battled for months [...]
A hilarious spoof on Palm Pre’s ability to sync up with iTunes
October 28th, 2009
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Palm continues to breach iTunes security and makes sure that Pre smartly disguises itself as another Apple product and syncs itself with iTunes. Recently iTunes 9 was released and it broke Pre’s syncing feature, but within days Palm issued a WebOS which re-enabled syncing.This Joy of Tech image is just too cool. Check it out:
Google To Launch iTunes Like Music Service
October 23rd, 2009
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Google is planning to launch a music service very soon, that will feature services from major music labels. Sounds familiar? Its going to be called Google Audio and will be available for US users to start with. Techcrunch covered this bit of info yesterday: We’re still gathering details, but our understanding is the service will [...]
Michael Jackson’s new album will be sold on iTunes
October 15th, 2009
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Sony and the Estate of Micheal Jackson will be sold on iTunes Music Store as well, reports AppleInsider. “Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ album will indeed be available for sale on iTunes on Oct. 27,” Epic Records Senior Vice President of Publicity Lois Najarian told Wired. “I don’t have much more information to impart other [...]
Palm webOS 1.2.1 Has Re-Hacked iTunes 9 Sync
October 4th, 2009
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Palm has re-enabled iTunes sync in webOS 1.2.1 again, reports PreCentral.net – by setting its Manufacturer to Apple and also perhaps by changing the USB Product ID to the iPod Video’s (they even changing the serial number that appears when you plug it in with Media Sync). Grow up Palm – Dont bug Apple’s iTunes [...]
iTunes Version 9.0.1 Released With Bug Fixes
September 23rd, 2009
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iTunes 9.0.1 has fixed quite a few bugs that were reported in iTunes 9.0. You need to upgrade iTunes by opening the application and clicking the “Check for Updates” link under Help menu. List of bug fixed: – Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store. – Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive. – [...]
