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Mac 101: Purchase a file in iTunes for someone else

by Dave Caolo (Jan 4th, 2010)

The iTunes Store and App Store have mastered the art of the impulse purchase. "Only two bucks? Sure, why not?" The good news is that you can send a song, album, movie or TV show to a friend just as easily. Let's start with music. First, find the ...

WSJ: Apple likely to push TV subscription option in 2010

by Michael Rose (Dec 22nd, 2009)

The WSJ and the New York Times, among other outlets, are reporting that Apple is in preliminary discussions with ABC and CBS (at a minimum) about a possible subscription plan arrangement for broadcast and cable TV channels. This idea was noted by All ...

iTunes U breaks 100 million downloads

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 20th, 2009)

Apple's iTunes U has broken the 100 million download mark. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more from over 175 higher education organizations including Princeton University, UCLA, ...

Apple allows Google to use Lala

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 18th, 2009)

We're not sure how Apple plans to utilize its recent acquisition of Lala, but BusinessWeek reports today that Apple does plan to let Google keep utilizing the service. Google unveiled its own music search service in late October, which is backed by ...

Apple introduces discounted iTunes movie bundles

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 18th, 2009)

The iPhone Blog reveals that Movie Bundles [iTunes link] are now available through the iTunes Store. This sort of feature has been available for years in brick and mortar stores, where you can buy two more more related movies packaged together at ...

Apple Movie Trailers website getting an iTunes Store-style overhaul?

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 17th, 2009)

A reader has tipped us off that Apple's Movie Trailer site has gotten an iTunes Store-style look. Well, for the Iron Man 2 Exclusive Trailer page anyway. Right now the rest of the site seems to have retained its old look. Is this a slow rollout, or ...

All about the new, improved App Store in iTunes 9.0.2

by Steven Sande (Dec 13th, 2009)

Our eagle-eyed blogger David Winograd sent out a breaking news post Friday night to let all of you know that there were changes afoot in the iTunes App Store. Sure enough, those changes appear to have migrated through most, if not all, apps by now. ...

Apple provides a Holiday Sampler for free

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 11th, 2009)

Hard to believe anyone who does the Christmas thing would be lacking in basic music like Silent Night or We Wish You a Merry Christmas, but do you have Sarah McLachlan or Weezer singing your carols? Now's your chance to pick up those classics for the ...

More on Apple, LaLa and the future of iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Dec 10th, 2009)

There's an interesting article at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) today (subscription required) suggesting that Apple's recent acquisition of LaLa could mean a web-streaming model for a future version of iTunes. The speculation began last week, and ...

Apple reveals iTunes top sellers from 2009

by Dave Caolo (Dec 8th, 2009)

It's December, and that means list season. Early this morning, Apple released the top sellers from the iTunes stores across several categories. The top music, television shows, movies, audiobooks, podcasts and apps sold in 2009 are displayed on a ...

"Preview All" added to albums in iTunes

by Ken Ray (Dec 7th, 2009)

Apple has made iTunes a bit more useful for surveying entire albums. A TUAW reader directed our attention to the addition of a 'Preview All' button for albums on the iTunes Store. The store has always given prospective buyers the ability to preview ...

Apple documents iTunes LP and iTunes Extras for developers

by Joachim Bean (Nov 26th, 2009)

After seeing the intent by developers and artists to create iTunes LP and iTunes Extras for their music, Apple has opened up the availability to develop these features to third parties. However, automatic submission for iTunes LP and iTunes Extras is ...

Family-friendly Zombies on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Nov 18th, 2009)

We have a lot of apps coming through our tipline, but this one caught my eye, not only because it is called Zombies (the stumbling undead always catch my eye), but because it offers up a bit of good old-fashioned fun in the form of a Daleks!-style ...

Apple launches iTunes Preview for external browser links

by Mike Schramm (Nov 13th, 2009)

This is the kind of thing that probably should have been done a long time ago, but Macworld is reporting that Apple has launched iTunes Preview, a page that appears when you click an iTunes link (like this one) and your browser sends you over to ...

More HD movies hit iTunes' virtual shelves

by Erica Sadun (Nov 12th, 2009)

Apple has added many new HD movie titles to iTunes, according to former TUAWian David Chartier's post for Macworld. David, who is an HD-aficionado, noticed that the iTunes Store just recently stocked both classic and new release HD movies, bringing ...

iTunes LP now available for Apple TV customers

by Dave Caolo (Nov 6th, 2009)

A few of us here at TUAW received an email from Apple this morning stating that Apple TV-compatible versions of previous iTunes LP purchases are available for download. You'll remember that LP purchases made before the Apple TV 3.0 release would need ...