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Starbucks giving out free apps in the US

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 16th, 2011)

Now when you go into Starbucks, you could walk away with a free paid application instead of a bonus music track. According to Cnet, Starbucks recently launched a "Pick of the Week" program that lets you download a new app each week. The free app offer works the same way Starbucks free music ...

iTunes Connect down for maintenance for most of July 13 (updated)

by Chris Rawson (Jul 13th, 2011)

The Mac App Store, iTunes Store, and App Store have all been experiencing fairly serious connectivity issues over the past several hours. Many speculated this was a sign that OS X Lion was about to debut on the Mac App Store, despite plenty of evidence suggesting it won't hit until July 14 at ...

Shazam Encore updated with lyrics, how about iTunes?

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2011)

Shazam has released another update for its paid Encore app, this one adding full lyrics of over 25,000 songs on the service from provider LyricPlay. It lets you stream the lyrics in real-time as the song plays, so you can sing (or even just read) along. It's not exactly a reason to shell out ...

Beatles Anthology will arrive on iTunes June 14

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 1st, 2011)

Apple is now taking pre-orders for The Beatles Anthology, the three double-length albums issued during the mid-90s that releases live recordings, demos and studio sessions of the Fab Four. Each of the Anthology albums will be US$29.99 with a $12.99 Anthology Highlights album. The three main ...

iTunes versions older than 10.0 now incompatible with iTunes Store

by Mike Schramm (Apr 26th, 2011)

A 9to5Mac tipster has discovered that Apple is apparently not officially supporting the iTunes Store for older G3 iMacs and any Macs that need to run older versions of iTunes. This isn't really surprising; if Apple won't support software for those older computers, it's unlikely that the company ...

MobileMe rumored to get alternative payment methods

by Dana Franklin (Mar 29th, 2011)

A recently-published report from Germany suggests Apple will soon add brand new functionality to MobileMe: the ability to subscribe to the suite of online services with a form of payment other than a credit card. The rumor discourages hope for MobileMe becoming a free offering. According to ...

Steve Jobs ordered to provide antitrust deposition

by Chris Ward (Mar 23rd, 2011)

There are some days when it feels like Steve Jobs is the only person who works at Apple, judging by the number of times his name is cited when anyone has a complaint against the company. Now, a US judge has ordered him to answer questions relating to monopolistic behavior over the iPod and ...

Apple takes 4 percent of US digital video market, Netflix reigns

by Dana Franklin (Mar 15th, 2011)

The NPD Group crowned Netflix the heavyweight champion of digital, video-on-demand services in a statement released earlier today. Between January 2011 and February 2011, Netflix accounted for 61 percent of all movies downloaded or streamed over the internet or offered on-demand through a cable ...

Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs killed music business

by Dana Franklin (Mar 15th, 2011)

Is Steve Jobs music's savior, or is he the angel of death? Jon Bon Jovi cast his vote in The Sunday Times Magazine; the American rock musician thinks Jobs is "killing" the music industry with iTunes. The massive success of iTunes, says Bon Jovi, has caused the "magical" experience of buying ...

Apple negotiating for unlimited iTunes music downloads

by Chris Rawson (Mar 4th, 2011)

When you buy an app for your iOS device, you only have to buy it once. If you buy it on your iPhone, you can download it on your iPad later and pay nothing at all. If your Mac's hard drive dies on you, as far as your iOS apps are concerned it doesn't matter; you can download them again later ...

Southwest Airlines now selling iTunes content

by David Quilty (Feb 23rd, 2011)

Last week saw low-cost airline Jetstar offering in-flight iPads to customers, and now 9to5 Mac is reporting on a Variety magazine story which says that Southwest Airlines is about to start selling media content through Apple's iTunes Store. Called InAirtainment, the program offers fliers a ...

Mobile version of iTunes Store gets Genius recommendations

by Chris Rawson (Feb 6th, 2011)

The desktop version of the iTunes Store has had Genius recommendations for quite some time, but the feature has been missing from the iPhone/iPod touch version of the Store -- until now. Tapping on the "More" tab at the bottom of the iTunes Store app will reveal the usual options, with a new option ...

App Store could surpass total iTunes music sales by March

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2011)

Anyone who has visited the Apple website in the past few days knows that sometime in the very near future, the total number of apps sold through the iTunes App Store will go over 10 billion. After all, Apple is conducting a contest in which the person who buys that magic 10 billionth app will win a ...

Got time to spare? Read the iTunes store agreement

by Mel Martin (Jan 10th, 2011)

The other day, I was innocently about to update a couple of apps on my iPhone when a message interrupted me asking -- well, forcing me -- to read an updated agreement for the iTunes store. No problem, I think to myself, until I scroll down and see that the agreement is 56, count 'em, 56 iPhone ...

Get an iTunes or Mac App Store account without a credit card

by Michael Terretta (Jan 7th, 2011)

Parents, the safest way to keep your kids from accidentally spending your money in any of the iTunes stores, including the App Stores, is to give them their own iTunes Account that doesn't have an associated credit card. Whether you want to let your kids play around safely, or just don't have a ...