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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apple releases "iTunes 12 Days of Christmas" app in UK

by Dave Caolo (Dec 14th, 2010)

Apple has released an "iTunes 12 Days of Christmas" iOS app and companion site in the UK, all meant to treat their customers to seasonal goodies. Between December 26 and January 6, Apple will give away free apps, songs, books, movies and episodes of TV shows, one per day, via the app and the ...

Ping allows users to share playlists

by Dave Caolo (Dec 13th, 2010)

Apple continues to improve Ping, its iTunes-based social network, by adding support for shared iTunes playlists. Customers can now create a new playlist (or import an existing one) and share it with their Ping followers. Here's how it works. To create a new playlist to share, connect to Ping and ...

HD Movies hit iTunes UK

by Dave Caolo (Dec 8th, 2010)

Good news for Apple fans in the UK: Apple has finally added HD movies to the iTunes store. The selection seems to be rather limited for now. MacRumors notes that Twilight is among the more high-profile selections. Pricing works like this: movies that sell for £9.99 in standard definition are ...

The ballad of the Beatles and iTunes (and EMI, too)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 17th, 2010)

After decades of bickering that's nearly as infamous as the Beatles' breakup, the actual deal that finally united Apple, Inc., Apple Corps and EMI was hammered out in July, the Wall Street Journal reported today. We touched lightly on this history yesterday, but the WSJ outlined the exact route ...

The Beatles invade iTunes charts within 12 hours

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 17th, 2010)

It's been just over 24 hours since the release of The Beatles' complete back catalogue on iTunes and they are already dominating the album charts in a rather unusual way. In fact, as reported by MacObserver, within 12 hours of availability The Beatles had 15 albums placed in the Top 40 best-selling ...

Ping now available on iPad

by Chris Rawson (Nov 13th, 2010)

iPad users may have to wait a little longer than they'd like for features like multitasking and folder support, but at least one new feature is available right now: the iPad now supports Ping, Apple's stab at a social media component to the iTunes Store. Via an update to the iTunes Store's servers, ...

Apple TV ready to launch in Taiwan, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, and Belgium

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 11th, 2010)

9to5 Mac speculates that the second generation Apple TV is set to launch in Taiwan, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, and Belgium tomorrow morning. Last night, the night before the second gen Apple TV went on sale in Italy and Switzerland today, anyone who clicked on the original Apple TV ...

Twitter adds Ping functionality to user pages

by Dave Caolo (Nov 11th, 2010)

Earlier today, Twitter announced that it has integrated Apple's Ping into users' home pages. Now, Twitter users can view each others' Ping activity, listen to song previews and link to/purchase music from iTunes directly from tweets posted to Twitter.com. Here's how it works: First, log into your ...

Apple features "Hall of Fame" apps

by Dave Caolo (Nov 5th, 2010)

In its continuing effort to present customers with the best of the App Store, Apple has published an "App Store Essentials Hall of Fame" page. It features many titles you've undoubtedly heard of, including Angry Birds, Evernote, Facebook and Epicurious. Fifty apps are featured in total. Apple ...

Ratings missing from the App Store?

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 29th, 2010)

A few readers have notified us that app ratings have disappeared entirely from the App Store in iTunes. The ratings still appear on the iOS App Stores and in browser previews of apps, but for the desktop iTunes view of the App Store, they are nowhere to be found. iTunes Connect was apparently ...