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iTunes share of the US music market swells to 26.7%

by Mike Schramm (May 24th, 2010)

Apple's iTunes music service has strengthened its lead in the US music market, growing to a whopping 26.7% of all music sold in the States, up from 21% a few years ago and 12% in 2007. That's pretty phenomenal growth, buoyed almost certainly by the rising share of digital music versus brick and ...

The United States of Apple

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 17th, 2010)

Also note that Apple fans tend to stick to urban areas for the most part -- there is a nice big oasis of Mac fans in Colorado and Nevada, but we wonder if the lower population density in those places makes the results a little weird. Also notice the lack of Apple ownership in the south -- Louisiana ...

Free music and a chance to win more from Tap Tap Revenge 3

by Mike Schramm (Oct 22nd, 2009)

Tap Tap Revenge 3 is apparently going gangbusters over on the App Store -- Tapulous has gotten in touch with us to let us know about two different free promotions they're doing lately, as well as give you readers a chance to win their entire catalog for free. First up, the free stuff for ...

Analysis: iTunes holds 12.6% of the US music market

by Mike Schramm (Dec 4th, 2008)

Stick with us here: a new report by Forrester Research claims that of all the music purchased in the US, digital purchases have jumped to 18% of the total, and they expect it to go up to 41% of total sales over the next five years. That means that about 20% of all the music sold in the US is ...

Vote Report helps poll the polls on Election Day

by Mike Schramm (Oct 30th, 2008)

I love this idea -- if there's one thing our voting system here in the US could use, it's a little more transparency, both in how the votes are counted and weighed, and in how the polling itself takes place. And now there's an iPhone app aimed at making sure that on next month's Election Day, we get ...

Apple Expo '08 dates announced, events detailed

by Cory Bohon (Jul 4th, 2008)

The Apple Expo is Europe's Apple conference -- similar to the Macworld expo in the US. Apple Expo '08 has posted details about the expo, including dates for this year's conference: Wednesday, September 17 through Saturday, September 20, in Paris, France. Currently, there are only two iPhone events ...

The US Apple Store has gone offline

by Dave Caolo (Feb 7th, 2008)

Our tipline is exploding this evening with announcements of the US Apple Store going offline (is anyone outside the US seeing the same?). It's probably nothing, but just in case, keep your eye on TUAW for updates. If it returns with new goodies in tow, we'll let you know. Now, you may resume your ...

Apple's US market share still falling and rising with the tides

by David Chartier (Oct 19th, 2006)

Yesterday's prelim 4th quarter report was great news for Apple's health as a manufacturer of personal computers - they shipped over 1.6 million Macs, the most ever in a quarter and 30% more than the previous quarter. Today's news of a rise to 6.1 percent market share in the U.S. from Gartner, ...