Posts Tagged ‘ iTunes ’

I finally got one

I couldn’t resist it while I was looking at it in the store. It was just calling out to me. Begging me to set it free from it’s black box with the Macy Gray album on the cover. Yes, I made the jump and paid for a brand new iPod Touch. Despite many websites citing [ READ MORE ]

As the World Turns

NBC Universal wanted cut of Apple hardware sales Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I’ve been neglecting my regular posts here and I know I have to post on a lot of things. A cut of anyone’s hardware sales is ridiculous and I can probably guess how Apple reacted [ READ MORE ]

What kind of Apple are we expecting?

Truce: iPhone 1.1.1ers | 9 to 5 Mac When Apple released their 1.1.1 iPhone update, it basically removed all third party applications and reverted any iPhone to it’s original state. Thus any sim unlocking method use will require a valid AT&T sim card to re-activate the device or in some cases completely make the phone [ READ MORE ]

It still wont play on my iPod fool!

  • September 20th, 2007
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NBC to offer free “NBC Direct” download service, iTunes competitor – Engadget NBC counters iTunes in this round by offering their shows for free via their website which should eventually lead to a paid service in the future. What part does NBC doesn’t understand? TV is inherently free. The said “free” shows are only viewable [ READ MORE ]

Rick Rubin: iPods will be obsolete

In a recent NY Times interview with music producer Rick Rubin as he predicts that iPods will be obsolete, he endorses the subscription model as used by Napster and other music rental services. MacNN also notes that David Geffen also sees the subscription model as the way to save the music industry. Hmmm, save the [ READ MORE ]

NBC to End iTunes Sales of Its Shows

“NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes.”Media giants have new brilliant plan for making more money from their content: by pulling them off the most popular online music + video store.That is just so [ READ MORE ]

Beautiful World

  • August 30th, 2007
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I was just looking around the Japanese iTunes store and came upon Utada Hikaru’s new compilation. As it turns out, my favorite J-pop singer sang the song of the new Evangelion movie. Here’s clip of the promo for the album. The next one is from another anime “Freedom” with character designs from Katsuhiro Otomo of [ READ MORE ]

iTunes update

Apple clarified that the Universal music contract is now offerred to them on a per month basis instead of the previous 2-5 year contract. The announcement comes after it was revealed that Universal Music was unwilling to sign the 2 year contract with iTunes.  Well it seems that this chapter is far from over. Just [ READ MORE ]

Universal Music May Not Renew iTunes Contract

Highlighting ongoing tension between the music industry and Apple Inc., Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group is set to notify the Cupertino, Calif. company that it is not renewing a long term contract to sell digital music downloads through the increasingly powerful iTunes Store, according to people familiar with the situation. I would like to back [ READ MORE ]

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