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• RealNetworks goes DRM-free

  So RealNetwork announced this morning that it is just the latest online music service to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks. What's interesting about this is the press they're getting: Apparently no one realizes that the Rhapsody subscriptions still use... Posted Jun 30 2008, 11:50 AM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Media, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content

• Starbucks Dumping CDs, iTunes Gift Cards

  I've discussed the horror show that is Starbucks before, and it seems like the company is continuing its slow retreat back to a pure-play café experience. I think I'm OK with that: Starbucks, which has been scaling back its once-grand ambitions... Posted Jun 25 2008, 02:41 PM by pthurrott with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iPod, Digital media, Mobile

• Apple sells over 5 billion songs via iTunes Store

  From Apple PR : Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store ( www.itunes.com ). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US and features the largest music catalog with over eight... Posted Jun 19 2008, 05:46 PM by pthurrott with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Napster Launches World’s Largest MP3 Store Featuring 6 Million Tracks

  Napster becomes the second online music service (after Amazon MP3) to offer DRM-free tracks from all of the major recording companies: Napster, the pioneer of digital music, today announced the launch of the world’s largest and most comprehensive... Posted May 20 2008, 11:46 AM by pthurrott with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: Zune, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content

• HBO heads to iTunes

  Can we finally put the "no variable pricing on iTunes" baloney to the side. It's never really been true and it's pretty clear that Apple will actually bend over backwards for content providers if the company feels it's important... Posted May 13 2008, 10:32 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content

• What they're not telling you about Apple's 'same day as DVD' deal

  I first wrote about this last week in WinInfo Short Takes, but an article by David Carr in today's New York Times once again blurs the lines of reality when it comes to Apple's recent deal with movie companies. In this deal, Apple gets the right... Posted May 05 2008, 04:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Purchase New Movies on iTunes Same Day as DVD Release

  Apple PR : Apple today announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from... Posted May 01 2008, 02:25 PM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Amazon Gains Share of Shrinking Paid Music Market

  NYT's Saul Hansell writes another great blog post , this time about Amazon's recent gains in the digital music market: NPD’s annual survey of Internet users found that 10 percent of the music they acquired last year came from paid downloads... Posted Apr 18 2008, 10:30 AM by pthurrott with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Zune, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content

• Apple is STILL lying about closed captioning in Ratatouille

  Last month, I pointed out Apple's surreal use of the movie "Ratatouille" as an example of Closed Captioning support in iTunes during the teve Jobs keynote. It's surreal because Ratatouille, wasn't--and still isn't--available... Posted Feb 13 2008, 08:06 PM by pthurrott with | with 53 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Traveling with iPods

  On my return flight from Denver, I was amused to discover that the guy across the aisle and one row up from me was a proto-geek, and, frankly, kind of a pain in the ass: He placed his laptop in the seat pocket after we were told we couldn't do so... Posted Feb 08 2008, 02:38 PM by pthurrott with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iPod, Digital media, Cloud computing

• Subtitles and alternate language tracks in iTunes movies: A lie?

  Jump ahead to 19:25 in the MacWorld 2008 keynote video and you can see and hear Apple CEO Steve Jobs discuss a new feature in iPhone/iPod touch 1.3.1. "When I'm watching films now, I've got two buttons here ( Figure )," he says. "One... Posted Jan 23 2008, 04:06 PM by pthurrott with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content

• Macworld 2008 keynote: Initial thoughts

  Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Note that these are initial thoughts only. I'm guessing there will be a lot more to say about this later. Leopard update Apple sold 5 million copies of Leopard in 2007, "the... Posted Jan 15 2008, 12:41 PM by pthurrott with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iPod, Digital media, Cloud computing, Content, Apple TV

• Music Industry, Souring on Apple, Embraces Amazon Service

  An interesting story from the New York Times , containing, as usual, a typical amount of pro-Apple history rewriting: At the Super Bowl next month, the music industry will be switching teams — from Apple to Amazon.com. The major record labels lined up... Posted Jan 14 2008, 12:34 PM by pthurrott with | with 57 comment(s) Filed under: iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content

• Apple Posts QuickTime 7.3 and iTunes 7.5, Mac and Windows

  The Mac Observer covers Apple's release today of iTunes 7.5 and QuickTime 7.3: Apple posted two new updates on Monday, QuickTime 7.3 and iTunes 7.5. Both implement minor changes for iPhone support, QuickTime 7.3 addresses security issues and iTunes... Posted Nov 05 2007, 05:35 PM by pthurrott with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: iTunes, iPod, Digital media

• Liberating content from an iPod

  Jerry Pournelle, who I happen to believe is, in fact, the tech world's original blogger, is fond of saying that he makes mistakes so his readers don't have to. I aspire to this position, but the reality is, I make mistakes because I'm an idiot... Posted Oct 16 2007, 09:50 AM by pthurrott with | with 364 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media