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• 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

• Apple MobileMe ... PC vs. Mac

  Apple’s MobileMe isn’t just a warmed over PC- and iPhone-compatible version of .Mac. It’s important for two reasons: Apple is jumping headfirst into the cloud computing market. (And confounding pundits who predicted they’d partner with Google.) Apple... Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, iPod, Internet, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• 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

• How Apple Is Preparing for an iPod Slump

  Saul Hansell at The New York Times is turning into one of my must-read bloggers. Which is to say, he might very well be the first of my must-read bloggers as I don't actually have any yet. That said, this post is open to an interesting debate: Apple... Posted Apr 25 2008, 10:19 AM by pthurrott with | with 69 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Mac, iTunes, iPod, Vista, Commentary

• 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

• The pros and cons of Apple's new iPhone, iPod touch models

  Apple today did something that's quite common in the tech industry: They updated existing products , in this case the iPhone and the iPod touch, with increased storage capacity. Normally, this would be a win-win. But there's something important... Posted Feb 05 2008, 01:07 PM by pthurrott with | with 71 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iPod

• 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

• Apple officially adds x64 support in iTunes 7.6

  I'm in France for my wife's birthday for a few days and won't be blogging regularly, but I know a lot of people were looking forward to this , so what the heck: iTunes 7.6 or later is supported with any 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. If... Posted Jan 18 2008, 02:03 AM by pthurrott with | with 195 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod

• 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

• iPhone and iPod touch updated to 1.1.2

  And yes, it breaks the iPhone "jailbreak" applications, despite not mentioning it: This document describes the security content of the iPhone v1.1.2 and iPod Touch v1.1.2 Updates, which can be downloaded and installed via iTunes. iPhone v1.1... Posted Nov 14 2007, 06:41 AM by pthurrott with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iPod

• It's Time to Acknowledge Apple as a Force in the PC Industry

  Back when Windows 95 was still known by its codename Chicago and Apple Computer was busy cranking out horrible Performa computers and obliterating any technical lead it had over Microsoft, I started a little email newsletter called WinInfo. The newsletter... Posted Oct 23 2007, 07:43 AM by pthurrott with | with 442 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Mac, iPod