Why iTunes Isn’t A Digital Vampire
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Pete Townsend from The Who has called iTunes a ‘Digital Vampire’. As much as the claim makes for nice headlines, it is misplaced and poorly… Read more »
Squawk! Angry Birds/Fruit Ninja ‘Rip-Off’ Reaches Number-One In App Store
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this may be stretching the expression a bit too far. Cut the Birds, a game release… Read more »
As Cable TV News Wars Heat Up, Bloomberg Builds ‘Live TV’ Placement On iPad
Bloomberg may still be battling with Comcast over better placement on its cable systems, but the financial news and information company is l… Read more »
Publishers See Apple Newsstand Sales Surge, But Ad Sales Slow To Follow
Condé Nast is the latest publisher to claim a boom in digital magazine sales from the launch of Apple’s Newsstand two weeks: the publisher… Read more »
Online Movie Choice In UK Pales Against DVDs
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Ahead of the coming connected TV opportunity, availability of movies through UK online services is still poor – and Lovefilm has amongst the… Read more »
Updated: Apple Earnings: A Rare Miss, 17 Million iPhones, 11 Million iPads
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Apple’s long track record of underpromising and overdelivering when it comes to expectations of the financial community seems to have finall… Read more »
With Sales Of Four Million, The iPhone 4S Is A New Record Breaker For Apple
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It looks like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is once again rewriting the books on what it is that makes a smartphone sell. Those who thought that the iP… Read more »
Jobs’ Legacy: An Actual Consumer Model For Digital Content
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Steve Jobs was the man who halted one media sector’s slide in to oblivion. Bringing others to a 21st Century cast in his likeness is a proje… Read more »
Why The Tech Industry Knows We’ll Never See Another Steve Jobs
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The tech industry is a young person’s game: reinvented every five years by those fortunate enough to make a name with a brilliant idea and t… Read more »
Apple Co-Founder And Chairman Steve Jobs Has Died
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs has died, the company said late Wednesday. He was 56. Read more »
A Few Questions Remain About iCloud, iTunes Features With A Week To Go
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) chose to spend most of its time during its special event Tuesday recapping the company’s strengths and highlighting the n… Read more »
Apple’s iCloud Set For October 12th Debut, Will Have ‘Find My Friends’ App
Apple’s redesigned Internet services portal, iCloud, will arrive next week for iPhone and iPad users looking to sync music, contacts, and ot… Read more »
Apple’s ‘iTunes In The Cloud’ Gets European Go-Ahead
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is to announce a European rollout of the music storage service iCloud, with the U.K. expected to be the first major marke… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-29-11
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» The Key To The Kindle Fire: It’s Not Taking On Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Directly (paidContent)
» Murdoch’s ‘Daily’ Has 12… Read more »
Can Publishers Capitalize On Kindle Tablet To Boost’ Digital Downloads?
Publishers are once again rubbing their hands together over the new possibility of another, non-Apple-owned avenue for selling digital versi… Read more »
Documentary Streamer SnagFilms Adds Drama, Wider Mobile Distribution
Indie documentary video streaming service SnagFilms making good on some of the changes it proposed earlier this year, when it raised $10 mil… Read more »
As iCloud Launch Nears, Apple Still Mulling Best Way To Manage Multiple IDs
Managing multiple personalities is hard enough offline, but it’s also difficult on the Internet. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is reportedly working to… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-13-11: Samsung; Apple/China; Dolby/RIM; Nokia; HP Refunds
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» In the patent battles with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), software is Samsung’s Achille… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-7-11: Phone Tracking; RIM; iPhone 5; iPad Australia
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» A victory for civil liberties companies, and a possible shadow for some mobi… Read more »
Apple Promotes Internet Czar Eddy Cue, Now Reports Directly To CEO Cook
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has made the second move in a long-awaited succession plan following the decision of Chairman Steve Jobs to resign as CEO… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-01-11
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» Hulu Japan Launches WIth Movies, TV From CBS (NYSE: CBS), Sony (NYSE: SNE), Fox (NSDQ: NWS) & More But No Ads (paidContent)
&#… Read more »
Streaming Or Not, Apple’s iTunes Match Seems To Offer Advantages Of Both
To stream or not to stream? That is the question; whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of a flaky wireless connect… Read more »
Updated: New iOS 5 Beta Adds To iCloud Streaming Confusion
It looked like one of the mysteries of Apple’s new iTunes Match service has been solved as developer preview versions of the software make a… Read more »
Steve Jobs’ Greatest Legacy: Persuading The World To Pay For Content
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Ten years is, of course, a long time in media. Ten years ago, if you wanted to download some music, your best bet was Napster or one of the… Read more »
Apple Evicts TV Show Rentals From iTunes Store
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The iTunes Store is now part of the ownership society. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has removed the option to rent television shows from its online st… Read more »
At Long Last, The Apple Succession Plan Swings Into Action
It’s a day pretty much everyone knew was coming, and a day that everyone at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was dreading: the company’s iconic CEO, Steve… Read more »
Updated: Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO, Cook Taking Over
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who brought the company back from near-disaster to one of the world’s most valuable and ga… Read more »
What You Haven’t Been Waiting For: Soundtracks For E-Books
A few of the items on many e-book readers’ wish lists: Proper formatting. Accurate page numbers. Low prices. Sharing. Library lending. “Bett… Read more »
Netflix’s Chances After Rate Hike Remain Stronger Than Ever
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All through the past decade, observers in industry and on Wall Street have had a handful of reasons to discount Netflix’s efforts. First, th… Read more »
Advances In Android Carrier Billing: Vodafone First To Offer It In Europe
One of the promising selling points of Android, for carriers, was that, unlike Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), they would have more potential to get inv… Read more »
Reader’s Digest Subscriptions Come To The iPad
As part of its ongoing efforts to adapt its 89-year-old flagship to the digital age, Reader’s Digest subscriptions are now available through… Read more »
Can HTC’s $300M Stake In Beats Electronics Crack Apple’s Music Stronghold?
HTC is taking one more strategic investment in digital content, this time in music. The company today is expected to announce that it is mak… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-10-11: Amazon/Apple; Moto; Walmart; Nuance; AT&T/T-Mo
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple/Amazon: One solution to the change in charging terms that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has m… Read more »
Apple Could Be Near Launch Of iTunes Replay For Re-Downloading Movies
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs said in March that 2011 would be the year of the iPad 2, but it has really been the year of the Internet a… Read more »
Glamour Looks To Mobile And Social For September Print Promotion
The value of 2D barcodes by print magazines looking to connect with reader’s mobile phone activity is getting a big test of with Glamour’s l… Read more »
Condé Nast Digital Mags Drew Nearly 250K Downloads Since May
Condé Nast has managed to attract 242,000 digital edition customers within a six-week period after introducing subscriptions on Apple’s App… Read more »
Updated: Apple Forces Kindle, Nook, Kobo To Yank In-App Bookstores
See ya, Kindle app store: *Apple* has begun enforcing in-app purchasing restrictions for e-reading apps, with the Kindle, Kobo, and Nook and… Read more »
Updated: Borders’ Downfall And What’s Next
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Why did Borders fail and what does its shuttering mean for Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), book publishers and others? Here is our FAQ. Read more »
Apple’s Runaway Train: 9.25 Million iPads, 20 Million iPhones Sold In Q3
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One of these days Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may see a slowdown in its business, but it most emphatically did not happen over the last three months.… Read more »
Harry Potter iPad App Hits It Big Despite Hefty Price
photo: Harry Potter Film Wizardry
Would you pay $12.99 for a Harry Potter book app? Probably, if you’re one of the people who helped shatter records for the midnight screenin… Read more »
