Gartner’s Tablet Outlook: Rosy Picture For The iPad

By Ingrid Lunden

Apr. 11, 2011 - 3:16 PM EDT Apr. 11, 2011 - 3:16 PM EDT

photo: Tom Krazit

The counterpoint to last week’s data from Gartner that spelled out near and long-term victory for Android: in tablets, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ru… Read more »

RIM Confirms Android Apps For PlayBook As Shares Fall On Weak Outlook

By Ingrid Lunden

Mar. 25, 2011 - 3:05 AM EDT Mar. 25, 2011 - 3:05 AM EDT

RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) this week finally gave a launch date and pricing for its much-anticipated PlayBook tablet, and the BlackBerry maker looks l… Read more »

Baidu Does A Google And Looks To Make Its Own Mobile OS

By Ingrid Lunden

Mar. 23, 2011 - 2:58 PM EDT Mar. 23, 2011 - 2:58 PM EDT

photo: AP Images

It’s been rumored for a while now that China’s Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) is keen to follow rival search giant Google (NSDQ: GOOG) into the smartpho… Read more »

RIM PlayBook: Starting At $499, Is It A Viable 2nd Or 3rd Tablet Brand?

By Ingrid Lunden

Mar. 22, 2011 - 5:13 PM EDT Mar. 22, 2011 - 5:13 PM EDT

RIM Introduces The Playbook, it's first tablet

photo: RIM

After months of anticipation, today RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) finally confirmed prices for its PlayBook tablet and a retail strategy to sell it: the… Read more »

Bestsellers: ‘Glee’ Songs Dominate Charts, But There’s A Twist This Week

By Amanda Natividad

Mar. 18, 2011 - 6:01 AM EDT Mar. 18, 2011 - 6:01 AM EDT

photo: Fox's Glee

A periodic look at digital content that is racing up the charts.

It’s no secret that Glee has a been huge hit on TV and on the music charts… Read more »

Daily Mobile Lowdown: Verizon iPhone; HP TouchPad; NSN/Motorola

By Ingrid Lunden

Mar. 16, 2011 - 3:54 PM EDT Mar. 16, 2011 - 3:54 PM EDT

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Verizon’s stake of iPhone sales; some details leak out on HP’s TouchPad tablet; Nokia (… Read more »

Who’s Xoom-ing Who? Trademark Lawsuit Hits Motorola On Eve Of Tablet Debut

By Ingrid Lunden

Feb. 24, 2011 - 3:48 PM EDT Feb. 24, 2011 - 3:48 PM EDT

We’ve seen lots of build-up to the debut of Motorola’s Xoom tablet today, but — wouldn’t you know it — there’s always someone there to spo… Read more »

Video: The HTC Flyer Makes The Retro Stylus Into A Social Tool

By Ingrid Lunden

Feb. 19, 2011 - 12:08 AM EDT Feb. 19, 2011 - 12:08 AM EDT

HTC put its newest and most talked-about devices of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — the two “Facebook phones” ChaCha and Salsa, an… Read more »

Video: Orange On NFC, Own-Brand Tablets, And Getting Nokiasoft Leverage

By Ingrid Lunden

Feb. 18, 2011 - 5:15 PM EDT Feb. 18, 2011 - 5:15 PM EDT

Sometimes being the early mover in technology doesn’t always make you the winner– just look at when Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GO… Read more »

Tablets: Apple Loses 20 Percent Market Share To Android In Just One Quarter

By Ingrid Lunden

Feb. 1, 2011 - 4:26 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2011 - 4:26 AM EDT

Someone at Samsung must have been a little red-faced today, when the mobile giant got called on how it reported its figures for the Galaxy T… Read more »

CES: Motorola Mobility Comes Out Fighting With Android 3.0 Tablet

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 6, 2011 - 4:18 PM EDT Jan. 6, 2011 - 4:18 PM EDT

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Mobility has come into being with a bang. On top of two exciting-looking new handsets — with AT&T, it debuted Atrix, w… Read more »

Google Weighing Up Its Own Newsstand, But Who’s Reading?

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 4, 2011 - 4:33 AM EDT Jan. 4, 2011 - 4:33 AM EDT

photo: AP Images

When it launched last year, the iPad was hailed as the fresh-faced savior of the beleaguered and tired publishing industry. That idea looks… Read more »

HDTV Maker Vizio Wades Into Android Pool With Two New Devices

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 3, 2011 - 8:05 PM EDT Jan. 3, 2011 - 8:05 PM EDT

Add one more consumer electronics name to the long list of those developing Android-based devices: ahead of the CES show starting this week,… Read more »

Mobile Bytes: Verizon’s LTE Device; PlayStation Phone; Moto, Palm Tablets

By Ingrid Lunden

Dec. 22, 2010 - 6:18 AM EDT Dec. 22, 2010 - 6:18 AM EDT

Verizon Wireless LTE Map By Year-End 2010

photo: Tricia Duryee

– Verizon’s LTE devices: As the carrier laid out plans for its nationwide LTE footprint earlier this month, it said it would give more deta… Read more »

Virgin Media, PushLife Offer iTunes Syncing On Android+RIM, But Not iPhones

By Ingrid Lunden

Dec. 10, 2010 - 4:46 PM EDT Dec. 10, 2010 - 4:46 PM EDT

Virgin Media has yet to go commercial on an all-you-can-eat music service it announced way back in June 2009, but it is still forging ahead… Read more »

Updated: Apple’s Mysterious News: Beatles Deal Done

By Ingrid Lunden

Nov. 15, 2010 - 11:22 PM EDT Nov. 15, 2010 - 11:22 PM EDT

photo: www.apple.com

Another day, and another oblique hint of something new from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). Today, the homepages of the company’s website and iTunes sto… Read more »

Why Sony’s Planned Music Store Won’t Start Out As A Serious iTunes Challenger

By Tameka Kee

Nov. 21, 2009 - 1:20 AM EDT Nov. 21, 2009 - 1:20 AM EDT

*Sony* keeps flip-flopping over adding music downloads to the PlayStation Network (PSN). After scrapping plans to add a music store to the g… Read more »

MySpace Music Gets A Shot Of Life With More Videos, Analytics, And iTunes

By Tameka Kee

Oct. 22, 2009 - 4:07 AM EDT Oct. 22, 2009 - 4:07 AM EDT

Not to be left out of the blitz of digital music news being made by Google and Facebook today, MySpace is rolling out major upgrades to MySp… Read more »

Sony Skipping iTunes on Michael Jackson Release…

By Digital Music News

Oct. 14, 2009 - 5:18 PM EDT Oct. 14, 2009 - 5:18 PM EDT

The iTunes Store will not be offering downloads from Michael Jackson’s posthumous album, This Is It, according to confidential information l… Read more »

Apple’s New Plans For Wireless Downloads

By Tameka Kee

May. 9, 2009 - 1:27 AM EDT May. 9, 2009 - 1:27 AM EDT

*Apple* already sells iPods through kiosks in airports and stores, but the company also has plans for units that will let people load up on… Read more »

iPhone Bits: 5 Apps Median For Smartphone Users (iPhone Included); Inquisitor; App Store; Patent

By James Quintana Pearce

Mar. 6, 2009 - 4:17 AM EDT Mar. 6, 2009 - 4:17 AM EDT

Everyone knows that Apple’s App Store is a huge success — at the beginning of December it was announced that 300 million applications had b… Read more »

Whither iTunes Downloads? Band Releases Entire Discography Through App Store

By Robert Andrews

Feb. 19, 2009 - 8:49 PM EDT Feb. 19, 2009 - 8:49 PM EDT

Here’s a novel one – the Presidents Of The United States band has released all four of its albums to the iPhone – not just as music download… Read more »

Confirmed: Apple Dropping DRM Across iTunes, New Pricing Structure, 3G Downloads

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 7, 2009 - 12:41 AM EDT Jan. 7, 2009 - 12:41 AM EDT

Just before Tony Bennett sang goodbye to the Moscone Center faithful with “I Left My Heart In San Francisco,” Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) confirmed a… Read more »

Amazon Brings MP3 To UK, Baits Rivals With £3 Albums

By Patrick Smith

Dec. 3, 2008 - 5:06 PM EDT Dec. 3, 2008 - 5:06 PM EDT

The best way to take on the UK MP3 download market? If you’re Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), by stealth. Today the e-tail giant quietly brought its MP… Read more »

Beatles Tracks Not Coming To iTunes Any Time Soon; McCartney: Talks At An Impasse

By David Kaplan

Nov. 25, 2008 - 4:44 AM EDT Nov. 25, 2008 - 4:44 AM EDT

Sir Paul McCartney has thrown some cold water on hopes that Beatles’ recordings would finally make it to iTunes, saying that negotiations wi… Read more »

Music Sellers Try Fighting iTunes With ‘MP3 Compatible’ Kitemark

By Robert Andrews

Nov. 4, 2008 - 9:31 PM EDT Nov. 4, 2008 - 9:31 PM EDT

Could this be the first serious threat to iTunes Store’s retail dominance? Seven other online music sellers have formed an alliance to promo… Read more »

iTunes TV Show Downloads Top 200 Million; Apple Store Now Includes HD From All Four Major Nets

By Tameka Kee

Oct. 16, 2008 - 9:34 PM EDT Oct. 16, 2008 - 9:34 PM EDT

Guess it’s a good thing that Apple made nice with NBC (or vice versa) so that NBC’s TV shows would be available on iTunes again, because the… Read more »

YouTube Adds Affiliate Links To Its Videos; Amazon and iTunes Downloads

By Rafat Ali

Oct. 8, 2008 - 3:51 AM EDT Oct. 8, 2008 - 3:51 AM EDT

And what took so long? YouTube has added a no-brainer: affiliate download links from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and iTunes for music and other kind… Read more »

Apple Threatens To Shut Down iTunes Store (Really) If Forced To Pay Higher Rates

By Joseph Weisenthal

Oct. 1, 2008 - 7:49 AM EDT Oct. 1, 2008 - 7:49 AM EDT

While we’re on the subject of music royalty rates… Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) says it might pull the plug on its uber-popular iTunes store if the… Read more »

iTunes Store Under Attack Over Consumer Rights In Norway

By MediaGuardian, Â© Guardian News & Media Ltd.

Sep. 29, 2008 - 8:01 PM EDT Sep. 29, 2008 - 8:01 PM EDT

By Jemima Kiss: Norway is pushing ahead with its mission to get Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to change its long-running locked-down content system. Co… Read more »

iTunes’ New Genius Engine: A Threat To Filters?

By Robert Andrews

Sep. 11, 2008 - 9:12 PM EDT Sep. 11, 2008 - 9:12 PM EDT

Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) addition of a music recommendation engine to iTunes this week will have brought a nervous gulp from those already in th… Read more »

NBCU-iTunes: Interview: JB Perrette, President, NBCU Digital Distribution: ‘A Lot Of Upside’

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 10, 2008 - 3:31 AM EDT Sep. 10, 2008 - 3:31 AM EDT

Had a chance to talk with JB Perrette by phone as he left San Francisco for NBCU’s leadership meetings in LA. Perrette, president of digital… Read more »

More On NBCU-iTunes: Free Episodes From Top Series In Standard Or HD; Premieres Before TV

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 9, 2008 - 11:32 PM EDT Sep. 9, 2008 - 11:32 PM EDT

Reunited and it feels so good … some more details on today’s announcement that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and NBCU are best friends again:

– A… Read more »

NBCU Back On iTunes; Return Announced At Today’s Apple Event

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 9, 2008 - 10:08 PM EDT Sep. 9, 2008 - 10:08 PM EDT

Updated: NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) return to the U.S. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes store will be was announced at the Steve Jobs show just get… Read more »

@ Apple Event: Refreshed iPod Product Line, iPhone Software 2,1 Update, iTunes 8

By Matt Kapko

Sep. 9, 2008 - 9:56 PM EDT Sep. 9, 2008 - 9:56 PM EDT

Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs took the stage in San Francisco this morning with a blaring quote overhead that read: “reports of my death a… Read more »

Music Labels Rethink iTunes, Again; Same Old Gripe of Album vs Singles

By Rafat Ali

Aug. 28, 2008 - 5:07 AM EDT Aug. 28, 2008 - 5:07 AM EDT

This has become the equivalent of first snowfall stories that local TV news stations do every year: this gripe against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iT… Read more »

Apple’s iTunes Subscription Service Rumors Crop Up Again; $129 a Year?

By Rafat Ali

Aug. 21, 2008 - 7:49 AM EDT Aug. 21, 2008 - 7:49 AM EDT

Like clockwork, the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes subscription music service rumors are cropping up, again, and three Apple sites — MacRumors,… Read more »

Broadband Content Bits: Blinkx TV Guide, VOD Regulation, Sky On iTunes

By Robert Andrews

Jul. 30, 2008 - 7:34 PM EDT Jul. 30, 2008 - 7:34 PM EDT

– Blinkx: Yet another product launch from the video search index – today it debuted a TV listings guide. Blinkx Remote merely links to prog… Read more »

Starbucks Continues Entertainment Pullback; Dropping Most CDs From Stores

By Staci D. Kramer

Jun. 26, 2008 - 9:33 AM EDT Jun. 26, 2008 - 9:33 AM EDT

Guess I owe Howard Schultz a thank you for helping me cut back on CD purchases … Starbucks is dramatically reducing the number of CDs carr… Read more »

Apple Says It Sold 5 Billion Songs; Could Movies Become A $100M Business?

By Rafat Ali

Jun. 19, 2008 - 10:51 PM EDT Jun. 19, 2008 - 10:51 PM EDT

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced today that it has sold a total of about 5 billion songs, up from the 4 billion mark it announced in Jan this ye… Read more »

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