Friday, December 4, 2009 8:30PM - By Seraphina L.
This morning was buzzing with technology gossip in regards to the rumor of Apple buying Lala. Everyone from CNET, Wired, and the New York Times has reported their concern over this monopoly, and now we are reporting that Apple has officially acquired Lala. It’s done.
As if Apple weren’t already dominating all music businesses already, they have now have successfully bought their way into the “cloud” music industry where they can offer full streaming as well. At first the news may write Apple as a greedy company who determines to stay on top. However, you’ll be surprised to learn how it all initially went down. More info after the jump!
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Friday, October 2, 2009 5:29PM - By Laura Aguirre
It’s settled, Eminem won’t have to go to court with Apple. According to the Associated Press, Apple Inc. and Eminem’s music publisher, Eight Mile Style have settled a lawsuit over the digital downloading rights to many of the Detroit rapper’s songs.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:38AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Rap star Eminem and Apple are looking at a date in court if both parties are unable to broker a deal concerning a lawsuit about whether the rapper’s music could be used with iTunes.
Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s music publisher, and another plaintiff, Martin Affiliated, are claiming in a lawsuit in federal court in Detroit that Apple was never authorized to use 93 songs in a downloadable format on iTunes, according to a Reuters report.
If a deal is not reached by the end of today (9-23), the case will go before a federal court in Michigan in a non-jury trial set to open Thursday.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:56AM - By Andy Keil
Yesterday was a big day for Apple. The iPod Nano got outfitted with video, the iPod Touch doubled in size, and most importantly, Steve Jobs was back from his liver transplant and in full fighting force. While there was no official announcement of The Beatles coming to iTunes, there was still plenty of excitement, and thanks to Wired we have the whole rundown.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 6:28PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
It’s the eve of Apple’s “It’s Only Rock and Roll” event in San Francisco, and The Beatles-to-iTunes rumors have reached a fever pitch. Things really got saucy earlier when Sky News reported that the Beatles catalog would be available on iTunes. Their source? None other than Yoko Ono!
The article was quickly yanked down, but not before fueling speculation of the long-awaited debut of the Fab Four on iTunes.
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Monday, August 31, 2009 10:17AM - By Andy Keil
After all the rumors, we finally have a confirmed date for the Apple event, September 9, according to an article on Crunch Gear. The event has a musical theme based after the Rolling Stones song “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It)”. When it comes to Apple events, the music theme means only one thing, new iPods.
According to the rumors, the new line of iPods will be adding cameras to their feature list. I know, I know, the touch already has one but the classic and nano will be getting them as well, according to Electricpig. The digital imaging specialists OmniVision singed a deal that will make them the sole suppliers of the 3.2 megapixel CMOS imaging sensor for the new iPod lineup, says Digitimes.
If that’s not enough evidence for you, insiders at Apple Authorized Resellers have told Ars Technica that current iPod stock is running low and the 08-09 models have been discontinued. Now that truly means only one thing (unless Apple has decided to give up on the most ubiquitous media player one the market,) new iPods.
Will you buy into the new round of iPods?
Friday, August 28, 2009 1:10PM - By Andy Keil
For those who don’t know, Spotify is a program that streams music from most major record labels (support for the independents is on the way) at the click of the button. Unfortunately, it’s only available if you live in the U.K., or if you are amongst the select few in the U.S. who is sent an invite code for the service.
There is hope for the rest of us since Spotify has been planning a stateside launch for late summer according to an interview with founder Daniel Ek.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:21AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Simply stated: RealNetworks has developed an iPhone application that brings the Rhapsody music service to the iPhone and iPod touch.
RealNetworks unveiled their latest endeavor here, plus video demonstration. But here’s where the fun begins. Right now it’s unclear whether or not Apple will even approve the Rhapsody application or not. The application will be submitted this week.
To grease the wheels a little, Rhapsody is linking instant song purchases to iTunes, not the Rhapsody store.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:46AM - By Seraphina L.
iTunes continues to climb its way up the ladder to their final destination: Total domination in sales.
They’ve made a few changes here and there with the 3-tier pricing but it seems like it hasn’t phased digital consumers out there one bit. According to a release statement the NPD Group, Apple’s iTunes accounts for 25 percent of all music units sold, up from 14 percent in 2007 and 21 percent in 2008.
Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for NPD, states, “The growth of legal digital music downloads, and Apple’s success in holding that market, has increased iTunes’s overall strength in the retail music category.” This is very true, except we’re not sure how steady the rate of legal or illegal downloads will be.
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