Last year was an interesting, but ever-so-slightly dull year for most Apple fans. In 2011 we got the new iPad which sold in record numbers, Cupertino finally launched the Verizon iPhone (January), the elusive white iPhone 4 (April) and the iPhone 4S (October). Sprint customers cheered at receiving the iPhone for the first time too - sadly, Tmo users...

This Week on TiP (Dec 19-28): An untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 devices with an A4 processor and below is finally available, there are rumors of a major redesign in the iPhone's future, iTunes Match goes live in 17 countries, and more! - iOS 5 untethered jailbreak tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/cacovrk - Corona update: http://tinyurl.com/c39pmq7 - iPhone 6...

  Did you get a new iDevice for Christmas? Many people did, and now's the time when they're going to be setting up all their new apps and services. One Apple program that's probably going to get a lot of traffic over the next few days is iTunes Match. iTunes Match launched last month, but many consumers are still a bit unclear as to what it...

Apple has officially launched it's annual 12 Days of Christmas giveaway. Customers who download the application will have access to free music, videos and even books from now until January 6. The first round of freebies is a copy of Coldplay's live EP from a recent iTunes Festival in London. Each download is only available for 24 hours, so if you...

The iTunes Match international release has hardly been the smoothest operation by Apple. The company "accidentally" flipped the on switch early, and many hopeful subscribers were reduced to needing a refund. Others, like me, simply received a message stating that new subscriptions were unavailable. Thankfully, the iTunes Match service has now been...

Many outside the US will have been excited at the news that Apple's music matching and streaming service was launched to them. Unfortunately, there were many who experienced issues when trying to sign up. One person even got his paid subscription refunded. Intrigued, I attempted to sign up in the UK, and got the polite and informative message letting me...

It's not been long since iTunes Match launched (late) in the States, and already there are reports of premature launching internationally. The $24.99 per year cloud service is the first attempt by Apple to create a music streaming feature within its ecosystem, allowing users the ability to free up space on their iDevices. Last we'd heard, Apple was...

I've never really seen the Apple TV as a contender in the online video sphere. There's very little advertisement for the product, it doesn't run iOS and it's even been described by Apple as a hobby. That's why I was so surprised to learn that this little hobby is expected to steal a whopping 32% of the "Connect TV Player" marketshare, as stated in a...

Apple has just released the latest public version of iTunes, version 10.5.1 contains a few updates. Most notable is the inclusion of iTunes Match, Apple's cloud based music service. iTunes Match will allow users to match any songs they have in iTunes in iCloud, no uploading necessary unless they don't have your song in their vast library. It costs...

Since iOS 5 and iCloud have been announced, there's only been one service that hasn't seen consumer devices yet. iTunes Match, which got the 'One more thing' title from Steve at WWDC, was originally going to launch by the end of October. It got so close to launching, Apple wiped all developer music libraries from their servers on October 29. Then,...