According to a new report from CNET which cites sources "familiar with the ongoing negotiations," Apple and Sony Music are working hard to finalize an agreement for Apple's iRadio streaming service. Apparently, what's giving Sony pause (pun intended) is the built-in song skip feature. Sony and Apple can't seem to reach an agreement regarding how much...

Apple has just released the latest version of iTunes for Mac OS X and Windows. The release follows the very drastic changes of iTunes 11.0.2, which brought improved searching, a brand new store and a redefined interface. 11.0.3 brings a new MiniPlayer, and support for Multi-Disc Albums, as well as performance updates in searching and sorting...

As you will undoubtedly have heard and seen for yourself, Apple's been running a 50 Billion App Countdown over the past couple of weeks. As with all major iTunes and App Store download milestones, there were prizes up for grabs for whoever downloaded that 50 billionth title. Today, Apple announced who it was and what he downloaded. The 50 billionth...

1. App Store hits 50 billion downloads Apple's been counting down to the 50 billion download mark for a few weeks now, and it finally reached it. We don't yet know who the lucky downloader is, but we probably will soon - he or she has won a $10,000 App Store gift card! Could you imagine winning 10 grand for downloading an app!? So awesome. 2. New Google...

According to Apple's website, iOS customers have officially downloaded 5o billion applications! As of now, there's no detail on what the 50 billionth app was or who downloaded it, but that person will receive a whopping $10,000 App Store gift card. Apple's also giving each of the next 5o customers following the 5o billionth download a $500 App Store...

Are you a Daft Punk fan and want to listen to the new album, right now, for free via iTunes? You can do just that. The entire album is available to stream for free right now on iTunes, all you have to do is the following: Open iTunes Search "Daft Punk" on the iTunes Store Click the "Artist Name" over on the right You will be presented with the...

Apple launching two-step verification for more secure access to Apple ID and iCloud logins seems like a distant memory, and you could be forgiven for thinking is was a widespread release touching all countries globally. It wasn't. When released, it was only available in the States, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Thankfully, Apple has now...

Microsoft famously turned the PC world upside down when it officially launched Windows 8, its brand new operating system for PC. The idea being to create a software than worked equally well on tablets and traditional computers. It didn't go swimmingly to begin with, as reports of people paying to downgrade to Windows 7 started to make their way...

1. Universal Music agreement This is one of the first concretely positive things we've heard about Apple's iRadio service in a while. It's definitely great news to hear that such a major record label is getting on board with Apple. It took some serious convincing back when iTunes was first launching, and obviously that turned out pretty well, so...

We've been talking about the iRadio for months but in case you missed it, this rumored music streaming service would be Apple's answer to Pandora and Spotify. With the enormous customer base of iTunes built right in and Apple's experience when it comes to online music, it would seem like iRadio couldn't fail. Of course, all that is assuming that the...