iTunes

Does iTunes Match “trample” copyright laws?

itunes_golden_ticket At Apple's recent keynote address at WWDC, they touted iTunes Match as one of the greatest new features of iCloud. Steve Jobs even gave it the prestigious "one more thing" time slot. Clearly this was something Apple was excited about. For those that don't know, iTunes Match is one of the many services offered as part of iCloud. And, at $25 a year, it's also the... Read more »

‘iBooks’ bringing Apple into another lawsuit

iBooks I'd love to be one of Apple's team of lawyers right now - business is booming between patent and trademark lawsuits. This time a New York-based book publisher is filing a lawsuit against Apple's for its use of the "iBooks" moniker. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, alleges that Apple has infringed on their trademark with regards to the iBooks application. John T.... Read more »

iCloud music not available in UK until 2012?

british thumb A new report coming out of MacDailyNews states that when the iCloud music service goes live around September, the UK will not join in on the party (Sorry, Cam). Citing an article from The Telegraph, the MDN article states that iCloud will not go live in the UK until "at least quarter one of 2012." According to a spokesperson for the Performing Right Society... Read more »

iOS 5 Hands-on: Major Features [VID]

Screen shot 2011-06-09 at 3.57.57 PM Jake takes a look at the major features of the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 5. Including: Notifications Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, Twitter, Camera & Photo improvements, Safari improvements, and more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXf0i_w1wgw - Follow me on... Read more »

iTunes 10.3: free music not in the cloud

iTunes in the cloud So, one of the new features rolled out in iTunes 10.3 as part of iCloud allows you to view your download history for your Apps, Books, and Music. This lets you re-download songs that you have since gotten rid of, for no extra charge or sync them to your other devices. Well, when I went to go check out this feature, I found something of interest. It only shows you the... Read more »

iTunes Match: piracy plus or protection?

iPirate iTunes Match is undoubtedly one of the most controversial services ever released by Apple. Apple recently announced its iCloud service which allows users to upload their music purchased from iTunes to the cloud for free. They can then access their songs anywhere and anytime on any of their iOS devices. However, iCloud only works with music that has been purchased... Read more »

WWDC keynote video stream condensed into 2 minutes

sjobs_wwdc11_keynote Don't have time to watch a two hour long keynote? Guess what, you don't have too. Some video-editors have condensed the super-long keynote into a measly two minutes, highlighting everything that was important in the keynote, while still saving your precious time. This goes extremely fast, so don't blink (figuratively, of... Read more »

iOS 5 brings support for custom tones

Screen shot 2011-06-08 at 18.47.51 Yet another nail is being pounded into a jailbreaker's heart. First, Apple kills the main untether exploit. Then, they make notification center available to users with iOS 5, enticing even more people to leave their jailbreaks behind. Apple is truly drilling in the next nail into the jailbreak coffin by including with iOS 5 a text-tone store, where users will be able... Read more »

WWDC keynote video stream and iOS 5 promo vids published

Screen shot 2011-06-07 at 14.51.05 Yesterday afternoon, just shortly after the WWDC keynote ended, Apple published the entire video stream on its site. Unfortunately there's no embeddable version to show you here, but here's the link: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/11piubpwiqubf06/event/ Apple has also published promotional videos for iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion on YouTube. Check them out... Read more »

iTunes 10.3 is out now! (iTunes in the cloud beta)

Screen shot 2011-06-07 at 14.07.37 The new version of iTunes, 10.3, has been released and is available here. This beta version of iTunes utilizes some of the cloud features demoed yesterday, including downloading pre-purchased content. There's not a lot different. The main talking point is in the image above (click image for full size view). In the iTunes store you can now click a 'new'... Read more »