While Twitter #music technically qualifies as a discovery tool, it’s probably more accurate to describe it as a rediscovery tool.
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Twitter #Music Is Officially a Thing, Folds In Rdio, Spotify and iTunes
The music discovery service Twitter’s been testing privately for some time is officially here.
Apple Patents a System for Second-Hand iTunes Sales
Although the general understanding with digital goods is that you can’t resell them, Apple and other tech firms don’t necessarily agree.
Highway to Sell: AC/DC Now Available on iTunes
AC/DC, a longtime iTunes holdout, has decided to join the digital age.
Good Deal: $100 iTunes Gift Cards for $80 at Best Buy, Today Only
Apple User Gets $10,000 iTunes Card for Downloading 25 Billionth App
And a great hush came over the world as Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China initiated the download of Where’s My Water? Free.
Free though the app may have been, Chunli Fu’s fortuitous timing ultimately resulted in the awarding of …
How to Auto-Embed Album Art in Your iTunes Tracks
It’s that time again: When the evil, obsessive-compulsive, mirror-verse me starts picking at piles of disorganized digital information, speaking in sepulchral tones: “Time to get to work, Matt.” This time it’s my iTunes library …
Sony Music Chided for Upping Price of Whitney Houston iTunes Album
According to a report by The Guardian, the price of Whitney Houston’s album, The Ultimate Collection, apparently found itself the subject of a 60% price increase in Apple’s iTunes music store shortly following the 48-year-old …
What ‘Ownership’ Means for Digital Media (Hint: Not Much)
Here’s a question: When you buy digital media, what are you actually getting for your money?
Actual ownership over a copy of the media — a la analog media purchases — or just permission to watch/read/listen to something …
Apple Finally Rolls Out ‘iTunes Match’ Cloud Music Storage
Originally promised in October, Apple’s $25-per-year iTunes Match service has finally gone live. Unlike competing services that let you upload your songs “to the cloud” for easy access from other computers and portable devices, …
Pete Townshend Calls iTunes a ‘Digital Vampire’ that Hurts Musicians
Apple’s iTunes may have ushered in a digital revolution to the music industry, making music more affordable and—in tandem with the iPod and other MP3 players—more of a feature in people’s day-to-day lives, but according to Pete Townshend, iTunes is a “digital vampire” that’s bleeding musicians by taking a commission for each download …
No iCloud Movies Yet, but Apple’s Working On It
Don’t blame Apple for the iCloud’s inability to stream and re-download iTunes movies. The issue here is a Hollywood system full of complications and competing interests.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s in talks with Hollywood studios for the rights to include movies in iCloud. At present, you can use iCloud to re-download …
