Apple Said To Be Readying 99 Cent iTunes Rentals, Sept. 7 Event

We’ve heard this before, haven’t we?

Apple Shoves ‘Lite’ Apps into ‘Try Before You Buy’ Section

If you’ve made your way through the iPhone’s App Store, you’ve no doubt noticed several apps being sold for a certain price alongside a “lite” version of the same app. It’s more or less a feature-restricted version of the app meant to entice you to buy the full version.

MobileMe iDisk App Update Brings Streaming Music Support, Legal Questions

If you’re a MobileMe subscriber and use Apple’s cloud-based iDisk service, the latest mobile version allows you to stream music files from your storage space directly to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. That update was pushed out about a month ago and made some headlines as people began to ponder whether Apple was paving [...]

Apple’s Unannounced Lala Implementation Delayed

CNET is reporting that an unexpected video feature is currently holding up Apple’s rumored cloud-based iTunes rollout. What’s interesting about this story is that Apple hasn’t said a word about their acquisition of Lala and CNET is saying that its implementation is somehow delayed.

Why I Hate DRM (Example 147,000,000)

I am really late to the party, but since I saw my first series in 2007, I’ve been crazy about Doctor Who. My Netflix queue is almost entirely old Tom Baker stories, and all four New Who series. (The remainder is mostly MST3K, if anyone was wondering what kind of stuff I like to watch [...]

Google’s Rumored Music Store and Why It Just Might Work

Rumors of a Google-backed music service aren’t necessarily new by any means but CNET has recently re-fanned the flames by citing “multiple music industry sources” as saying “Google could launch a music service that offers song downloads and streaming music as early as this fall.”

Poll: Does Twitter’s New App Really Matter?

Today, Twitter announced that it’s (finally) rolling out an iPhone app, after a few years of using third-party apps like Tweetie or Twitterific. Will you make the switch or can the other guys do it just as well?

Lala Shuttering May 31, So What?

Word came down from the hilltop last week that lala.com would be closing up shop at the end of this month. The whole of the Internet and its gaggle of pundits were quick to jump on the ‘iTunes.com is coming!’ bandwagon. I, for one, thought the same thing. Why else would Apple have purchased lala [...]

Warren Ellis’ Iron Man Extremis Motion Comic Coming 4/16

We just received a special care package from Tony Stark informing us that Warren Ellis’ Iron Man Extremis will be released as a motion comic on April 16th and for the first time ever, you can download the first of six motion comics from iTunes, Xbox Live or Zune. My extended preview of the first [...]

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