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Revenge of the record labels: Is it Apple's turn to knuckle-under?: Apple CEO Steve Jobs has had a knack for getting entire industries to knuckle under to his demands. It was just over a year ago that the four major record labels -- all of whom wanted more control over the pricing of downloaded songs from their artists --...; Tags: Security, Personal Technology, Legal, Hollywood On Demand, General, Entertainment, Apple; Blog posts 2007-07-05
Song of the Week (SotW) (zip): Always forgetting to download the latest free single of the week from the iTunes music store? Song of the Week (SotW) is a free widget to get you to the iTunes music store's free weekly song. Just click the image on Song of the Week (SotW) and download the free...; Tags: Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iTunes, Song Of The Week, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2007-07-04
Apple TV is a lead zeppelin: Apple TV is a lead zeppelinEyeTV, Recording, StreamingThe only reason I will pass on the Apple TV is my lack of a nice widescreen HDTV. I currently record about 20 hours of TV a week using an EyeTV Hybrid and would like to stream this to the living room along...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes Music Store, TV, Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes; Discussion threads 2007-02-27
Survey: iTunes music sales tumble in early 2006: Survey: iTunes music sales tumble in early 2006Others disagreeWhile Apple was expected to strongly deny this is the case, there are other analysts that disagree with the Forrester research:http://www.blackfriarsinc.com/blog/2006/12/do-math-itunes-sales-arent-collapsing.htmlIn addition to the Black Friars analysis, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is also disputing the numbers from Forrester's Josh Bernoff's writing.It...; Tags: Sales strategy, Digital music, Digital media, Sales force management, survey, Apple Inc., MP3, Apple iTunes Music Store, sales, iPODS, Apple iTunes; Discussion threads 2006-12-13
IE8 already, more Vista delays, big holiday gadget budgets, WinTel/AppTel to usurp living rooms, and Zillow under the tree?: IE8 already? Internet Explorer 7 is hardly out the door (in fact, Secunia has already found a second vulnerability in the newly-released browser) and Microsoft is already dropping hints about IE8, also known as IE Next, according to Mary Jo Foley.With IE 7 finally out the door, Microsoft has begun...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple iTunes Music Store; Blog posts 2006-10-26

Apple, Microsoft, and openness: Apple, Microsoft, and opennessIn the case of mail......I use Apple's "Mail" program to access all of my various e-mail accounts, including GMail. That's one thing that Google got right that Hotmail and Yahoo haven't, at least as far as my usage goes. I can configure my GMail account...; Tags: E-mail providers, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., music, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes Music Store; Discussion threads 2006-10-02
Summary of today's Apple announcements (no iPod phone): Summary of today's Apple announcements (no iPod phone)MonopolyGive it a rest with the monopoly rhetoric already.One. You do not need iTMS to play music on an iPod.Two. You do not need iTMS to get music at all.Three. You do not need an iPod to play music purchased from iTMS.Four. You...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Games, Digital rights management (DRM), phone, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iTunes, game, Apple iPod; Discussion threads 2006-09-12
Summary of today's Apple announcements (no iPod phone): I'm sitting here in my home office in northern Massachusetts trying to find out what Steve Jobs is saying at his product roll-out (taking place right now) and my first choice of sites to visit was Engadget. But I'm apparently not the only one who thinks Engadget is going...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Jobs, Apple iTunes Music Store; Blog posts 2006-09-12
As Zune looms, Napster UK gives away MP3 players (potential doorstops): Ever hear of ARPU? Average revenue per unit? Thats one of the metrics that cellular phone carriers ("cellcos" for short) use to gauge their success. Its also one of the reasons that the cost of your cell phone was either partially or entirely subsidized. Or, in my case (which...; Tags: ARPU, Napster Inc.; Blog posts 2006-09-12
My Apple-Expo 2006 predictions: My Apple-Expo 2006 predictionsAnnouncementTablet! Tablet! Tablet!Careful, you could get sued for writing about Apple.(NT)What about a media center product?I think Apple should sell a Media Center computer that would be somewhere between a mini and a mac pro. It would be twice as wide as a mini with Core 2...; Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., tablet PC, tablet, Apple iTunes Music Store, Mac tablet PC, MAC, PC; Discussion threads 2006-09-11
With Microsoft sucked into a DRM cat-n-mouse deathmatch, is Zune doomed?: While I was away on vacation, I caught George Ou's blog on how Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) copy protection technology (currently, the lynch-pin to its PlaysForSure ecosystem, and undoubtedly a foundational piece to its new iPod-killing Zune initiative) had been rendered useless by developers of the FairUse4WM "utility." FairUse4M...; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management; Blog posts 2006-09-07
MySpace to sell songs from indie bands: MySpace to sell songs from indie bandsNew Solutions to Old ProblemsSo you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star? Things are looking up. It sure ain't like it used to be. It just boggles the mind that someone as influential as Roger McGuinn has zero income stream to show for...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Like WTF, Apple iTunes Music Store, MySpace; Discussion threads 2006-09-02
Coming to an iPod near you: streaming and subscriptions: Coming to an iPod near you: streaming and subscriptionsi'm waiting!i'm waiting for something new to come out... full touch screen wireless... give it to me!FehNot a big fan of internet radio stations. I like to choose my own music, isn't that the whole point of an iPod?As for renting,...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Digital rights management (DRM), Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iPod, JHymn, Apple iTunes, subscription service, digital-rights management; Discussion threads 2006-08-28
Apple to meet with Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes over alleged unfairness of FairPlay: Apple to meet with Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes over alleged unfairness of FairPlayEasy solutionJust sell the songs without DRM in Norway. Problem solved.It's going to be intereresting to see where the tipping point is--when will there be more money to be made licensing FairPlay than in selling iPods? ...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., music, Apple iTunes Music Store, DRM is CRAP; Discussion threads 2006-08-17
Just what we needed: Another proprietary form of CRAP (DRM): I feel like Oliver Twist saying "Please sir, more." Are we sadomasochists asking for another beating from our dominatrixes (Steve Jobs: Head Mistress)? Go ahead. Send me some art. I'll use it. It's bad enough that if I download a video from the video section of...; Tags: Steve Jobs, digital-rights management; Blog posts 2006-05-09
Why an open standard for DRM won't prevent the DRM trainwreck: If you've been following my various rantings on this blog, particularly the ones about file formats (OpenDocument Format vs. Microsoft's Office XML-based formats) or digital restrictions management (DRM) [sic], or a lot of what I've written over the last five years about open standards and intellectual property, then you'll...; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes Music Store; Blog posts 2005-12-12
iTMS RSS (wdgt): The iTMS RSS Widget displays the current top 10, 25, 50, or 100 iTunes songs, albums, new releases, just added tracks, or featured albums and exclusives. It is highly customizable, as you can specify the: - iTMS country location. - Genre. - Whether you want the widget to display songs,...; Tags: Apple iTunes Music Store, Album, RSS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2005-07-13
Price wars looming for digital music?: Price wars looming for digital music?After all these subscription services...... kill each other off, I suspect the iTunes Music Store will still be shufflin' along.Subscription is stupid!Last year I only downloaded 33 songs, that's all I wanted.Will I wan 60, 80, 300 this year, I think not.I would have paid...; Tags: Digital media, Apple iTunes Music Store, Itunes Music, digital music; Discussion threads 2005-05-10
iTunes music store rolls into Europe: iTunes music store rolls into EuropeThe battle has just started.It will be interesting to see how well they do. I think The competition in Europe will be much tougher than the US. SOCAMIt's not a battle..As Apple is not competing with other services in the classic sense. Get that...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., AAC, Apple iTunes, Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iPod, computer; Discussion threads 2004-06-15
Apple, Sony on a collision course?: Apple, Sony on a collision course?Sony invented portable mass-market audio?[i]"Sony literally invented portable mass-market audio..."[/i]I don't think so. The transistor radio delivered portable mass-market audio at least 15 years before Walkman debuted.Sony's problemIMO, the problem with Sony computers is they are at least as expensive as their Apple counterparts...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Desktops, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Apple Macintosh, Apple iTunes Music Store; Discussion threads 2004-05-05