Tag archive: Eddy Cue

According to a report by AllThingsD.com, Apple has already planned its first event of 2012, and it has been scheduled for the end of January. However, before you rush to put your iPad 2 on eBay, it's unlikely to herald the arrival of the iPad 3, or in fact, any new hardware. As with most rumors surrounding Apple, the story is attributed to chatty “sources close to the situation,” and they're describing the gathering as… Read More

Apple is in the midst of wrapping up a landmark year right now, managing to push past $100 billion in revenue for the first time in the company's history. As a “thank you” to the top executives responsible for overseeing this achievement, the Mac-maker is handing out one million shares of stock in all to seven key senior vice presidents, according to The Wall Street Journal (via MacRumors). The seven recipients are: Eddy Cue… Read More

Apple has announced that Fox and CBS are now offering high-definition television shows for sale via the iTunes store, joining ABC and NBC. High-definition shows joining the iTunes lineup include installments of CBS's CSI franchise along with Numb3rs and NCIS; Fox shows available in HD on iTunes will includqe Bones, House, and Prison Break. Tallied up, iTunes now carries more than 70 primetime shows from major broadcast networks,… Read More

Apple's MobileMe service aimed to be “Exchange for the rest of us,” and that's proven to be far truer than the company hoped, as the service's launch was plagued by lost mail and connectivity issues…you know, the same thing corporate and enterprise users and Microsoft's Exchange service have been dealing with for years. The rocky launch already prompted Apple to add 30 days to subscriptions to the… Read More

In an internal message sent to employees, Apple CEO Steve Jobs discussed Apple's recently-launched—and problem-plagued—MobileMe service, and admitted the company launched the service too soon, with the result that MobileMe didn't meet Apple's high standards. “It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software, and the App Store,” Jobs wrote. “We all had more… Read More

If you’re too cheap to spring for a $160-a-month cable package, but still want to catch Tony Soprano knocking off a few guys now and then, HBO now offers a slightly more affordable way to access its programming: iTunes.  HBO and Apple jointly announced on Tuesday that many of the cable channel’s programs have arrived at the iTunes store for download. Apple will initially offer six HBO series on iTunes, including The… Read More

New music sales figures for January and February of 2008 from market research firm NPD show that Apple has become the top music retailer in the United States, taking over the top slot from Wal-mart. According to NPD, some 19 percent of music sold in the United States during January and February of 2008 went to iTunes, while Wal-mart accounted for 15 percent of all domestic music sales. Best Buy took third place, with Amazon.com and Target… Read More

Weeks after Amazon directly challenged the iTunes store with an online music library comprised completely of DRM-free music, Apple seems to be feeling the heat and has reduced prices on its own DRM-free offerings. On Tuesday, Apple cut  the prices on its iTunes Plus catalog to 99 cents per song, down from $1.29. According to Apple, the iTunes store will continue to build its collection of unprotected tracks. “We’re adding… Read More

Apple has expanded offerings in the UK version of its iTunes Store to include television programming from the U.S. broadcast network ABC, its parent company Disney, as well as Viacom properties MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount. The new offerings currently include 28 programs, including ABC hits like Lost,Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives, Disney shots like Kim Possible and That's So Raven, along with MTV reality series… Read More

Apple announced today that its iTunes store has sold its three billionth song, putting another feather in the cap of Steve Jobs' "experiment" with digital music. Music sales via the iTunes store recently surpassed both Amazon.com and Target, making iTunes, the third largest music retailer in the United States. "We'd like to thank all of our customers who have contributed to this incredible milestone," said… Read More

Recent figures on U.S. music sales tend to indicate the digital single is exerting a strong influence over the online music industry, as online music stores offer consumer the ability to cherry-pick albums and pay for only their favorite tracks, rather than buying the whole thing. Maybe albums are on the way out, but Apple's iTunes has rolled out a new “Complete My Album” feature which enables consumers to purchase and… Read More

Apple's still marketing-dominating iTunes Music Store has added more shows to its download-to-own video service, this time encompassing “hit” shows from E! Entertainmnet Television. iTunes will be carrying new weekly episodes of the second season of The Girls Next Door beginning July 31, the new seaso of Dr. 90120, as well as new episodes of The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part. As with other iTunes video offerings,… Read More

Apple Computer and MTV Networks (a unit of Viacom) have inked a deal to make a wide range MTV Networks video content available for sale at Apple's iTunes Music Store. Some MTV Networks programming debuted on iTunes in early 2006 (with South Park alone selling more than 1 million episodes); the companies now look to deepen the relationship and offer a deeper body o content which crosses more genre and demographic boundaries.… Read More

Fox and Apple today announced that a wide array of Fox programming was now available for purchase and download through the online iTunes Music Store. With these additions, iTunes now offers over 90 TV shows for $1.99 per episode. As part of the new offerings, said the two companies, Fox will make available programming from the Fox Network, FX, Speed, Fuel TV and the 20th Century Fox Television library. Specific programs which will be… Read More

CBS Sports and Apple yesterday said they would be bringing the 2006 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship to the iTunes Music Store in the form of condensed versions of each game. These games will be available for download for $1.99 per game or $19.99 for all 63 via the new "Season Pass" feature, which automatically places each game in a download queue to be delivered to a subscriber's computer. Each game, said Apple and… Read More