Tag archive: iTunes

They say the value of an artist's work increases after he or she passes away, but not quite like this. Sony Music and Apple are both currently being criticized by fans in the United Kingdom for raising the price of soul and R&B singer Whitney Houston's greatest hits album just hours after the artist died Saturday afternoon. The particular 1997 album, The Ultimate Collection, was priced at £4.99 (or approximately $8) in the Apple… Read More

Piracy has been in the news a lot recently, thanks to extensive coverage of both the SOPA and PIPA bills, and the ongoing saga of Megaupload.com. Neither unpopular bills or the closing down of services also used for legitimate means are the solution to the problem though, so what is? While a complete solution may not even exist, there are steps that can be taken to cut down on the effects of piracy, provided someone is willing to put in the… Read More

Apple has sent out invitations for a media event to be held in New York City on January 19. But banish from your mind images of CEO Tim Cook strutting around a stage holding aloft the iPad 2 successor or iPhone 5—the tagline on the invitation reads, “Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple.” According to ApppleInsider, the event is rumored to involve the announcement of improvements to the iBooks platform, possibly connected to… Read More

According to the official Spotify Terms of Service, unlimited free music streaming will disappear at the end of next week for early adopters that started using Spotify in the United States on the launch date. Specifically mentioned in the ToS, it states ” The Spotify Service can be accessed as an ad-supported free-to-the-user service having no monthly cap on listening hours or a cap on number of plays of a unique track during the first 6… Read More

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

Whether you have loved ones thousands of miles away, or just revile the out-the-door holiday lines at the post office, it’s not always possible or practical to get a physical package to someone in time for Christmas. Rather than copping out with a cheesy virtual greeting card, dealing with arm-long customs forms to get your care package to Tajikistan, or spending twice to cost of your teddy bear to get it to Michigan overnight, may we suggest… Read More

We've been chomping at the bit to get our hands on Klipsch's new Gallery G-17 Air since we saw it earlier this year at CEDIA 2011. Our review sample hasn't shipped just yet, so we'll have to remain patient for a little while, but the good news here is that you don't have to.  The G-17 Air Airplay speaker is now available for sale at Klipsch's website for $550, and if ordered by December 20th, will arrive in… Read More

Despite a few false starts, Apple has started its international rollout of iTunes Match, their cloud-based music-matching service. The UK was among the first countries to report the service's activation, and it was soon joined by users from Ireland, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. iTunes Match scans your music collection and matches titles found in its own iTunes music database, then makes them available for… Read More

Market research firm Strategy Analytics has issued a new report that claims Apple has captured yet another market: TV set-top boxes. Strategy Analytics expects the market for TV set-top boxes to reach 12 million units this year, with Apple accounting for nearly one third of the market, or about 4 million units. The report also finds that Apple TV owners spend more money on movies and TV shows—although the numbers are surprisingly low for a… Read More

Apple announced today that downloads from its Mac App Store have surpassed the 100 million threshold less than a year after its debut. The makes the Mac App Store “the largest and fastest growing PC software store in the world,” says Apple. Despite this, its popularity still pales in comparison to the iTunes App Store, which saw more than 1 billion downloads only nine months after its launch. To help boast the importance of the Mac… Read More

Angry Birds celebrated its second birthday on December 11, and marked the occasion with an update to version 2.0 of the game. Rovio, the creator of the incredibly popular casual gaming phenomenon, has got plenty to celebrate too, boasting 500 million game downloads, the sale of 10 million toys and a company value of more than $1 billion. Angry Birds 2.0 is available through the iTunes App Store as a free update right now, and it contains 15… Read More

The iTunes App Store can be quite daunting when you don't know what you're looking to add to your iPod Touch. Currently, there are over 500,000 apps. They span range from the niche apps like calculating your blood alcohol content after a night of drinking to full on games. For every request there are dozens of apps that offer similar features. Which ones belong on your Touch? We've scoured the App Store and picked out a… Read More

Designed for the traveler, Vudu now allows users to download movies that have been purchased on the service. Previously, the service would only allow users to stream content over a PC or mobile device to watch a film or television show. This allows users to download an entire film similar to iTunes and watch at a later time. This also allows users with slower broadband connections to download an entire film instead of waiting for buffering… Read More

It's been a long wait, but Apple's music-in-the-cloud service is finally here with the introduction of iTunes Match. Like Google Music and Amazon's Cloud Player, the service aims to give users access to their entire music libraries on any of their iOS devices or computers running iTunes. The new service will cost you $24.99 each year, but with that users can upload up to 25,000 tracks (downloaded from iTunes or otherwise) to… Read More

Based off a survey of 3,000 Sodahead readers, the Apple iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S are the gifts that consumers are most interested in this holiday season. When it comes to electronics specifically, 39 percent of respondents want the iPhone 4S while 31 percent prefer the iPad 2. In addition, 17 percent want the Kindle Fire from Amazon and 13 percent would love to receive Microsoft's Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360. When it comes to… Read More