MobileMe has one year to live: Apple shuts down service June 2012
We all knew it was coming, and now Apple has made it official by giving MobileMe users one more year with the service before iCloud fully takes over.
Apple iCloud: Everything you need to know
Apple's new iCloud service will allow users to sync content, including documents, photos and music, across multiple devices. Here's everything you need to know about what iCloud will and won't do, and how it could help change the landscape of cloud computing.
Apple fronting $100+ million to launch iCloud
Rumor has it that Apple is paying each of the four major music labels somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 to $50 million in advance payment to launch its iCloud music service.
Apple’s cloud music service scans user’s iTunes library for content, sources say
Apple's cloud-based music streaming service will reportedly scan each user's music library and then populate their streaming playlist with mirrored content, regardless of whether or not the source material comes from the iTunes Store.
Apple patent confirms cloud-based iTunes music service
The writing is on the wall: A new Apple patent confirms that the company has a cloud-based iTunes service in the work, and it includes some ingenious solutions to common media streaming problems.
Microsoft, Nokia, and more go after Apple’s App Store trademark
Microsoft, Nokia, HTC, and Sony Ericsson have all filed objections to Apple getting an App Store trademark in Europe.
The music industry reacts to Google Music
From the sounds of it, Google may have burned some bridges with record labels.
Condè Nast bringing The New Yorker and more to the iPad
Apple bags another quality publisher and will add a slew of new magazines and subscriptions to the iPad.
Rockstar Games partners with jazz label Verve Records for L.A. Noire remix project
Rockstar Games announces the soundtrack details for L.A. Noire, including a partnership with Verve Records on a six-song remix EP, L.A. Noire: Remixed.
Spotify music download service launches in Europe with iPod support, free playlist syncing
Swedish music streaming service Spotify launches a major update, adding music downloads, free wireless playlist sync for mobile apps and support for iPod device management.
Amazon cuts cost of hit songs to 69 cents
Amazon has cut the cost of some top songs in its MP3 music store to 69 cents in a bid to take music lovers away from Apple's iTunes store.
Read the fine print: Why the lawsuits over phone location tracking are bogus
Two Michigan men are suing Google for tracking their locations without a warrant. Here's why the lawsuits over phone location tracking don't make sense, and why the legal leeches deserve to lose.
Apple’s cloud-based iTunes gets record labels’ blessing
Apple: 1, Google: 0. Apple has reached an agreement with Warner Music, and possibly other record labels, and is quickly on its way to the cloud.
Apple requests iTunes monopoly lawsuit be dropped
Apple has made a request to a federal judge to drop a lawsuit that claims restrictions previously made to music downloaded through iTunes were anticompetitive.
Apple poaches Microsoft’s cloud computing expert
Microsoft data center "guru" Kevin Timmons has reportedly left Redmond for a new home at Apple. Cloud-based iTunes coming soon?
Apple to launch revolutionary cloud-based TV service, says analyst
Apple has forever altered the music industry with its popular products. But now, says analyst Peter Misek, Apple plans to launch new products and services that will transform the television industry as well.
Atari launches greatest hits collection for iOS
Atari has mined 100 titles from its archives and has served them up in a tidy Greatest Hits collection available in Apple's App Store.
Android Music 3.0 app with cloud streaming leaked
A "failed" Android update has revealed new details about Google's Android Music 3.0 app, which will apparently feature music streaming functionality.
‘Lame’ Color photo-sharing app to address user complaints with update next week
Color, a new mobile app that shares users' photos with any other nearby user, has been pounded by bad reviews in the first 24 hours after its release. But the company is listening, and says an update to address the complaints is on its way.
Google Music launch appears imminent
Sources say Google has begun in-house testing of its rumored streaming music service, Google Music, which indicates an impending release.
Steve Jobs ordered to answer questions in iTunes-related antitrust case
A federal judge has ordered Apple CEO Steve Jobs to submit to questioning relating to a 2004 iPod software update which rendered content purchased from competing digital music store Harmony inoperable on the device.
Apple said to launch free MobileMe in April
Once again, rumors have surfaced that Apple plans to launch a free version of its MobileMe service, possibly as early as next month.
Best St. Patrick’s Day iPhone apps
Find the nearest happy hour, play some drinking games, and even look up Irish recipes with our best St. Patty's Day iPhone apps.
Turning to tech: How to aid Japan relief efforts
Ordinary services like iTunes, Groupon and Facebook are making it easier to help make your contribution to post-tsunami relief efforts.
NPD: Netflix handles 61 percent of streamed movies
NPD says Netflix handled 61 percent of downloaded and streamed movies between January and February 2011...and Comcast placing a distant second at 8 percent.
Jon Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs killed the music industry
Jon Bon Jovi is disillusioned with the state of the music industry -- and it's Steve Jobs fault.
Instapaper 3.0 hits iTunes App Store
Instapaper 3.0, now available on the App Store, includes some very social updates.
Microsoft Ventura project to bring multimedia discovery
A Microsoft job posting makes its look like the company is considering a move to a cloud-hosted multimedia service currently dubbed "Ventura."
RIM’s tablet to include iTunes rival music service
RIM plans to challenge Apple's dominance of the digital music market with the inclusion of the 7Digital music store on its forthcoming PlayBook tablet.
The death of DVD
It's been a long time coming: Facebook video streaming and a gang of similar competitors could be the straw that will break the DVD's back.
Angry Birds to break through to Facebook
With best-selling mobile game Angry Birds about to cross the 100 million downloads threshold, Rovio says the game is about to fly onto Facebook.
Apple allegedly in talks with record companies over repeat iTunes downloads
A new report indicates that Apple is in talks with the major record companies to negotiate new iTunes functionality that would allow users to download music files an unlimited number of times, to multiple devices.
iTunes 10.2 released with iPad 2, iOS 4.3 support
Apple releases iTunes version 10.2 in preparation for the arrival of the iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 next Friday.
Apple wants to improve iTunes file quality
Apple will pave the way toward a heightened digital music experience with an iTunes file upgrade. But are consumers willing to pay for improved audio?
Rejected: Readability creator says Apple policy “smacks of greed”
Apple has rejected another reading app due to a lack of iTunes billing integration and the publisher is not happy about it.
Google may debut new music service with Honeycomb
The iTunes shackles may be loosened, as Google could potentially be introducing its own music service with Honeycomb at the end of February.
Sony brings music streaming iTunes challenger to U.S.
Sony prepares to debut streaming iTunes competitor Music Unlimited powered by Qrirocity in the United States.
Take that, Apple: Google unleashes its own content payment plan, One Pass
Google takes on Apple with the launch of its "open and flexible" digital content micropayment system, One Pass.