Tag: Itunes
Recreating album art for the digital age
WIRED magazine has an interesting article about how the advent of music downloads are changing not only how we play and store tracks, but also how the concept of the album cover is changing. No longer can artists assume that…
EMI goes DRM-free with Apple, but will other record labels follow suit?
Hurrah. So, EMI has announced plans to sell its entire music and video catalogue on iTunes without any DRM protection, from May. I'm assuming this isn't just an Apple thing either, as fellow online music retailer 7digital has already announced…
Why I don't want to Complete My Albums on iTunes
Okay, so Apple has announced its new Complete My Album feature for iTunes, which lets you buy albums that you've previously purchased individual tracks from, without having to pay for those songs again. It effectively takes 79p off the price of the full album for every track that you've already bought…
EMI boss: mobile industry can learn from Apple
EMI's CEO, Eric Nicoli, said that the mobile phone industry could learn a thing or two from Apple about mobile music sales, who "makes stuff that people love to own." "They love the simplicity and user-friendliness of the iPod and…
Lily Allen planned 'rubbish remix' for iTunes
Lily Allen declared in a recent radio interview that she planned to give Apple a 'rubbish remix' for iTunes, because they allegedly demanded exclusive content from her. Yeah, yeah, how would we tell… “They won't advertise your album unless you…
Independent film producers may start using iTunes
According to a news item at Apple Insider, iTunes may become the distribution channel of choice for independent film producers who can't get large-scale deals but want to get their work into the open….
3GSM 2007: Will MusicStation be a mobile iTunes beater?
That’s certainly how Omnifone, the company behind the new mobile music service, has been spinning it in a series of pre-briefings to journalists this week. MusicStation is a music subscription service for mobile phones, where you pay £1.99 a week…
Apple claim none of their software works on Vista
After Apple's earlier warning to iTunes-using PC users not to upgrade to Vista, they're now claiming that none of their software works under Vista. Affected software includes not only iTunes, but Quicktime, Airport for Windows, Bonjour for Windows, iDisk, and…
Top 10 stories to file alongside Steve Jobs saying DRM is bad
So, digital rights management technology should be abolished, according to Apple's Steve Jobs. That'd be the same Steve Jobs whose company won't let you play iTunes Store downloads on your mobile phone or non-Apple MP3 player. Lumme. Here's ten other…
Apple appeals to PC users: Want iTunes? Don't use Vista yet
Apple has suggested that PC users wanting to upgrade to Windows Vista should wait a while if they're planning on continuing to use iTunes. An Apple support document issued last Thursday said that iTunes has some compatibility issues with Microsoft's…
