Tag Archives: iTunes

Mac Rumors reports: Apple is making it easier for customers to donate to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine through UNICEF by adding a banner on top of its website that directs users to an iTunes page that allows them to donate up to $200 using their Apple ID payment method. Apple says that all donations made through the iTunes portal …

Bloomberg News reports: Apple Inc.’s developer conference beginning Monday will move the company closer to a future in which the iPhone is no longer the central cog for other products and services. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and other leaders will make a keynote presentation at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, to unveil updates of Apple’s operating …

Buzzfeed News reports: Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars’ six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned. Among the podcasts, which were removed from Apples’ iTunes directory, are the show “War Room” as well as the popular Alex Jones Show podcast, which is hosted daily by the prominent conspiracy theorist. Apple’s decision …

Yeah, I got suckered into this scam back in high school and you probably did too. NBC News reports: The music died for Columbia House on Monday when its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As anyone with a dusty Hootie & the Blowfish album probably knows, Columbia House became popular in the 1990s as the business that …

Today iTunes issued its year-end bestsellers chart. Above is this year’s top ten for digital singles. The soundtrack to Disney’s Frozen tops the list for downloaded albums, followed closely by Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Coldplay’s Ghost Stories. The top three downloaded movies: Frozen, The Lego Movie, and The Wolf Of Wall Street. The top three downloaded television shows: Game Of …

Via TMZ: The church where the “I’m Not Gay No More” guy went straight is not only intolerant toward gays, they have an intense dislike for people who steal their tunes. The Church of God in Christ insists Andrew Caldwell call in the lawyers because their now-famous parishioner jazzed up his hilarious moment with background singers and released it on …

The full 71-minute show. (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

NPR Music takes note: Today marks the 30th anniversary of a musical format many of us grew up with: the compact disc. It’s been three decades since the first CD went on sale in Japan. The shiny discs came to dominate music industry sales, but their popularity has faded in the digital age they helped unleash. The CD is just …

She may say NO but iTunes says YES. See her album listed on the lower right of their gay pride page, along with out artists Clay Aiken, Adam Lambert, and Scissor Sisters. (Tipped by JMG reader Brian)

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What’s the most-played track in your iTunes?

Apple has pulled their iTunes store from a Christianist site that funds anti-gay hate groups like the Family Research Council. This move comes after pressure from petition site Change.org convinced other major companies such as the BBC to end their affiliations as well. Apple has removed their iTunes store from the “Christan Values Network” (CVN.org) after more than 22,000 people …

At today’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs gave up the details of the company’s much-discussed cloud-based music service. The new iCloud service replaces Apple’s MobileMe document-sharing offering, which cost $99 a year. The new iCloud service is free and available now with an iOS 4.3 update, Jobs said. With iCloud, content such as music and documents is stored on …

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Apple is set to launch a cloud-based music player that will scan a user’s home iTunes library and then make those tracks available from any web device. Apple has signed deals with Warner Music Group Corp., Sony Corp.’s Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Group Ltd. and expects to sign a fourth with Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group this week. The …

In a smackdown squarely aimed at iTunes, today Amazon began selling Lady Gaga’s new full-length album for a mere 99 cents. The release is priced at $11.99 on iTunes. Amazon’s sale is for today only.

Meh. Hardly huge and definitely not unforgettable.

Apple is teasing a “huge” announcement for iTunes that will make the product “unforgettable.” Tech watchers are betting on a change to a cloud-based service in which your library would be hosted remotely, but accessible from any web-enabled device such as your iPhone. Others are guessing on a Zune-like subscription service in which you’d have access to all of iTunes …

Google is set to launch a music service expected to compete with industry pioneer iTunes. Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter. …

Apple has announced that iTunes saw its 10 billionth download yesterday. Here’s the all-time iTunes top ten for singles. 1. Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”2. Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”3. Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”4. Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”5. Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”6. Lady Gaga, “Just Dance”7. Flo Rida, “Low”8. Taylor Swift, “Love Story”9. Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”10. Ke$ha, …