Category: Apple
Apple’s iTunes Music Store Going DRM-Free!
I have always held off on purchasing any music from Apple’s iTunes Music Store due to the uber-restrictive digital rights management (DRM) they have placed on their songs.
As of today, 8 million songs will be DRM-free on the iTunes Store. By the end of this quarter, all 10 million songs will be DRM-free. Looks like I won’t be buying from the Amazon MP3 store anymore.
In addition, a new pricing model will feature songs ranging from as low as $0.69 to $1.29 each, depending on how long they have been released. Songs older than 6 years are eligible to receive the lower pricing.
iPhone users may now also purchase music from the iTunes Store wirelessly via 3G networks, not just over Wi-Fi.
Information and photo from Engadget’s coverage of the 2009 Macworld Apple keynote
TweetHacked: MacRumors.com Macworld 2009 Live Coverage
Looks like some pranksters figured out how to insert messages into the live feed for MacRumors.com’s coverage of the 2009 Macworld Apple keynote:
From www.macrumorslive.com:
9:27 am Steve did not die.
9:27 am Retraction on Steve Jobs comment…we don’t know how that got in our feed.
9:26 am Showing a “pumpkin patch” event with no geotag. Starts typing name, and iPhoto assists using its database of locations.
9:25 am Hovering over a pin at Aspen. Click an arrow and go straight to all Aspen photos, even across multiple events.
9:24 am STEVE JOBS JUST DIED :
Something tells me there will be extra security on this feed in the future.
Update: The ‘hackers’ appear to be from 4chan (which I won’t link to here). No surprise. The 9:24 am message above was just the beginning of a string of typical ‘Anonymous’ nonsense messages. Fortunately, Engadget still has good, hacker-free coverage of the event, at least for the moment.
TweetMacworld San Francisco 2009 Rumor Roundup
From www.macrumors.com:
With Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF) beginning next week, MacRumors provides this Rumor Roundup as a summary of major rumors circulating around the Mac Web before the event.
The biggest news about Macworld came early when Apple announced that Steve Jobs would not be delivering the 2009 keynote address nor will Apple be participating in future Macworld events. While Apple’s official reason for the withdrawal was that trade shows are becoming less important, some believe that Apple simply wanted more control of their own release timetable rather than being dependent on this yearly event. Of course, health questions about Steve Jobs were again raised as another possible reason.
While this rumor season started off slowly, the past few weeks have raised some interesting possibilities.
New iMac and Mac Mini – NVIDIA Based […]
17″ MacBook Pro – Fixed Battery […]
iLife ’09. iWork ’09 – The Cloud […]
Snow Leopard […]
iPhone and iPhone Nano […]
Cinema Displays / Mac Pros / Home Media Server / Tablet or PDA […]
While you can click the link to read more about each of these rumors, there’s not much reason to. It seems like the rumor mill has run out of good ideas when it comes to Apple’s announcements at Macworld this year. There’s usually something on the list that interests or excites me but having a Web-based version of iWork or a smaller iPhone isn’t exactly part of a “game-changing” product line.
There are some hidden banners hanging in the Moscone Center in preparation for the event, so let’s hope that Apple has something surprising and unexpected to reveal.
TweetAT&T Begins Selling $99 (Refurbished) iPhone
From www.macrumors.com:
AT&T has started selling refurbished iPhone 3Gs as low as $99 for a limited time.
While AT&T has intermittently offered refurbished iPhones in the past, the $99 price point is noteworthy given the recent rumors that Apple was to introduce a $99 model. Apple’s current iPhone starts at $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB. The refurbished models have been discounted $100 to $99 and $199, respectively.
Analysts believed that dropping the starting price of the iPhone to $99 could double or triple projected sales.
I’ve been wanting to leave T-Mobile for quite a while (very poor service around my house in Winter Garden, FL) but don’t really have a need for an iPhone… but at $99, it may be too tempting to pass up.
Anyone know if the refurbished models are worth buying? Do they look and feel just like new?
TweetParkTunes.com Now Live!
ParkTunes.com is an all-new Web site that I’ve created devoted to sharing songs and Disney music loops found within Disney theme parks, resorts, and other attractions worldwide.
The songs found within the Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, and Disneyland Resort Paris in France are some of the most interesting and ear-pleasing musical works around. The music found within these areas are both created by The Walt Disney Co. and, often surprisingly, by popular everday musical artists.
Now, with the introduction of online music stores, individual songs are readily (and legally) available for download, generally at no more than $0.99 each. Disney has even begun releasing some of their official homegrown songs online.
The goal of ParkTunes is to bring together links to all available legal downloads of Disney theme park-related songs.
Whether you’re looking for music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, or any of your other favorite attractions, this is the ultimate site for you!
Check it out now at ParkTunes.com
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