Apple Takes Steps to Block iPhone Users from Filming Concerts
Apple may someday make it impossible for iPhone users to record live video of the concerts they go to. According to the Daily Mail, the company has filed a patent for software that would allow the phone to detect infrared sensors installed by venues and shut off the camera if the person tries to film the event.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsApple Creates Cloud, Monetizes Music Piracy
Apple’s presentation at WWDC 2011 today began with a preview of the new OS X Lion, got more interesting with some key new features for iOS5, and ended with “one more thing” about the new iCloud. Apple’s new system leapfrogs Google and Amazon with iTunes Match.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsWhat We Want From Apple's iCloud
The gap between how customers want to interact with music and what providers actually offer has been widening recently. This gap has always been there to a degree—it may have started with the release of a car that came with a built-in turntable in an attempt to satisfy customers’ desires to travel with their music. (Poorly) summarizing Ray Kurzweil, the holy grail for any product is when technological innovation aligns with customer demand. This explains why products like the DVD player, the microwave oven, the (short-lived) Flip camera and others seem to find their ways into our lives with such... read more
Found in: ColumnsApple Signs Cloud Service Deal With EMI?
CNET reports that Apple has signed a cloud music licensing agreement with EMI Music and will likely soon close deals with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsRolling Stones, Rush and Nirvana Receive iPad Apps
Universal Music Group is reviving classic albums with brand new iPad apps.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsApple Cloud Service to Debut This Spring?
Apple plans to re-launch their MobileMe service in April, which will allow users to store music online and access it from any mobile device.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsApple Hopes to Sell High-Fidelity Digital Music
In an attempt to further improve its online music sales, Apple and other online retailers have reportedly been in talks with record labels about changing the quality of audio files sold to consumers purchasing digital music. According to CNN, Apple is working to improve audio quality of song files sold in their online store. In doing this, digital music retailers will be able to provide song downloads with higher-fidelity sound to consumers.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsApple Reveals Subscription Service for Apps
Apple has revealed plans for a subscription service for apps. “All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app,” Steve Jobs said in a statement, "so that customers can easily subscribe with one-click right in the app.”... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsRupert Murdoch to Debut First iPad-Only Newspaper
The world’s first iPad-only newspaper will see the light of day on Wednesday. The Daily will operate much in the same way that newspapers are currently presented online: covering general news and culture stories complete with video from journalists working at various news agencies.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsBubble Ball Bumps Angry Birds Out of Top Spot
Angry Birds, the iPhone game created by a team of 17 developers that’s had millions captivated (or perhaps a better word here is “distracted”) in recent months, has been ousted from its top spot in Apple’s iPhone store by a new game called Bubble Balls. Oh, and that game was designed by Robert Nay, a 14-year-old eighth grader in Spanish Fork, Utah.... read more
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