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What’s New in iTunes 10.5.1 - The Full Scoop

Apple recently launched iTunes 10.5.1, a highly anticipated update that delivered iTunes Match, a brand new service from Apple that lets you store your music library in iCloud and listen it anywhere on a variety of devices (including computers). The release was not accompanied by any special announcement, nor did Ap...

15 November 2011
03:02 GMT

iTunes 10.5.1 Final Available with iTunes Match

Apple has launched iTunes Match by releasing iTunes 10.5.1 Final today. The music-matching service has been in beta for a while, but Apple has finally decided to roll it out to the masses, albeit still in beta.Even though iTunes 10.5.1 is now available to the general population with iTunes Match, Apple still labels t...

14 November 2011
13:19 GMT

Apple Prepares for iTunes Match Rollout, Again

The fruity company in Cupertino, California has issued a new notice to developers with information that iTunes Match is about to launch to the masses.In a message delivered to all registered developers testing iTunes Match, Apple revealed that iCloud libraries would be deleted, as the company gears up to launch the m...

14 November 2011
03:36 GMT

Download iTunes 10.5.1 Beta 3 - Developer News

After missing its deadline to launch iTunes Match to the general population, Apple is proceeding with the release of a new beta of iTunes for developers to test and provide feedback.The seeding is primarily focused on iTunes Match, Apple’s $24.99 annual service that matches your music library against content in...

14 November 2011
02:27 GMT

Starbucks Canada Now Accepts Mobile Payment via iOS App

Mobile payment is one of the easiest way to make a transaction these days, but the method has yet to become widely spread.Fortunately, Canadians who purchase their favorite drinks from Starbuck will be happy to know that the company has just updated its iOS application with the Mobile Payment feature.Starting today, ...

8 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Jiv3D iPad App Combines Your Photos with Music

Developer of music visualizers, Jiv3D has announced the launch of a new iPad app that automatically syncs music with photos to create interactive audio displays. Jiv3D for iPad is iOS 5-supportec, but it also works on older firmwares, the developer said.Having in mind a photo and music visualizer that combines iPhoto...

8 November 2011
12:31 GMT

iTunes 10.5 Shooting Blanks on Windows

Apple’s support page just posted that Windows users may have trouble after installing iTunes 10.5 on their systems. The symptoms are pretty serious and include increased usage of resources as well as a decrease in performance. However, if you get past these and somehow manage to open the application, you might...

8 November 2011
07:45 GMT

Download iTunes 10.5.1 Beta 2 - Developer News

The Apple Developer Center is offering up a bunch of downloads as of late, including one iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 which includes improvements and a new iTunes Match version suitable for testing on Apple TV.The documentation accompanying the beta reveals that “iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 is now available and includes a num...

3 November 2011
04:13 GMT

iTunes Match Launch Delayed

“Well its November and still no iTunes Match. Why won't apple take my $25!!!”, reads a comment over at Apple Support Communities. Another responds, saying “I agree! I got me $25 just itching to give to em too!”Indeed, Apple has missed its self-imposed deadline for the iTunes Match launch,...

2 November 2011
04:25 GMT

How to Get New Tones for Your iPhone, iPad

iOS 5 comes with an updated version of the iTunes app that now includes the Tone Store, a new segment in Apple’s digital venue which gives you access to numerous ringtones and sound effects to personalize your iOS device.On your iPhone or iPod touch, launch the iTunes application and tap the More button in the ...

1 November 2011
13:51 GMT

How to Take Advantage of iTunes in the Cloud

Apple has released an instructional document on the advantages of iTunes in the Cloud and how customers can employ the feature to view, use, and simplify their purchase history.Thanks to the new iCloud additions, customers can now hide past music, TV show, app, and book purchases in their purchase history, as well as...

25 October 2011
15:41 GMT

Apple Releases Free iTunes Movie Trailers App

Apple has launched a new free app for U.S. residents that allows them to watch all the new movie trailers right on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, wherever they are.Gone are the days when you needed a desktop computer to watch not just movie trailers, but any kind of video - locally stored, or streamed from the we...

13 October 2011
03:47 GMT

iTunes 10.5 Update Leaves Mac OS X Vulnerable

Although Apple has released separate versions of iTunes 10.5 for both Mac and Windows customers, only the Windows camp got security fixes, while Mac users have been left vulnerable until the company releases new updates.Citing the SANS Internet Storm Center, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, Chester Wisniewski, note...

12 October 2011
06:57 GMT

iTunes 10.5.1 Beta Reaches Developers

Apple has already seeded developers with a new beta version of iTunes, hours after the company released iTunes 10.5 with a number of new features, iCloud support, and security fixes for Windows users.iTunes 10.5.1 includes the latest iTunes Match beta. Apple has taken iCloud online publicly, but iTunes Match currentl...

12 October 2011
05:59 GMT

Download iTunes 10.5 for Mac and Windows

After numerous internal beta releases, Apple has finally rolled out iTunes 10.5. It’s available for both Mac and Windows with an array of new features, such as iTunes in the Cloud and Automatic Downloads but, equally important for Windows PC users, the update brings a ton of security fixes. Mac and Windows u...

12 October 2011
02:17 GMT

Apple Opens iTunes Store to 12 New EU Countries

Apple has quietly introduced the iTunes Store to twelve new European Union countries today, eight years after the platform’s debut in America.Millions of new European users can now download and buy music through iTunes in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Roma...

29 September 2011
06:31 GMT

Apple Sued Over iTunes, Movie Trailer Site

Droplets Inc., a Texas based Software Company whose clients includes IBM, Borland and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, is suing Apple Inc. over patent infringement relating to how it delivers interactive links to applications.The patent infringement lawsuit targets not only Apple, but Google, Facebook and Yahoo, according to...

12 September 2011
08:20 GMT

iTunes U Downloads Top 600 Million

iTunes may be regarded as a fun-centric platform, but it’s also about education, such as with iTunes U - a powerful distribution system for lectures, language lessons, labs, audiobooks, even films.Described as an innovative way to get educational content into the hands of students, iTunes U has had more than 60...

9 September 2011
05:39 GMT

Download iTunes 10.4.1 for Mac OS X, Windows — Third-Party Keyboard Support

A new version of iTunes, Apple's media player application used for playing and organizing digital music, videos and iOS apps on desktop computers, is now available from Cupertino. Weighing in at 90.26 MB for Macintosh computers and 77.47 MB for Windows PC users, iTunes 10.4.1 provides a number of improvements...

23 August 2011
02:53 GMT

How to Access All Your Previously Purchased TV Shows on All Your iDevices

A new Inside iTunes feature has been posted by Apple, this time reminding customers that they can access their previously purchased TV shows with all their devices, thanks to recent enhancements to iTunes in the Cloud. And here's how to do it.The Cupertino, California tech giant addresses customers noting that &...

9 August 2011
05:35 GMT

Apple Launching 'iTunes Replay' for Re-Downloading Old Content Free of Charge - Report

Via an Apple TV software update, Apple has recently started offering the ability to re-download and stream some TV shows on the Apple TV. The company is extending this functionality with a ‘Replay’ feature that also includes movies, according to a report. Claiming it was able to confirm this informatio...

3 August 2011
09:09 GMT

Download Lion’s iTunes 10.4 for Mac OS X 10.5 and Newer, Windows

Apple has launched iTunes 10.4, a new version of the company’s media playing and digital storefront application for Mac and Windows customers. An application that is fully supported in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, iTunes 10.4 is now available for all Mac users starting with version 10.5 of the operating system (Leopa...

21 July 2011
02:48 GMT

iTunes Connect Down Today, Apple Confirms

All of Apple’s digital storefronts, including the Mac App Store, the iOS App Store, and the iTunes Store, have been acting up lately, and it’s not because of your Internet connection, but because of Apple. Following user reports about not being able to access Apple’s App Stores, the company headq...

13 July 2011
07:37 GMT

iTunes 10.3 Now Includes iBookstore

Apple’s Inside iTunes site is featuring a new announcement concerning the capabilities of iTunes 10.3, the latest version of the popular media playing and iOS storefront application.The technology giant reveals to customers that “iTunes 10.3 brings the iBookstore to the iTunes Store on your computer and a...

9 June 2011
05:19 GMT

Apple Launches iTunes for iCloud to Counter Google, Amazon, Doesn't Have Streaming

Amazon has launched its iCloud platform, a service which offers Apple users cloud sync, backup and services of all manners. In the offering is iTunes on the iCloud, the not really secret cloud music service we've heard so much about in the recent months.It was no big secret that Apple, just like Google, was work...

7 June 2011
11:32 GMT

Download iTunes 10.3, Enter 'iTunes in the Cloud' Beta

A new service from Apple, “iTunes in the Cloud”, is now available as a beta by downloading the latest version of iTunes for Mac and Windows. iTunes 10.3 adds delivers the iTunes in the Cloud beta, which makes the music you purchase in iTunes appear automatically on all your devices. “Purchase ...

7 June 2011
04:40 GMT

Spotify Launches Download Store, Free Mobile Apps

Spotify has made a couple of announcements that may not seem like such a big deal but which are a major step forward for the company. Spotify is opening a download store, enabling users to buy their music directly from the app, adding support for iPod sync and it's also launching free mobile apps for both Androi...

4 May 2011
08:00 GMT

Amazon Lures iTunes Users with 69-Cent Hit Song Downloads

Music is a cut-throat business online. Few people are making big money out of it, yet the huge potential keeps on attracting more players offering various music related products. One way of making money from music online is by selling it, in fact it's pretty much the only way so far. Apple's iTunes is doing...

30 April 2011
07:01 GMT

YouTube Rumored to Get Huge Selection of First Rate Movies for Rental

YouTube has offered movie rentals for about a year now, but the catalogue has been far from appealing for the mainstream audience. That's about to change as YouTube is expected to start offering a big library of popular and current titles from major Hollywood studios, becoming a true competitor to the likes of A...

26 April 2011
08:20 GMT

New Mass SQL Injection Attack Infects Thousands of Pages

A new mass injection attack has infected over 28,000 pages and even made its way to iTunes according to security researchers from Websense.Dubbed LizaMoon, after the domain hosting the malicious code, the attack uses SQL injection techniques to insert a rogue script element.Users who land on one of the compromised pa...

30 March 2011
03:54 GMT

Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs Killed the Music Business

Jon Bon Jovi is accusing Apple’s CEO of single handedly killing the music industry, in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine where the rock star recalls the good old days when kids took their allowance money and bought an album without knowing what it would sound like. Bon Jovi blames the increasing po...

15 March 2011
06:55 GMT

Use iTunes to Make a Donation for Japan Earthquake Victims

Apple is using its iTunes platform to reach all users with a call to help Japan earthquake and tsunami victims by making a monetary donation to the American Red Cross.Visitors of this iTunes page are encouraged to click the Donate button under the amount they wish to donate, with Apple ensuring that 100% of all proce...

14 March 2011
06:00 GMT

Download iTunes 10.2.1 for Mac OS X, Windows

With two days to go before the iPad 2 becomes physically available, Apple has released a new version of iTunes bearing an identical set of release notes as that of iTunes 10.2. Mostly likely packing a small piece of altered code in order to address one or two minor bugs, iTunes 10.2.1 is an incremental update to t...

9 March 2011
02:35 GMT

iTunes Won’t Lose Sony, Branch COO Confirms

Reports saying Apple would lose Sony as an iTunes partner have been proven false by Sony’s Network Entertainment COO, Brandon Layden, who went on record to say that Sony had "no intention of withdrawing." Speculation that Sony would withdraw its content from iTunes, including iOS apps, was spurred by the ban...

17 February 2011
08:53 GMT

Sony Signals Plans to Pull Content from iTunes

Sony intends to withdraw content it publishes on Apple’s iTunes store, as well as its iOS applications, following the rejection of its e-book application earlier this month. Apple was forced to block Sony's electronic book application from the iTunes App Store because it would have bypassed its system f...

14 February 2011
06:20 GMT

New iTunes 10.1.2 Available for Download - Mac and Windows

Apple has released new versions of iTunes for Mac OS X and Windows with the purpose of adding support for the new CDMA iPhone 4.However, according to the release notes posted on Apple.com, iTunes version 10.1.1 addresses several issues that crashed the application in certain circumstances, as well as to fix a pr...

27 January 2011
17:06 GMT

Apple Has Big Plans with NFC-Capable iPhone 5 and iPad 2 - Report

Recent reports claim Apple is already placing orders for the components comprising its NFC-enabled iPhone 5 and iPad 2 devices. Manufacturing is also said to have been scheduled, so that Apple can ship the last of the two products in mid-summer. Of particular interest in the mentioning of an NFC (Near Field Commun...

25 January 2011
08:32 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Can Control iTunes via New App

Mobile phones running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system can be used for controlling iTunes, courtesy of a new application that made it to the Windows Phone Marketplace only a few days ago, called Remote, coming from Komodex Systems LLC. While using this application, Windows Phone 7 owners can e...

11 January 2011
08:37 GMT

Hackers Sell Thousands of Stolen iTunes Accounts on Chinese eBay

As much as 50,000 iTunes accounts containing credit card details are being sold on TaoBao, the Chinese equivalent of eBay, for prices as low as 1 yuan ($0.15).The sellers advertise the ability to download anything from software to music, games, movies and so on, but warn that the accounts should be used within 24 aft...

6 January 2011
10:56 GMT

iTunes Connect Is Back Online

iTunes Connect, the suite of web-based tools that allows Apple developers to submit and manage their applications for distribution on the App Store, is now back online. Apple has started notifying members of its Developer Program that iTunes Connect is live again, following a temporary shutdown for the winter holi...

29 December 2010
09:28 GMT

Fake iTunes Email Alerts Lead Users to Drive-By Download

A wave of fake iTunes emails falsely alerting recipients about their accounts facing suspension directs them to a Web page that tries to install malware on their computers.The rogue emails are crafted to appear as if they originate from a contact@itunes.com address and bear a subject of "iTunes account may be suspend...

21 December 2010
11:56 GMT

EMI Steals iTunes Exec Alex Luke from Apple

The person Apple had appointed as director of global music initiatives in 2003, Alex Luke, has left the Cupertino-based company to join U.K.-based EMI. Luke will serve as an executive vice president of A&R with EMI’s Capitol & Virgin Label Group. His office will be based in Los Angeles. According to 9to5mac,...

20 December 2010
03:31 GMT

Teenager Admits Involvement in iTunes and Amazon Royalty Fraud Scheme

A 19-year-old British teenager pleaded guilty to offenses related to his involvement in a scheme that defrauded Amazon and iTunes of royalties.Lamar Johnson, 19, from Birmingham, admitted to being responsible for over 2,000 fraudulent transactions made on the two websites during 2008 and 2009.The teenager was one of ...

16 December 2010
04:37 GMT

Apple Launches New iTunes 10.1.1 - Download Now

Minutes ago, Apple released new versions of iTunes for Mac OS X and Windows, addressing issues with music video playback on Macintosh computers, and adding AirPlay support for PC users, to name the most noteworthy changes.Immediately available as a free download for Mac users worldwide, iTunes 10.1.1 provides importa...

15 December 2010
14:29 GMT

TunesArt - Stylish iTunes Controller

Although there are various media players available for the Mac, using iTunes has its own perks: you can use an app that will allow you to quickly access the player's capabilities (a so called iTunes controller) without dealing with its interface. TunesArt is such an application that will not only allow you to ma...

15 December 2010
11:51 GMT

Apple Amends iOS App Rejection Rules, Updates Developer Guide

Apple is informing those enrolled with the company’s $99-a-year developer program that an updated version of the iTunes Connect Developer Guide is now available for download. Currently at version 6.3, the document outlines some of the most recent changes made by Apple, including an amendment to its rejection po...

10 December 2010
08:30 GMT

No Promo Codes for Mac Apps, Apple Says

Just as Apple confirmed that promo code distribution was open outside the United States, the company also felt compelled to note that this will not apply to Mac apps soon-to-be-hosted in the upcoming Mac App Store. Cupertino failed to specify why. Earlier today, Softpedia reported that developers enrolled with App...

9 December 2010
10:04 GMT

iTunes Officially Adds 90-Second Song Previews

iTunes now offers the extended 90-second preview for certain songs. The company behind the service revealed plans to lengthen previews of purchasable songs last month, when the Cupertino giant sent letters to label representatives, notifying them of the change. Researchers at Robert Morris University cited by CNet...

9 December 2010
04:01 GMT

The Beatles Sell 450,000 Albums Since Tuesday’s Debut on iTunes

The Beatles have sold more than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs worldwide, since the band’s catalog was made available via Apple’s iTunes music store on November 16, Billboard reports.Citing figures provided by the Cupertino giant itself, the paper reveals that the best-selling album was �...

24 November 2010
04:58 GMT

You'd Better Sit Down, Apple's "Huge" iTunes Announcement Is Now Live [Updated]

The wait is over. Those who were anxious to know what Apple had in store for them today can direct their web browsers to Apple.com and see a huge banner saying “The Beatles. Now on iTunes” complete with a black-and-white picture of the band. Update: to celebrate the Beatles' arrival on iTunes, Apple...

16 November 2010
10:22 GMT


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