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Sprint, Samsung look for piece of iTunes’ pie
Posted by Lab Rat
Today saw the announcement of not one but TWO new online music services looking to compete with Apple’s iTunes store. First out of the gate is Sprint Nextel Corp, whose just announced “Power Vision? is the first online music download service offered by a US […]
Posted by Helper Monkey
In a statement released today Apple announced it has sold over 1 million videos via its iTunes music store in under 20 days. Given the fairly limited selection of videos to choose from (2,000, most of which are music videos) these are industry-rattling numbers. Steve Jobs noted these sales numbers imply a […]
Posted by Lab Rat
Macenstein’s sources have told us to expect the release of OS X 10.4.3 sometime this weekend, or Monday at the latest. This update is a monster, weighing in close to 100MB, and is expected to squash just about all known bugs that 10.4.2 missed (and some that it caused). Key updates to […]
Posted by Dr. Macenstein
Yahoo Inc. has announced it will be doubling the fees charged to users of its online music download service. The monthly cost will jump from $6.99 per month (or $60 annually) to $11.99 a month ($120 annually). Yahoo, like many other online music services, uses a subscription plan instead of iTunes’ “pay-per-download? […]
Posted by Lab Rat
Aspyr announced today that they will be publishing the latest version of the massively addictive turn-based strategy game, Civilization IV for the Mac, due out in early 2006. Also announced is the planned release of Civilization III: Complete for Mac, with a target date of December 2005.
(above: Civilization IV)
Civilization III: […]
Posted by Helper Monkey
Sonnet has announced a new series of replacement batteries for most versions of Apple’s iPod music players. Owners of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation iPods, as well as the iPod mini, can purchase new batteries capable of providing up to a 78% increase over the stock battery which shipped […]
Posted by Dr. Macenstein
The Mac Observer claims video sales via the iTunes music store are selling above and beyond Apple’s expectations. Earlier today, The Sydney Morning Herald published an interview with Eddy Cue, global head of iTunes, where they asked about the possibility of video content being made available for purchase in the newly […]
Posted by Igor
Apple stock rose yet again in active trading this morning, gaining $1.40, or 2.31%, and reaching a new high of $57.50 by 12 PM (EST). Apple’s stock price has caused considerable concern on Wall Street as of late, as The Street’s Walter Emmerling explained in a recent article. “Apple’s stock is quickly approaching […]
Posted by Dr. Macenstein
Macsimum News is reporting that Apple has recently been granted 2 patents. One relates to driver configuration in linking up multiple FireWire devices (yawn), but the other seems to imply we will soon see the introduction of “themes? or skins to OS X.
Patent number 6,958,758 is titled ?Pattern and color abstraction in […]
