Apple shares Gift Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Apple shared a new page featuring a special gift guide for Valentine’s Day with categories including music, health, entertainment, creativity, photo and video as well as accessories. Valentine’s Day Love it or leave it, Valentine’s Day is one special day for many people in the month of February. Whether you are a fan of the … Read more →

Apple shuts down “Ping”, their social media network

With the next release of iTunes, Ping will no longer exist. Apple has decided to pull the plug to its own social media network, which was launched in September 2010. It never really took off and it couldn’t get the Facebook integration it wanted. Back when it launched, Steve Jobs said Facebook had such high … Read more →

Spotify lost nearly £17 million in 2009 – but still plans on a 2010 US launch!

The swedish music streaming company, Spotify, just released their financial results for 2009 which shows a loss of £16.66 million, around $26 million. Sales, administration and distribution accounts for about £27.7 million but Spotify couldn’t get their revenue above £11.3 million for the year. Music Ally estimates that Spotify had 7 million users across Europe … Read more →

How the web has changed the way we buy music – Infographic

The music industry is always changing, from the original LP records first introduced in 1926 (that were as big as 16 inches in diameter) to now being able to download the world of music straight to your phone. Since people discovered downloading music through the internet the music industry has changed dramatically. It’s now at … Read more →

iTunes 10: Left navigation gray and dull, close/minimize/maximize buttons vertical?! [How-to fix]

iTunes 10 was announced and launched yesterday at the Apple music event and I’ve been playing around with it a little bit for today. The first thing I noticed was how the left navigation sidebar now looks gray and dull. The colored icons are gone and replaced with color-less gray icons. Next after, I noticed … Read more →

Wrapup: Apple Music Event September 1st – iOS, iPods, AppleTV, AirPlay

Steve Jobs and Apple just wrapped up their September 1st music event in San Francisco, showing us the next two updates to iOS, new iPods, new AppleTV, new iTunes, new AirPlay (previously AirTunes) and a new social media site called Ping. Here’s a complete overview of all that has happened in the 1.5 hour long … Read more →

Apple TV 3.0 and iTunes 9.0.2 Updates Are Out. Palm Pre Sync Gone Again.

Apple quietly updated Apple TV software to version 3.0 and it now supports new stuff such as Genius Mixes, Internet radio, iTunes Extras and LP support. Press release: Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned User Interface. The iTunes 9.0.2 update also breaks Palm Pre sync capability (again). Engadget: iTunes 9.0.2 adds support for … Read more →

How-To: iTunes TV Shows & Movies For Non-US Citizen

UPDATE – September 16th 2009: It seems the Danish media finally found out about this tip, as articles today so far has featured in Politiken, DR P3 News and Maczonen.dk. According to Danish lawyer, Peter Lind Nielsen, it’s not – seen from a Danish legal point of view – nothing illegal about this method as … Read more →

iTunes Now Syncs With Palm Pre Again And Android

Last week Apple released an update to iTunes breaking the “compatiblity” allowing Palm Pre to sync with iTunes. Shortly after the stock price for Palm dropped, though it’s not certain that the two events are actually connected. Nevertheless, say hello to Salling Mediasync – an application that’s been around for quite some time allowing iTunes … Read more →