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Apple Posts iPod + iTunes Timeline

Apple posted a timeline featuring important milestones in the history of the iPod and iTunes. Check it out on their website.

2010
09/06
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Ping Users Top One Million in First 48 Hours

Apple announced today that in less than 48 hours since its launch on Wednesday, more than one million users have joined Ping, its new social network for music. Ping is integrated with iTunes and lets users follow their favorite artists and friends to discover what they’re listening to and downloading.

One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 have joined Ping,“ said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “As many more people download iTunes 10 in the coming weeks, we expect the Ping community to continue growing.

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2010
09/04
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Get Colored Icons from iTunes 9.2 Back Into 10

One of the first things I noticed about iTunes 10 was the colorless icons. I guess it’s not a big deal, but I’m happy to know that there’s a hack to get the old icons back.

Download this zip file and follow the instructions below:

Right click and “Show Package Contents” on iTunes to show ‘Contents’ folder. Back up and replace your /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunes.rsrc with the included file.

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2010
09/03
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vincent
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Apple Releases iTunes 10 with Social Networking and New Logo

iTunes 10 was released today with a social networking feature called Ping. With Ping, you can learn more about your favorite artists and find out what your friends are listening to.

Apple has redesigned the iTunes logo. Since iTunes music downloads now outsell CDs, they decided to remove the CD from the logo.

Download iTunes 10 today at www.apple.com/itunes/download.

2010
09/01
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eli
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RUMOR: iTunes to Offer 99¢ TV Shows

There are rumors that Fox and ABC will be offering 99¢ TV show rentals through the iTunes store. Currently you can buy TV shows through iTunes for $1.99 or $2.99 per episode, but cutting the cost could possibly increase what so far has been relatively light sales of digital TV shows.

Many are speculating that this new iTunes service will be announced at Apple’s music event scheduled for 10AM PDT today.

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2010
09/01
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eli
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Apple’s September 1 Press Conference Predictions

Apple is holding a special media event this Wednesday at 10AM PDT. Although they haven’t given details on what will be announced, it’s obvious by the guitar on the building and invitations that it will be music related.

Here are a few things that will most likely be unveiled:

  • New iPod touch with Retina display and FaceTime capabilities
  • New iPod nano with a 3x3cm touch screen
  • Cloud-based iTunes

There are also rumors that Apple will announce a new iLife and iWork, but I’m not betting on it. And of course there’s the Apple TV which is rumored to be renamed to its original codename, iTV, and run iOS. With this being a music even, I don’t think the iTV will be announced, but I hope I’m wrong.

2010
08/30
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eli
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App Store Now Featuring Location-Based Apps

Apple is now featuring location-based apps in the App Store.  The new “On the Grid” section lists apps like Facebook, Gowalla, Twitter and Foursquare.

Check out “On the Grid – Location-based Apps” in iTunes.

2010
08/29
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vincent
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Apple Announces Special Event for September 1

Apple announced an event to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, CA on September 1.  They didn’t mention a specific topic of the event, but guitar image on the invitations makes it pretty clear that it will focus around music.  Maybe it will be about the much rumored cloud-based iTunes service.

2010
08/26
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eli
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CNET: Apple’s Pan for Lala Cloudier Than Ever

CNET is reporting that Apple may be scaling back its initial plans for a cloud-based iTunes service as it continues to struggle to reach agreements with record labels.

From CNET:

After Apple acquired Lala.com last December, the thinking among some music insiders was that Lala’s streaming-music technology could easily be plugged into iTunes–once Apple obtained the proper music licenses. Lala.com, a music service launched in 2006 and shut down by Apple last May, possessed technology that scanned hard drives for existing music libraries and then enabled users to play back the same songs from Lala’s servers via Web-connected devices. Read more

2010
08/03
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eli
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RUMOR: Cloud-Based iTunes Coming Soon with Wireless Synching

Boy Genius Report says reliable sources are telling them that a cloud-based iTunes is coming soon.  This has been speculated for a long time and almost confirmed with Apple’s purchase of Lala last December.  So although there isn’t any new information here, it’s always nice to know the rumor is sill alive.

From BGR:

One of our reliable Apple sources has just filled us in on some of the company’s iTunes plans, and they’re exciting. We have been told iTunes will be getting a huge cloud capability that many people have been asking for (and logically thought would happen sooner or later). These new capabilities are broken down into three groups:

  1. Streaming music and movies from Apple’s servers to your computers, devices, etc.
  2. Streaming music and movies from your home computers to your other computers, remote devices, etc.
  3. Wireless iTunes syncing with devices Read more
2010
07/01
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eli
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