apple.com - 1/6/2009
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SAN FRANCISCO January 6, 2009 Apple today announced several changes to the iTunes Store ( www.itunes.com ). Beginning today, all four major music labels Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI, along with thousands of independent labels, are now offering their music in ...
apple.com - 1/5/2009
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apple.com —
January 5, 2009 Letter from Apple CEO Steve
Jobs Dear Apple Community, For the first time in
a decade, I m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. Unfortunately, my decision to have ...
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Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
techcrunch.com - 12/31/2008
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techcrunch.com —
We’ve got this from three independent sources close
to Apple: expect a large screen iPod touch device
to be released in the Fall of ‘09, with a 7 or 9 inch screen. Prototypes have been seen and handled by one of our sources, and Apple is talking to ...
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Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09
news.cnet.com - 1/6/2009
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news.cnet.com —
Apple has cut deals that will finally enable
iTunes to offer songs free of copy protection software
from the three largest music labels, according to two sources close to the negotiations. In exchange, Apple has agreed to become more flexible on ...
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Sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, new pricing
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Unibody MacBook Pro, DRM-less iTunes Highlight Macworld Keynote
Tech-Ex —
... you note the "iTunes Plus" label to make sure the song / album is DRM-free, if you want to be sure about something you want to buy. Pricing? Well, it is tiered, as I said earlier, but slightly different that I said. There will be $0.69, $0.99, and $1.29 tiers. It's unclear how exactly the tiers are determined, however, and the new tiered pricing does not kick in until April. Based on what they are saying, it might take until April to get everything figured out; their press release says: And beginning in April, based on what the music labels ...
iTunes pricing and DRM schemes updated for 2009
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Phil Schiller today outlined Apple's new pricing scheme for iTunes music, and announced additional music that will be available DRM-free. ...
iTunes finally goes DRM-free … done anyone really care?
Hardware 2.0 —
... News from the Macworld Expo - iTunes is in the final stages of shedding DRM, offering some eight million of its 10 million songs in Apple’s iTunes Plus DRM-free format. But does anyone care? Is there anyone who is still concerned about DRM buying anything from the iTunes store? Here’s the deal. Starting today , four music labels (Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI) along with numerous independent labels are offering music in Apple’s 256 kbps AAC DRM-free format. At present some eight million tracks are available in iTunes Plus format. By the end of ...
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technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Those who said that the absence of Steve Jobs at Macworld would mean less spectacular announcements were so wrong. The rumors of the unibody MacBook Pro and the DRM-less iTunes were made reality on Tuesday. As announced, Apple's Phil Schiller, ...
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technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/29/2009 — At this year's Macworld, Apple announced iTunes was (finally) going DRM-less. However, if you wanted to remove the DRM from your pre-existing iTunes library, it was all or nothing. Proving that they do listen , Apple has changed things, and you can ...
Palm Pre Will Work with iTunes: Report
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 5/28/2009 — As one of my friends eyes the Palm Pre, his only lament has been that Apple has iTunes and the App Store as the 800-pound gorilla in the corner with the iPhone. According to a report Thursday from CNNMoney.com , that's not going to be an issue, after all. Or perhaps I should say half of that ...
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techreport.com 1/29/2009 — Apple has quietly updated its DRM upgrade policy on iTunes. According to iLounge, folks wishing to strip digital rights management protection from their songs no longer have to convert their entire music librarythey can now do it track by ...
Apple wrongfoots iPhoneys —
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