iTunes tag
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Almost 10K App Store Programs And Counting
About 9,700 iTunes App Store applications are in existance (as you read this sentence, ten or more were added) and the popularity of this store keeps growing. About 25% of the applications you can put on your iPhone and other...
Apple's Developer Can of Worms
In a perfect world, a company who decides to control which applications can be downloaded to its devices would have no problem doing so. We live however in a world which is far from perfect and Apple is having serious...
Find Those iPhone Apps With Apptism
There are thousands of iPhone apps on the market but if you use Apple as your main source for learning about these applications you are limited to what Apple lets you know about. In addition, some are not thrilled with...
Second Gates/Seinfeld Ad Better
The second installment of the Microsoft Bill Gates Jerry Seinfeld advertising campaign is surprisingly better than the first. It is just as confusing but there was something about it which compelled me to watch and have real interest in what...
Motorola Turnaround?
Motorola will be breaking up the company, bringing in new management and launching over 30 new products in the near future. Analysts remain very impressed but one wonders if they will be able to turn things around after over a...
Show Me the Opportunities!
This past week has had me thinking a great deal about telecom and how it is evolving. I have come to some conclusions worth sharing. The first is that customers could care less about walled gardens. Sure, we hear...
iPhone: Stand in Line, There is no Choice
What is it about the iPhone that makes it so special that people will stand in line for it for hours on end? I think I may know. I have been trying to get one of these things for about...
Roku: The Apple of TV?
Without a doubt, the new Netflix Player by Roku set top box will become a serious contender for the title "iPod of the world of television." I haven't seen this device yet but based on what I have read...
Mossberg: 3G iPhone in 60 Days
Who am I to doubt Walt Mossberg the Wall Street Journal tech reviewer who gets his hands on gadgets before most others. According to Mossberg, we will have an iPhone capable of 3G speeds in less than 2 months....
Browser Wars
I recently downloaded and tested Apple's Safari browser on my Windows-based computer and wow is it fast. Frankly I was the last person I expected to switch to Safari, but I just did. Graphically speaking, it is the nicest...
iTunes Tops Others
File this under "I saw this one coming." Apple's iTunes store is now the number one US retailer of music. One wonders if there is an opportunity for the company to expand into consumer electronics beyond their own brands. They...
The iTunes PIA
So a while back... I don't even know when, I somehow downloaded Quicktime. It was back in the days when Apple was the company we all felt sorry for. Perhaps a decade or so ago. Once the software was installed,...
Tech News 01/16/07
It has been a pretty big news day so far this early morning. Intel perhaps is responsible for the biggest portion of today's market movement as last night they announced earnings which were not all that bad but the stock...
Picketing Steve Jobs
Apparently the proper place for striking writers to be picketing is in front of Steve Job’s house, office and perhaps anywhere else he happens to be. So says Michael Eisner according to this CNET news report. In reality, Steve...
iCar
Do I think people would flock to an iCar – a rumored collaboration between Volkswagen and Apple? My answer? A collaboration with Apple and any car manufacturer would likely be successful. But Volkswagen does make a great deal of sense...
Google and Apple Collaborate
Here is an excellent article from Susan Campbell on the synergies between Google and Apple in their new partnership. The potential for both companies to grow sales is obvious in such a collaboration. Just the YouTube/iTunes synergy alone is worth...
iPhone Release Date
The release date of the much anticipated Apple iPhone has finally been set on June 29, 2007. As diehard fans already know the 4 gigabyte version costs $499 and the 8 gigabyte version is $100 more. It will be offered...
Samsung MP3 Service
There is so much competition in the market to take out the iPod and it seems obvious that the synergy of iTunes and iPod is a tough to beat with a player or service alone. So while companies like SanDisk...
Microsoft Should Buy SpiralFrog
Yesterday I gave Microsoft some ideas on how they might be able to take on the Apple iTunes/iPod model. One of my ideas involved having Microsoft eating some of the cost of movie and music downloads so they can increase...
Microsoft/Toshiba Zune
Years ago I used to read and perhaps even wrote about the fact that Microsoft would not be successful in the mobile phone business because they can't make an OS that doesn't need frequent rebooting. Years ago this was a...
MTV URGE
Now that MTV has decided it will compete with iTunes by offering downloads of music and eventually videos, one wonders how many potential competitors there will be in this space. How many can the market bear? Will content providers ever...
Suggestion Engines
It would seem that software that uses the tastes of large number of people to help suggest products based on your past experiences can significantly increase sales. If the technology is not implemented correctly or nut not implemented at all,...
Two-Tiered Internet
The LECs are very smart and have mastered the art and politics of getting what they want in Washington. They first cajoled the FCC and then the government to neuter the Telecom Act of 1996. By doing this they basically...
Of Apple And Oranges
I hear more and more about the new video iPod and how it will change the world. In my opinion with the small screen size the device is little more than a fashion accessory -- at least for those of...
