Tag: iTunes
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Microsoft finally advertises its biggest advantage over the iPod, cost
Greetings Readers! Microsoft has unveiled their latest attack on Apple, but this time it doesn’t involve anybody going to a retail store and purchasing a laptop. This time Microsoft is setting its sights on the iPod. The latest commercial attacks Apple for not having a subscription service on iTunes for music downloads. Without a subscription…
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Global Geek News #13
Here are the shownotes for episode #13 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Circuit City to be liquidated App Store hits 500 million downloads Steve Jobs takes a leave of absence from Apple for health reasons Twitter hires a biz-dev guru…
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Apple’s Keynote Disappoints Yet Again, Secrecy to Blame
Greetings Readers! Much like everybody else, I was glued to my laptop yesterday for yesterday’s Macworld keynote from Apple (I even live blogged the event), only to be disappointed. While there were a few decent announcements (DRM-free music on iTunes and new prices), the event was almost entirely a snooze-fest. There are many reasons that…
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Apple Announces it is Leaving MacWorld, Shoots Itself in the Foot
Greetings Readers! After feeding the animals at work I came back to my computer moments ago to discover, thanks to Twitter, that Apple is no longer going to be at MacWorld after this year. Not only that, but Steve Jobs isn’t even going to give the keynote for this years MacWord. To say that this…
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Sony Announces Blu-spec CD, Another Format for a Dying Medium
Greetings Readers! Yesterday, I wrote a post about how CD sales are down and Walmart is reducing the floor space it gives the CD. Clearly, the fools at Sony don’t agree with my assessment of the CD and its impending death. Sony has now announced a new CD format, Blu-spec CD. This format is going…