Following their decision not to renew their contract with Apple over disagreements regarding iTunes pricing, NBC removed all of its content - including that of its affiliates - from the online store over the weekend.  Citing Apple's refusal to consider even "modest" demands, and suggesting that the company was slashing prices on video in order to increase iPod sales, NBC's ... continued »

So Frederick Black has formed another lawsuit against Apple. This one is regarding the notion that Apple has illegally tied the iPod to iTunes. Sure, you have to use iTunes to get your music onto your iPod/iPhone, but this case isn’t about that. This case is about the music being sold at the iTunes store being tied to the iPod and ... continued »

The eagle-eyed music lovers over at Ars Technica spotted some interesting fluctuations in iTunes pricing earlier this week, with some DRM-free "Plus" tracks being reduced to the same $0.99 as encrypted songs.  Now, Apple has officially announced that all iTunes Plus tracks will be priced this same amount, making good on Steve Jobs' pledge to do what he could to improve access ... continued »

So yesterday was the launch day of the new Starbucks and Apple corporate whoring deal. According to John Fischetti, Starbucks are “every block up in this bitch” in NYC so he had plenty of opportunity to give it a go. And so he did, he says that once he connected to the Starbucks’ WiFi and opened the iTunes WiFi Store app, ... continued »

Well if you have a lot of money, enough to be in the market for a custom home-theater install or other type of networked music management system, and you use iTunes heavily, ReQuest has your back. Or more precisely your back-up. Their new NetSync technology that is applicable as an update is available for most of their audio based systems and ... continued »

October 2nd will be the launch of the Starbucks and Apple Wi-Fi iTunes Store partnership deal. The program will roll out in New York (city? State?) and Seattle and Starbucks will be passing out Song of the Day cards as well as a couple other promotions. The Song of the Day cards will score you one free track from the iTunes ... continued »

Right now you have to download content on your computer in order for it to be available on your Apple TV. After the release of the iTunes Wi-Fi store there are rumors floating around of a similar feature popping up in the next Apple TV update. With the recent advent of movie rentals through iTunes this would be a great new ... continued »

Alright, so I know it was two days ago, but we have some more footage from the event. The first video is from the lobby while everyone was waiting to get into the auditorium. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=rCwpUKf8PA8[/youtube] The second video is of the actual presentation from about the point where Jobs announces YouTube functionality on the iPod touch to the point where he announces ... continued »

So shortly before the big Apple event a couple days ago there was a company that released the program iToner for $15, with this program you could turn any of your songs into ringtones for your iPhone. Then the big Apple event came and Apple announced this feature would be built into the new version of iTunes but would cost ... continued »

First, there was the launch of the new version of iTunes, that’s nice. This added the ability to make your own ringtones from iTunes purchased songs for an additional $.99 per use. Second, there were the new colors for the Shuffle. It was also added to the PRODUCT (RED) line. continued »

Starbucks has struck a deal where the WiFi iPhones and iPods will be able to monitor the playlist inside the shop. You will also be able to purchase the currently playing song as well as any of the 10 previous songs played. Free WiFi for iPods and iPhones for the iTunes Music Store. Only a few cities will support this by ... continued »

It works almost exactly like the iTunes store on your PC. There is a search function, a featured section. Song Previews are available as well as downloads. The songs sync to your PC the next time you connect the iPod. continued »