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Apple highlights 'Best of 2012' on iTunes, App Store & iBookstore
Apple on Thursday published a list highlighting some of the best content available on its broad array of storefronts, including the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore.
The "Best of 2012" rankings include winners in a variety of mediums among multiple categories. Below are a list of the biggest overall winners:
iTunes Store
- Music
- Best Artist: Frank Ocean
- Best Album: "Shields," by Grizzly Bear
- Best Song: "We Are Young," by Fun.
- Breakthrough Album: "The Lumineers," by The Lumineers
- Best Artist: Frank Ocean
- Movies
- Best Blockbuster: The Avengers
- Best Director: Wes Anderson for "Moonrise Kingdom
- Best Discovery: Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Best Star-Making Performance: Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games"
- Best Blockbuster: The Avengers
- TV Shows
- Best Show: Breaking Bad
- Best Episode: Homeland, "The Weekend"
- Best Debut: Girls
- Best Cast: Happy Endings
- Best Show: Breaking Bad
App Store
- iPad App of the Year: Paper by FiftyThree
- iPad Game of the Year: The Room
- iPhone App of the Year: Action Movie FX
- iPhone Game of the Year: Rayman Jungle Run
iBookstore
- Best Novel: "The Dog Stars," by Peter Heller
- Best Nonfiction: "Beautiful Behind the Forevers," by Katherine Boo
- Best Young Adult Novel: "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green
- Best Multi-Touch Book: "Fashion," by DK Publishing
Podcasts
- Best New Audio Podcast: NPR: TED Radio Hour
- Best Audio Podcast: The Adam Carolla Show
- Best New Video Podcast: MinutePhysics
- Best Video Podcast: Sesame Street
On Topic: iTunes
- Editorial: Apple's billions are building an empire for the future
- Gameloft's Gangstar Rio, N.O.V.A. 3 go free on iOS for a limited time
- Apple releases iTunes 11.0.3 with new MiniPlayer, improved Songs View
- Google's All Access music streaming service to take on Spotify, Pandora
- Netflix accounts for 1/3 of nightly home Internet traffic, Apple's iTunes takes 2%
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Paper???? About half the reviews think it is great while the other half rate it as mediocre at best. I don't have it and based on the reviews its unlikely I'll try it.
"The Weekend" episode of HOMELAND came out in November of 2011.
Ah, the drama... the intrigue... the upset...
It's the Academy Awards in digital form.
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Originally Posted by jcollin3k 
"The Weekend" episode of HOMELAND came out in November of 2011.
"The Weekend" episode of HOMELAND came out in November of 2011.
It probably didn't hit iTunes until September though when Showtime released it to retailers
Paper.
I must be getting old, the only thing I have from that entire list is Breaking Bad.
'scuse me while I go shopping for a walking stick.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Ah, the drama... the intrigue... the upset...
It's the Academy Awards in digital form.
Ah, the drama... the intrigue... the upset...
It's the Academy Awards in digital form.
It even looks as though Apple is just going by the ratings customers have given. Some of the selections have surprisingly high amounts of ratings. Obviously they can't include films that aren't in the iTunes Store so it's likely the highest rated available content from each category. The people have spoken/clicked/tapped.Quote:
Originally Posted by hill60
I must be getting old, the only thing I have from that entire list is Breaking Bad.
'scuse me while I go shopping for a walking stick.
I must be getting old, the only thing I have from that entire list is Breaking Bad.
'scuse me while I go shopping for a walking stick.
You still 'go shopping'? That is old-school.
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Ugh, the Avengers was not the best blockbuster. Batman, Skyfall, and the Hunger Games were all better
Also Jennifer Lawrence was a star before the Hunger Games.
Love the Happy Endings, Wes Anderson, and Beasts of a Southern Wild love though