Topic: iTunes
Fortune reporter shares behind-the-scenes stories, photos of Steve Jobs
2011/25/10, 09:10 pm
Steve Jobs' chronicler Brent Schlender has published several personal stories and photos from 25 years of covering Apple and its late co-founder, offering a unique look at how Steve Jobs interacted with the media.
Steve Jobs left iTunes creator in charge of connected TV initiative
2011/24/10, 08:10 pm
Jeff Robbin, an Apple vice president and engineer who helped create both iTunes and the iPod, is leading the company's efforts to produce a connected TV with integrated search functionality, according to a new report.
Settlement in iTunes Gift Card class action suit offers $3.25 per customer
2011/24/10, 06:10 pm
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit involving iTunes customers who purchased songs from the online music store for $1.29 with gift cards whose packaging promised songs for only $0.99.
Apple in talks to add streaming Hollywood movies to iCloud
2011/13/10, 07:10 am
Apple is said to be involved in negotiations with Hollywood movie studios in an effort to give customers the ability to stream movies they own to devices like an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV.
Apple issues iTunes 10.5.1 beta 1 to developers to test iTunes Match
2011/11/10, 02:10 pm
Following the public release of iTunes 10.5 with support for iOS 5 devices, Apple also privately released iTunes 10.5.1 to its developer community, allowing them to test the forthcoming iTunes Match service.
Apple releases iTunes 10.5 with support for iOS 5 wireless syncing
2011/11/10, 01:10 pm
Apple on Tuesday released iTunes 10.5 for both Mac and PC, bringing with it support for wirelessly syncing with devices running the soon-to-be-released iOS 5.
Movie studios to launch own cloud service as Apple readies iCloud
2011/10/10, 10:10 pm
In a move to encourage customers to buy movies rather than rent or stream, studios are planning to launch cloud-based services to compete with digital media rental outlets, like Apple's iCloud-enhanced iTunes.
Netflix cancels plans to spin off disc mailing business as Qwikster
2011/10/10, 11:10 am
Responding to customer backlash, Netflix on Monday announced that it will no longer spin off its DVD-by-mail business as a new operation dubbed Qwikster.
Miramax CEO says Apple a bigger threat to movie industry than piracy
2011/05/10, 06:10 pm
Apple's domination of the digital media marketplace is more of a threat to movie companies than piracy, according to Miramax CEO Mike Lang.
Apple working to secure worldwide cloud-music rights ahead of Oct. 4
2011/30/09, 07:09 pm
Apple is far along in negotiations to obtain international cloud-music licenses from record companies and publishers, a new report claims, and may secure a deal in time to announce it at the company's iPhone event on Oct. 4.
Known issues remain with Apple's ninth beta of iTunes 10.5
2011/30/09, 12:09 pm
Apple on Friday supplied developers with the ninth beta of iTunes 10.5, with a number of known issues remaining before the final version of the software debuts with iCloud.
Apple launches iTunes Store in all remaining EU countries
2011/29/09, 02:09 am
Apple on Thursday launched the iTunes Store in the 12 European Union countries that had yet to gain access to it, ending an eight year wait for what has become the world's No. 1 music store.
Netflix spins off its DVD-by-mail service as Qwikster
2011/19/09, 11:09 am
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sent a letter to subscribers on Monday, admitting he "messed up" and announcing that it would spin off its DVD and Blu-ray-based mailing business as a new service dubbed "Qwikster."
TV studios quietly adding closed-captioned episodes to iTunes Store
2011/13/09, 12:09 am
Television studios have quietly begun adding closed captioning to a small selection of the TV shows on offer in Apple's iTunes Store.
Apple reopens iTunes Match beta to additional developers
2011/10/09, 09:09 pm
Apple has quietly opened up the beta for its iTunes Match service to a second batch of developers as the company readies it for launch this fall.
Apple releases iTunes 10.5 beta 8 to developers along with new iWork for iOS apps
2011/09/09, 06:09 pm
Apple has made available an eighth beta release of iTunes 10.5 to developers, focusing on bug fixes and improvements. The update is available alongside a new release of iWork for iOS beta 3.
Apple's iTunes U hits 600 million education downloads
2011/08/09, 03:09 pm
Apple's iTunes U, an initiative encouraging schools to offer print, audio and video downloads of their education programs almost entirely free to the public, has hit a new milestone of 600 million downloads.
Apple awards new Senior VP Eddy Cue with stock bonus of 100k shares
2011/02/09, 10:09 pm
Apple has awarded Eddy Cue, the company's new senior vice president of Internet Software & Services, a promotion bonus of 100,000 restricted stock units, currently worth more than $37 million.
Apple's iTunes Match beta doesn't technically stream music
2011/30/08, 01:08 pm
The new iTunes Match beta still downloads songs and saves them locally on a user's device, rather than providing an absolute true streaming service.
Apple's iTunes Match beta supports streaming music playback
2011/30/08, 12:08 am
The developer preview of Apple's forthcoming iTunes Match service for iCloud contains early support for streaming music, according to people familiar with the matter.

