Beatles Agreement Could Lead to Preloaded iPods
Technophobes who want an iPod but do not like having to use a computer may have the answer to their dreams. A change in the agreement between electronics giant Apple and the publishers of the Beatles' music will allow iPods to be sold preloaded with albums or back catalogs, meaning that music fans will be able to listen to sounds without first loading them onto computers.
Beatles Agreement Could Lead to Preloaded iPods
Beatles Agreement Could Lead to Preloaded iPods
Apple could see added perks from its exclusive iPhone distribution deal with Cingular, such as royalty payouts for helping to grow the wireless carrier's subscriber base.
According to Citigroup Investment Research analyst Michael Rollins, the Cupe...
Apple may see royalties from Cingular subscriber growth
According to Citigroup Investment Research analyst Michael Rollins, the Cupe...
Apple may see royalties from Cingular subscriber growth
Apple announced in a joint statement with Lionsgate that more than 150 movies from the studio would be added to the iTunes store by the end of the month.
Lionsgate Movies Added To iTunes
Lionsgate Movies Added To iTunes
Shares of Apple Inc. rose slightly in early morning trading on Monday after an analyst at Citigroup said several near-term product catalysts make the stock look attractive at current levels.
In a research note sent to clients, analyst Richard Gard...
Shares of Apple upgraded to Buy at Citigroup
In a research note sent to clients, analyst Richard Gard...
Shares of Apple upgraded to Buy at Citigroup
Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, and Apple on Monday announced that movies from Lionsgate film catalog are now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store.
Lionsgate will add over 150 of its flicks to the...
Lionsgate films now available on Apple's iTunes Store
Lionsgate will add over 150 of its flicks to the...
Lionsgate films now available on Apple's iTunes Store
Unless you were sleeping last week, you saw Bill Gates get really upset when asked about the Mac vs. PC campaign that Apple is putting on. I'm not sure it is wise to piss off someone like Bill personally in this way, and the campaign does seem to over-stereotype both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs, Dell Does Sony, HP Powers Wal-Mart
Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs, Dell Does Sony, HP Powers Wal-Mart
Michael Dell offered up some harsh advice a decade ago on how to fix struggling Apple, words that now provide an ironic sting for the newly minted CEO of his own slumping company. What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders, he said at a technology conference in the fall of 1997.
Will Michael Dell Follow in Steve Jobs' Footsteps
Will Michael Dell Follow in Steve Jobs' Footsteps
Boston.com reports on an upcoming Apple flagship store design due to be built in Boston at 815 Boylston Street later this year:
Apple Stores in Australia and Boston
Apple Stores in Australia and Boston
Major music companies look set to put pressure on the iPod maker Apple to make its proprietary anti-piracy system compatible with music players manufactured by other companies. Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, has ruffled a few feathers within the music industry after calling on the four major music companies to sell digital music unencumbered with protective software known as DRM.
Jobs vs. Music Labels: Immovable Object Meets Irresistible Force
Jobs vs. Music Labels: Immovable Object Meets Irresistible Force
The smoldering controversy over the Apple chief's involvement in stock options reignited once again on Friday after curious timing in a Pixar stock option was discovered by the Wall Street Journal.
Quoting an anonymous source, the financial paper ...
Steve Jobs implicated in Pixar stock option dust-up
Quoting an anonymous source, the financial paper ...
Steve Jobs implicated in Pixar stock option dust-up
Kathy O'Connor remembers being stunned when one of the students in her intermediate Spanish class told her just how much she listened to her language lab CDs after they were put on an iPod. The Tidewater Community College student listened to and repeated Spanish vocabulario and comprehension exercises when she cleaned her home, waited in the doctor's office and while her husband watched sports.
The iPod Language Learning Experience
The iPod Language Learning Experience
ThinkSecret posts a brief blurb that the Apple TV's ship date has been pushed back to the beginning of March.
Apple TV Shipments Pushed to March
Apple TV Shipments Pushed to March
Exclusive: A glass-crowned Apple flagship shop is part of lavish $200 million redevelopment project targeting a one-time amusement center in the Australian city of Melbourne, a design proposal shown to AppleInsider have revealed.
The plan, which g...
Wonka-style Apple flagship proposed for Melbourne's Fun Factory site (images)
The plan, which g...
Wonka-style Apple flagship proposed for Melbourne's Fun Factory site (images)
Des Moines, Iowa, residents may have one less place to flaunt their iPods and musical tastes now that the downtown bar, the Lift, has been told by Apple to stop calling its popular weekly social event iPod Monday. iPod Monday gives bar patrons the opportunity to share their musical tastes through the songs on their iPods.
Apple Nixes Bar's 'iPod Monday'
Apple Nixes Bar's 'iPod Monday'
Des Moines, Iowa, residents may have one less place to flaunt their iPods and musical tastes now that the downtown bar, the Lift, has been told by Apple to stop calling its popular weekly social event iPod Monday. iPod Monday gives bar patrons the opportunity to share their musical tastes through the songs on their iPods.
Bar Must Rename 'iPod Monday' Powwows
Bar Must Rename 'iPod Monday' Powwows
Ticketmaster, the West Hollywood, Calif., event ticket seller, teamed with iTunes to offer free downloads with concert tickets bought on Ticketmaster.com. In return, when people preorder certain digital albums on iTunes, they can buy the artists' concert tickets on Ticketmaster.com before they are available to the general public.
Apple, Ticketmaster to Offer Free iTunes Downloads
Apple, Ticketmaster to Offer Free iTunes Downloads
A call by Apple frontman Steve Jobs for a ceasefire in the DRM wars has only escalated the fight, with each side taking its own share of potshots -- including a shot in the dark by the RIAA.
Tuesday's provocative open letter by Jobs has touched a ...
Pundits take sides in DRM battle as responses to Jobs fly
Tuesday's provocative open letter by Jobs has touched a ...
Pundits take sides in DRM battle as responses to Jobs fly
Part of Steve Jobs' genius as an entrepreneur is that he is also a brilliant showman. Somehow or other, he always manages to be on the side of the angels. It should therefore come as little surprise to see the Apple chief executive wading into the music download debate to champion the consumer-friendly cause of open-access systems.
Jobs on DRM: Valid Message, Vague Motive
Jobs on DRM: Valid Message, Vague Motive
The creator of Xbox Live Arcade, now employed by one of Apple's gaming allies, says Apple TV is a future platform for the casual gaming market. Meanwhile, Apple is still sorting through a potential piles interface for Mac OS X. And would you know i...
Briefly: Apple TV and gaming; Piles; Apple VP Johnson adds to fortune
Briefly: Apple TV and gaming; Piles; Apple VP Johnson adds to fortune
In a recent interview with Wired, Greg Canessa, the ex-General Manager of XBox Live Arcade, and now Vice President of video game platforms at PopCap games indicates that his role at PopCap will be to help proliferate their games onto multiple platfor...
Apple TV A Gaming Platform
Apple TV A Gaming Platform