For years I’ve been asking people in the music industry “why can’t we get 24-bit or at least CD-quality lossless music online?”. Nobody could answer that, and knowing how the music business works, it’s no surprise that it took this long for someone to wake up and do the right thing.
When Apple announced its new Ping service on Wednesday, I was ecstatic. Most people use Myspace to find and share music, but I didn’t like Myspace at all. In fact I don’t even have a Myspace account. Integrating iTunes with a music-based social media network felt like two things that went well together – like chocolate and peanut butter.
It’s that time of year-the leaves turn color, sports bars start to fill up again, and Apple announced a media event. As always, there’s speculation about new iPods and what may come of the iPad, but I’m more interested in one thing: iTunes. Ever since Apple bought Lala early this year, I’ve been eagerly awaiting to see what Apple did with the technology.
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Computers weren’t very exciting in 1984. Their graphics were blocky and didn’t have many colors, there wasn’t much of a user interface unless you liked staring at a blinking cursor, and sound was tinny 8-bit. While watching the Super Bowl that year, some people caught a glimpse of a 30-second commercial for what seemed to be….a new movie? A TV show? No, it was Apple’s first commercial for the Macintosh.
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Apple’s iOS 4 is expected to drop to users today. I’ve been using it for several weeks as an iPhone Developer and since it’s going out to the public today, I can talk about what’s new, what to expect, and what’s limited in this new release.
