iTunes is an ancient relic of an old music era, right? Not so fast, says a new report highlighting iTunes’ resilience despite stiff streaming competition, as evidenced by new statistics from Apple.
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Taylor Swift enjoyed a highly successful first weekend for her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. What will the artist do next? It seems the answer is: revive the long-diminishing iTunes brand with a limited-edition deluxe version of The Life of a Showgirl. If anyone can spark excitement about iTunes, it’s going to be Taylor Swift.
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After Click to Cancel legislation for subscriptions, California has introduced another piece of consumer protection legislation for buying digital content.
It will force companies to tell you when you won’t actually own the content you think you’re buying – something which has occasionally been true for iTunes purchases …
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Apple’s iTunes was discontinued a long time ago, but the software still survives on Windows. For users who still rely on iTunes, the company recently released an important security update for the software.
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Remember iTunes? Although it was discontinued years ago on macOS, the Windows version lives on to this day. And if you’re one of the people who still has iTunes installed on your PC, there’s an update available with an important security patch.
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Today’s release of iOS 17.2 takes another step toward killing the iTunes brand once and for all. Via a server-side update tied to today’s software update, Apple has discontinued the ability to buy and rent TV shows and movies via the iTunes app on iPhone and iPad.
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A serious Windows iTunes security vulnerability has been revealed, affecting all versions prior to the latest update, released a week ago …
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A memoir by Irish singer-songwriter Bono reveals the story behind the free U2 album debacle, which saw both Apple and the band become the butt of jokes on social media, as well as the subject of considerable anger toward both parties …
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Apple this week quietly released an update for the Windows version of its iTunes music player. However, rather than adding new features, the update is focused on fixing bugs and security breaches for those who still rely on iTunes.
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Apple recently released macOS Monterey 12.2 beta, and while the update isn’t a big one, it does come with a Music app that has been rewritten with native technology instead of web content. Meanwhile, the same old iTunes that was discontinued on the Mac years ago is still available on Windows – and it’s past time for Apple to replace it with something better.
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Apple is already facing a class-action lawsuit over the potential for iTunes purchased content removal, and it’s now faced with another on the opposite side of the country.
Both lawsuits make the same complaint: that the iTunes store wording says that you can “buy” or “rent” movies, while the reality is that you can only license them – and that license can be later withdrawn.
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Following the release of iOS 15 to the public on Monday, Apple also introduced a new version of iTunes for Windows with support for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Unfortunately, the update broke iTunes for users with the system language set to any language other than English.
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Apple is facing a putative class action in a federal courtroom in Sacramento, California, over the way customers can “buy” or “rent” movies, TV shows, and other content in the iTunes Store. While Apple had attempted to dismiss the lawsuit, a federal judge has denied this request.
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After several years of waiting, it appears that Disney and Apple have reached a deal to make 4K versions of Disney films available through iTunes. A wide selection of Disney movies is now showing as 4K in the iTunes Store, with additional support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
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When Apple announced its Apple One service bundles, it immediately raised a query for many: those with different Apple IDs for iCloud and Apple Music. Would the system cope with that situation, allowing them to take advantage of the savings?
Apple’s longest-serving employee, Chris Espinosa, has just confirmed that this will be fine …
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A new report today from the Wall Street Journal details the successful digital-only release of “Trolls World Tour” by Universal Pictures. The report says that the movie has racked up nearly $100 million in rentals, but as you would expect, movie theater owners are pushing back.
Universal Studios has announced today that it is planning to release movies that are still in theaters on iTunes and other services starting this week. This announcement comes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, with theaters limiting attendance and even shutting down completely.
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It’s not often a nearly-decade-old movie makes it back into the iTunes movie charts, but pandemic thriller Contagion has achieved it, for the obvious reason. It is sitting at #12 at the time of writing …
The iTunes UK song chart is currently topped by a rather unlikely track: a song by a Welsh folk band which was recorded in 1981 and released in 1983…
A $5B class action lawsuit that accused Apple of selling customer data has been rejected for the second and final time…
Apple may be moving into streaming video next month, but renting and buying movies online is still big business – and AMC Theater wants a piece of it.
The movie theater chain is diversifying into on-demand movie rental and sales in direct competition with iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, and YouTube…
A zero-day vulnerability in iTunes and iCloud apps on Windows PCs enabled attackers to install ransomware without triggering antivirus protections. Ransomware encrypts the entire hard drive or SSD with a key known only to the attacker, enabling them to demand a ransom to decrypt the machine…
Apple continues to move away from the iTunes brand this week. Now, when you view an iOS or Mac app listing on the web, the URL is based on apps.apple.com, whereas it was previously itunes.apple.com.