What's new on Ping? Social Playlists
Playlists allow you to share or create playlists with friends. OK. (Thanks D. Jolesch!)
Check out how, below:
Has Apple turned off MobileMe users with short passwords?
Word is coming in from Europe that Apple is forcing users with under eight characters and without both a number and a letter to reset their passwords today. The mandate is an invisible one and some users who don’t meet the criteria are just getting empty login failures. The fix is easy. Just head over to the MobileMe and reset your password to one with the appropriate strength.
IMAP Mail and other native applications will not have been affected.
In a possibly related note (and/or some unfortunate timing), Apple Discussion Forums are down for some. If you look at the iPhone forums for example, you’ll see no posts after about 1 AM this morning. (image below)
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Apple does best of 2010 iTunes lists
Apple is promoting the best of everything in iTunes 2010 this morning. Their year end round up marks the top selling and grossing apps in a number of categories. Notably, Apple cleaned up in the iPad grossing section with its iWork Apps.
iPad Top Free, Top Paid, Top Grossing
iPhone: Top Free, Top Paid, Top Grossing
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90 second song previews hit iTunes
We recently reported that Apple would be bringing 90 second song previews to iTunes and tonight the mission has begun. A number of songs with 90 second (1:30) previews have just hit Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Enjoy. (Thanks, Matthew)
Oh, didya want the Beatles?
Music publishers block longer iTunes song samples – report
Plans to extend the song samples made available via iTunes to a more satisfactory minute were shelved in advance of last week’s music product update event because music publishers refused to play ball.
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iTunes 10 blunder raises the temperature
Computerworld: Apple is often accused of being too controlling, and sometimes I’m minded to agree. This time I’m looking at an iTunes 10 problem in which Apple has abandoned full support of an important streaming music standard relied on by many of its customers and a healthy market of third party peripheral manufacturers — and I really can’t see a good reason for the move.
Google plans Sept 8 event
As expectation of the Google Music service grows, the search giant has despatched invitations to a September 8 press event to sundry US journos, reports claim. The event will be held at the SF Moma.
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Eminem 'Not Afraid', wins iTunes royalties appeal
Eminem’s producers, FBT Productions has prevailed in a case against Apple and Universal over Eminem digital royalties, and the victory could have a huge effect on digital music sales.
UK retailer PC World beats Apple to iTunes in the cloud
High street electronics retailer, PC World has launched its own cloud-based music service for Apple device owners, iPad Media Streaming, beating Apple’s own rumored music locker service aside in one fell swoop.
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