Legends ebook service for iPhone and iPod touch

July 8, 2008

While it’s not a replacement for the Amazon Kindle, ZappTek today announced Legends, an ebook service for iPhone and iPod touch. The Legends service will be available in the App Store on July 11th, with pricing of $1.99 for short stories and $4.99 for novels.

ZappTek plans on partnering with …

iTunes 7.7 to include remote control capabilities?

June 26, 2008

Along with the new iPhone SDK 8 beta that came out tonight, Apple plus shipped a pre-release version of iTunes 7.7 to developers in the iPhone Dev Program. iTunes 7.7 is a requirement for the new iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 firmware; it additionally appears to include a new remote control feature.

iTunes remembers George Carlin

June 25, 2008

Of all the things said about George Carlin by the past few days, I like what Jon Stewart said on the Daily Show most: he’s getting awfully tired of humans who we need leaving us. But as Stewart additionally said, the good thing about Carlin is that he left us “hours and hours of video.” iTunes h…

TV shows added to Australia iTunes Store

June 24, 2008

The Australian iTunes Store has become the latest to offer television programming for purchase.

Shoppers will notice that pricing is standard across all shows at $2.99 AUS per episode. There are no season passes available as of that writing, and several American shows, like Lost, Pimp My Ride…

Billyuns and billllyuns of songs

June 20, 2008

With apologies to Carl Sagan, it looks as whether the Grand Unilateral Conspiracy to Commit Piracy(tm) (GUTCCP) has been dealt a harsh blow. As Scott posted yesterday, iTunes sales have topped 5 billion songs to period. that, despite the fact that all iPods are officially nothing more than r…

Apple tops 5 billion mark in iTunes sales

June 19, 2008

When the iTunes Store was first introduced (hey, remember when it was called the iTunes Music Store and all you could buy were DRMed music tracks? Those were the days) I thought citizens wouldn’t spend much money there. certain, it was pretty and easy to use but public don’t want DRM laced music…

Jayhawks and Apple Team Up for iTunes Giveaway

June 12, 2008

The performing arts center of the University of Kansas, the Lied Center, today announced a partnership with Apple to distribute 50,000 special Lied Center iTunes cards to humans in the Midwest US. Each of the special cards provides free downloads of 20 songs by artists who will be performing at …

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