by Mike Beauchamp on March 4, 2013 in News
Staples just recently started selling Apple products. We spotted this deal and thought it was worth passing along: For a limited time, you can pick up a $50 iTunes gift card for just $40 bucks. Put another way, that’s a 20% discount off the face value of the card. It’s not clear if Staples is [...]
by Drew on January 16, 2013 in News
The iTunes Terms and Conditions are legal agreements set out to “govern your use of the iTunes Store.” You can read the whole thing here. One interesting piece of language in the agreement is that “you also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without [...]
by Joshua H. on December 17, 2012 in Apps
Apple released its list of ‘Best Mac Apps of 2012’ and I thought it would be interesting to share my favorites. There are three that stick out to me as most deserving. Tweetbot If you use Twitter, this is the only Mac app I would recommend. The others aren’t poorly made, but they aren’t made [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on December 6, 2012 in Android, Apps, News, iPhone
At a press event in New York this morning, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed some big milestones. Check out these numbers, keeping in mind Spotify just came to the U.S. last year. – More than 1 million paying subscribers (Spotify has $4.99 and $9.99 monthly plans) – Spotify has paid more than $500 million to [...]
by Joshua H. on November 30, 2012 in Apps, News, Product Reviews
I am not an iTunes hater. I know a lot of users complain, and that it’s typically listed as the piece of Apple software that needs the most loving. The new design does quite a bit to make some users happy. There are some users Apple may never try to satisfy. Focus on the playback [...]
by Joshua H. on November 29, 2012 in Apps, News, Product Reviews
Apple snuck in a sweet little feature in the latest update to the famous software: gift card camera scanning. If you’ve ever used a gift-card on iTunes, you’ve had to type in the big long code on the back. Now, you can hold the card up to the camera, and it will scan the card [...]
by Joshua H. on September 12, 2012 in News
A new version of iTunes is coming in October. The interface is updated, and features are added. It’s a big step for Apple, it’s just not clear if it’s A new interface Is a new sexy interface what iTunes needed? Probably not, but it got one anyway. Eddy Cue announced on stage at the iPhone [...]
by Jenny Reichhold on June 1, 2012 in News, Social Media
Recently, the popular music-streaming site Spotify was launched in Australia and New Zealand, in a move some say could change the face of the countries music industries. Spotify is offering up access to about 16 million tracks via PC, smartphone and iPad, bringing Spotify’s availability to 15 countries total. The Swedish based service came to [...]
by Caleb Hicks on May 3, 2012 in Product Reviews
Some musicians and record executives have recently bemoaned the fact that what ends up on a fan’s iPod or iPhone is of arguably much lower quality than what is laid down on tape or hard drives in the studio. Apple has been pushing the limits of song quality on iTunes through a program called ‘Mastered [...]
by Brett B. on March 18, 2012 in Product Reviews, Wishful Thinking
Purchasing a movie is not a new thing. You have you probably still have tons of VHS still sitting in your basement. Your taste in movies hasn’t really change and so all your have to worry about is what format you buy your favorites in. From the DVD to Blu-ray it is clear the video [...]