Tag: itunes plus
RUMOUR: iTunes to add DRM-free Sony music
SonyBMG, soon to be Sony Music Entertainment Inc, is one of the four major music labels, and features bands and artists like the Ting Tings, AC/DC and Dido. If rumours are correct, then music from those bands and many others will soon be available on the iTunes store DRM-free.
Currently, EMI are the only major label to offer MP3 files on iTunes Plus – Apple’s name for their DRM-free, slightly higher quality, offering that costs 25% more per track than DRMed files. If Sony’s music is added, it will be a plus for Apple, but they still lag far far behind services like 7digital, who are 100% DRM-free, and remain my a la carte MP3 download provider of choice.
While we’re at it, do you know what the most downloaded catalogue song ever on iTunes is? Soundscan, over the weekend, determined that it’s the epic “Don’t Stop Believin'” by Journey. Classic. I’ve embedded a video of them playing it live just after the jump. Power Ballads first thing on a Monday morning are just what everyone needs.
Today on Tech Digest: Bill Gates meets Steve Jobs, iTunes Plus controversy, Palm Foleo and more…
THE BIG THREE
What happened when Bill Gates pow-wowed with Steve Jobs
iTunes Plus slated for sneaky user ID feature
Palm Foleo: a smartphone’s best friend?
THE NEXT FIFTEEN
Paul McCartney’s new album being sold DRM-free online… for $1.56
Video review: Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 laptop
YouTube hooks up with Apple TV
Lose weight using your iPod or PSP
Guess what smartphone Paris Hilton is holding and win a Bluetooth headset
eBay buys StumbleUpon social bookmarking site
How Ustream.tv and BlogTV will turn us all into broadcasters
Top 10 albums worth buying as iTunes Plus DRM-free downloads
LG launches Green Banana Phone in South Korea
PSP firmware update means Remote Play is GO GO GO!
Jela Skype mouse phone with LCD screen
DXG’s new seven-megapixel digital camera
New study suggests digital gadgets are going to waste
Google Gears untethers online applications
What devices can play iTunes Plus downloads?
THE SILLY ONE
The student common-room that’s a recycled Boeing 747 plane
Paul McCartney's new album being sold DRM-free online… for $1.56
The music industry has been waging a battle against Russian music download site AllOfMP3 in recent months, over the way the latter sells digital downloads of brand new albums for less than a couple of dollars. However, it seems the floodgates could be opening for similar sites.
Top 10 albums worth buying as iTunes Plus DRM-free downloads
It’s iTunes Plus day here on Tech Digest, and I’ve been scooting through the iTunes Store to see what albums are available as higher-quality DRM-free downloads.
What devices can play iTunes Plus downloads?
So, Apple launched its iTunes Plus DRM-free downloads yesterday, and the company is already catching flak for embedding users’ names and email addresses in the files they download. The big idea is that you’ll be able to play the files on devices other than iPods. So what do they work on?
iTunes Plus under fire for sneaky user-ID feature
Apple launched its iTunes Plus DRM-free downloads yesterday, but the company is already being criticised for the way that whenever you buy one of the iTunes Plus songs, your name and email address is embedded in its tags.
Apple's new iTunes update promises 'iTunes Plus' DRM-free music
Something’s up in iTunes-land. It’s 7.55am, and I’ve just switched on my Mac. The Software Update application is asking me to download iTunes 7.2, which will allow me to “preview and purchase iTunes Plus music – new higher-quality DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels”.
