Here’s iTunes 10, and the first thing you’ll notice is a sleeker, cleaner look. There are fewer lines, there’s a little more space. The application is still bloated with far too much stuff, but at least it looks a little less crowded now. Let’s start at the top, and those new close/minimize/maximize buttons. The combined [...]



Written by Giles Turnbull on September 2nd, 2010 with no comments.
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Ok, maybe the little black box won’t arrive in every single home, but unlike the 1st-gen AppleTV, the 2nd-gen announced today is going to sell like buttery hotcakes slathered in maple syrup. So what’s different? it’s a third the price of the original. A third. This is the biggie — The drastically dropped price removes [...]



Written by Eli Milchman on September 1st, 2010 with no comments.
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Wow — that was quite a show from Steve Jobs. A brand new line up of iPods (except the Classic); a hot new AppleTV that costs just $99; and a potential Myspace killer in Ping, iTune’s social network for music. But which announcement was the big one long term? Will a FaceTime-enabled iPod allow Apple [...]



Written by Leander Kahney on September 1st, 2010 with no comments.
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Image copyright Mercury Records So much for the web being dead. John Mellencamp, the increasingly craggy Indiana roots rocker famed for singing about “Jack and Diane,” “Pink Houses” and having the middle name “Cougar,” has clued the world into a major news story: the Internet has destroyed the music business. Apple’s bad, too. From the [...]



Written by Pete Mortensen on August 24th, 2010 with no comments.
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Dear Steve Jobs: What happened to quality? Not long ago, before Apple became big and popular, your company was loved by many of us without hesitation. We still love Apple, but it’s getting harder to feel that way. Apple is clearly loosing a foothold on quality. Perhaps you are taking on too much at one [...]



Written by David W. Martin on August 12th, 2010 with no comments.
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