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iTunes get EMI DRM-free exclusive

As of today, EMI are offering their entire catalogue of music sans DRM and at a higher quality, too. Sounds like a good deal to me! Well, not quite. EMI may well have hit a wrong note, and I’ll tell you why.
So here’s the good news:
“EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli today hosted a press conference [...]

BBC iPlayer to take on iTunes?

Hot on the heals of me bitchin’ about the Beeb (that’s a familiar term for the BBC, by the way) more news emerges on the BBC’s intentions of releasing an iTunes competitor.
“The commercial arm of the BBC said its iPlayer will give British Web surfers a seven-day online opportunity to view BBC shows they may [...]

In-game music, adverts for video games

We do not live in a virtual world. We live in a world of greater and lesser realities, such that they are. Take for example a telephone conversation. Such communication is no more nor any less real than talking face to face, nor is it virtual. What we have instead are varying degrees of reality [...]

Apple iPhone to get ringtones via iTunes?

As the weeks pass, more & more insights and rumors surface about the iPhone. May be a case of deliberate leaks, may just be idea speculation.
Always makes for fascinating reading, that’s for sure:
“The iPhone seems set to be more capable than first thought,… [speculation is that] Apple will sell ringtones for the iPhone through the [...]

Euro video iTunes spring launch

It seems like an age has passed since Apple started offering music to the masses from their iTunes Music Store. If you’re a European like me, it seems like an even longer time between the launch of the iTunes Music Store and a more international offering, allowing Europeans to buy and download music, too.
The same [...]