Apple’s iTunes software will be coming to the Windows Store, as Microsoft pushes to increase the popular software titles through its preferred distribution channel for apps. iTunes is coming to the Windows… Read More
iTunes gift cards have become a common tool for online scammers to wring money out of victims, according to new warnings from Apple and U.S. federal authorities. One agency received a deluge of… Read More
“I finally cracked it,” Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson. Jobs was referring to his company’s efforts at creating a new television and viewing experience, presumably one… Read More
Apple just unveiled a new music service, Apple Music, that takes the tech company into the streaming music business for the first time. In a surprise twist, the service will be available… Read More
This weekend, a 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal. It has been devastating to the region, in Kathmandu and surrounding areas, and causing avalanches and deaths on Everest, too. So far, the… Read More
Alexa, the virtual personality behind Amazon Echo, will now repeat anything you want. As long as you don’t step into NSFW language, that is. Over the weekend, Amazon began notifying owners of its… Read More
Amazon just added a pair of new features to its Echo intelligent talking speaker, providing voice controls for three third-party music services, and making it possible to get the device’s “Alexa” digital persona… Read More
Four days after Microsoft and Google began streaming “The Interview,” Apple today made the movie available on iTunes to customers in the U.S. and Canada for $5.99 to rent, and $14.99 to… Read More
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in Apple’s ongoing antitrust trial over its handling of music in iTunes have accused the company of deleting music from iPods that users bought from one of… Read More
As a part of its big press announcement last week, Apple announced that every iTunes user would get U2’s new album for free. While some people were thrilled to have… Read More
Mac users, start your updates: Apple has released a number of new patches today, including a fresh operating system update for the Mac, tweaks to iTunes, and a couple of… Read More
Apple is planning on buying Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, according to reports from Bloomberg and the Financial Times. Beats, which was started by music legends Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine,… Read More
Apple TV may be getting a refresh this spring. The Cupertino-based company launched a new promotion today that allows buyers of a new Apple TV to pick up a free… Read More
Disney moved further into the mobile era with the announcement today of the new Disney Movies Anywhere app, available for iOS and on the web. The app’s streaming catalog of 420 movies includes Pixar’s… Read More
With the launch of iOS 7 came iTunes Radio, Apple’s much-touted entry into the streaming radio space. The company that brought you the iPod is now going to try and… Read More
iTunes has been the king of digital music downloads for the past ten years, but the latest numbers show Amazon slowly gaining ground. The NPD Group is out with its… Read More
The updates are flowing for Microsoft. Just a day after releasing fixes for its Windows 8 Mail, Calendar and People apps, the Xbox team today announced some improvements to the… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we break down the latest developments in online music — including Google Music and iTunes Match — with the help of… Read More
A tweet by Microsoft UK caused an uproar today by suggesting its followers remember the late singer Amy Winehouse by downloading her “Back to Black” album on the company’s Zune… Read More
For all the buzz about Apple offering its own cloud-based music service, the part of the company’s iCloud announcement today that resonated most with me was Photo Stream. The service… Read More
The world of Apple’s iTunes App Store is dominated by games. Of the top 10 free apps as currently listed, six are games (Oldschool Blocks, Fragger, 7 Little Words, Skee-Ball,… Read More
If there were one song from The Beatles that represented the state of the music industry in 2011, it would likely be “Help!” Revenues have been slumping for years as… Read More
Turns out RealNetworks isn’t just getting into the business of cleaning up iTunes music libraries. The digital media pioneer, trying to turn around its broader business, also plans new photo… Read More
RealNetworks has developed a new program called Rinse for cleaning up and organizing Apple iTunes libraries on Windows PCs and Macs — automatically adding album artwork, fixing song names, organizing… Read More