New iTunes update munches store credit - warning

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News

A frustrating fault within Apple’s newly-released iTunes update has been identified - the new software has a problem handling any iTunes credit some users may have to hand, a report warns.

Simply put, iTunes users who have credit in their iTunes account from a gift card or voucher need to be warned that this credit may disappear once they have installed the update.

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Wolfgang’s Vault explains its musical iPhone app

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News

Wolfgang’s Vault is the collector’s site for multimedia music memorabilia, offering a vast selection of some of the world’s rarest - and potentially most treasured - music and music-related “stuff”. And now it’s available in the UK, through your iPhone or your iPod touch.

We were in touch with Eric Johnson, President and CEO, Wolfgang’s Vault overnight, he describes his service as, “The only online site dedicated to telling the comprehensive story of the live music experience of the past five decades.”

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RjDJ music app worlds the weird

Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News

RjDJ is getting big pop over at the App Store, it’s a fascinating application which sucks sounds in from the world around you using the iPhone’s microphone, and then mixes and tweaks those real sounds in lots of ways to create a unique, slightly tripped-out listening experience. Kind of like drinking lager on pain-killers (probably), but nowhere near as dangerous (probably).

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Department of Eagles make an eMusic record

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News

Indie-flavoured music subscription service, eMusic, today announced that it has sold 250 million MP3 downloads since establishing its current subscription model in 2003.

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Guns N’ Roses stream new album now on MySpace

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News

Guns N’ Roses have gone even more viral, following last weeks introduction of a viral air guitar competition with the move to stream their new album, ‘Chinese Democracy’, directly from their MySpace page.

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Apple updates Apple TV, kills Boxee

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News

Apple last night released an update for its Apple TV set-top box introducing some handy new features, at the cost of support for popular third-party software, Boxee.

Notes introduced with the release say the updated software lets Apple TV users stream music from the device to Airport Express speakers or other Apple TVs in your house using AirTunes.

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Scott Cohen of The Orchard talks music, more

Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Interviews, News

The analysts at Music Ally have published another in their interesting series of interviews, this time with The Orchard founder Scott Cohen.

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Ex-Floyd manager: iTunes an album sales ‘disaster’

Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under Apple, News

One time manager of Pink Floyd, Sincere Management’s Pete Jenner slammed iTunes for its effect on album sales at a UK music industry event this week.

Speaking at a MusicTank conference, he said Apple’s music store has “had the disastrous effect on the record industry of debundling the album.” He complained cherry-picking tracks from albums means consumers now “buy the two album tracks that are worth buying,” Music Week informs.

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Apple’s Japanese puzzle as iPhone sales slow

Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under Apple, News

Japan remains a challenging market for Apple’s media products and services, with news that migrating consumers there from ringtones to a la carte downloads of music has been challenging now matched by reports claiming disappointing iPhone sales in the country.

Market research firm MM Research Institute claims Apple sold about 200, 000 phones in Japan in the first two months since launch, but observes the rate of sale has declined “analysts now widely believe sales are unlikely to reach a total of 500,000 units, half the one million units that they previously thought Apple could sell.”

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Introducing Playcharts.com, back-to-back music video

Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under News

A new music video site that offers back-to-back playback of YouTube clips of the top 100 songs in pop, r&b, rock, hip-hop and dance engaged in a soft launch this month.

Playcharts.com aggregates data from multiple sources to develop its charts, and then races across the internet to source relevant videos. The service also offers back-to-back playback of new music across the genres it tracks.

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