UPDATED: Multiple Studios to Offer iTunes Video Rentals?
Monday December 31, 2007
Well, it looks like Fox might not be alone in Apple's online video store, if reports in the New York Times are correct. Earlier this week the news came out ... Read More
iPhone a Success in UK
Sunday December 30, 2007
The iPhone seems to be a success in the UK, according to figure related by Matthew Kay, CEO of O2, Apple's iPhone partner in the country. The stats: 200,000 phone ... Read More
Holiday Delayed Free iTunes Downloads
Saturday December 29, 2007
Looks like the holidays caused a slight delay in posting the new crop of free downloads to the iTunes Store this week (after all, I suspect few of us were ... Read More
AmazonMP3 Adds DRM-Free Warner Music
Friday December 28, 2007
In another move signaling that it is becoming a major competitor to the iTunes Music Store, AmazonMP3 announced that it has added DRM-free music from Warner Music Group to its ... Read More
Movie Rentals Coming to iTunes, Starting with Fox
Thursday December 27, 2007
You'll soon be able to rent movies from the iTunes Store, not just buy them, according to a report at the Financial Times website (subscription required, sorry). This has long ... Read More
Using Your Christmas Presents
Tuesday December 25, 2007
I'm guessing - and Apple is hoping - that a lot of you out there got iPod-related Christmas presents this year. If you did, and especially if this is your ... Read More
Merry Chrismas
Tuesday December 25, 2007
For all of you out there celebrating Christmas this year, have a merry one. Hope you got the presents you asked for and have a great time with family, friends, ... Read More
Apple Sells 5 Million iPhones?
Saturday December 22, 2007
If you're reading this, you might actually be part of the cause of this story. After all, I expect a lot of iPhones are going to be getting unwrapped under ... Read More
Classic Games Come to iPod
Thursday December 20, 2007
For those of you who love either gaming on your iPod or classic console games in general, Apple has good news for you at the iTunes Store this week. The ... Read More
Free at iTunes This Week
Wednesday December 19, 2007
The last set of free downloads before Christmas is heavy on the holiday music and includes a Bible reading by Samuel L. Jackson!
Music
Ding Dong! Merrily on High, by Chanticleer (single ... Read More
iPhone to Japan in 2008?
Tuesday December 18, 2007
The iPhone will be making its debut in Japan, probably in 2008, according to an article at the Wall Street Journal online (unless you've got a subscription, you won't be ... Read More
iEphemera: Apple TV A 'Worst Gadget;' iPhone Marketshare
Monday December 17, 2007
My roundup of smaller news items is a good news/bad news story for Apple this morning:
The Good News: The iPhone's marketshare among smartphones in North America is already 27%, barely ... Read More
10,000 iPod Shuffles Given Away in ... Popsicles?
Sunday December 16, 2007
From the strange but true dept.: A Brazilian ice cream company called Kibon is giving away 10,000 iPod Shuffles inside popsicles. The Shuffles are actually going to be inside the ... Read More
NBC Adds Video to SanDisk's iTunes Competitor
Saturday December 15, 2007
Take that iTunes! NBC has announced that it will be offering its TV shows as downloads, the same ones recently removed from the iTunes Store, to Sandisk's upcoming video download ... Read More
iEphemera: PlayStation Emulator Coming, Also new iPhones, GPS?
Friday December 14, 2007
There are a few interesting items in my regular round-up of smaller iPhone news items. Here's what's happening:
Goldman Sachs expects two new iPhone models in 2008 - a version with ... Read More
Apple Posts Custom Ringtones Guide for iPhone
Friday December 14, 2007
Well, that's a pretty serious reversal of course. Apple has posted on its website a tutorial about how to create iPhone ringtones using Garageband, the free music editing app that ... Read More
TV Show Downloads Coming to Canadian iTunes Store
Thursday December 13, 2007
Canadians are now able to start buying TV shows from their local iTunes Store. Shows available include those from the CBC, CTV, Comedy Central, MTV, and NHL Games. Of course, ... Read More
Free at iTunes This Week
Wednesday December 12, 2007
More Christmas music, plus some TV shows, are your free download options at the iTunes Store this week. To wit:
Music
Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland, by Michael Bolton (single of the ... Read More
Great Holiday Clearance Deals at Apple Store
Tuesday December 11, 2007
If you're looking to pick up some iPod bargains for the folks on your gift list this year, head on over to the special deals section of the Apple Store ... Read More
Platinum-Coated iPhone Only US$2,230
Monday December 10, 2007
I like to keep you up to date on all the absurdly blinged-out iPods and iPhones that people (allegedly) sell. Not sure why. I guess it's interesting to chronicle the ... Read More
Google Launches New iPhone App
Sunday December 9, 2007
Google has launched a new version of its web services that integrates search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, and more into a single iPhone (and iPod touch)-formatted site. To check it out, ... Read More
Over 30,000 iPhones Sold in France
Saturday December 8, 2007
It's far from the over hundreds of thousands of phones sold in the first week of availability in the U.S., but Orange, Apple's iPhone partner in France has reportedly sold ... Read More
'Tis The Giving Season: Ca. Kids, NYPD
Friday December 7, 2007
In this season of giving, two stories of free iPods come to us:
In a nice turn, Apple is giving over 100 free iPod nanos to kids whose families lost their ... Read More
iEphemera: iPhone Garners .1% of Web Browser Share
Thursday December 6, 2007
Maybe this is interesting, maybe it's not: The iPhone accounts for nearly 1 in every 1,000 pages viewed on the Internet. That's about 0.1% of the market. Not much, of ... Read More
More Free Holiday iTunes
Wednesday December 5, 2007
Yup, here comes the avalanche of Christmas music. Oh well.
Music
Be Your Santa Claus, by Keith Sweat (single of the week)
Sleigh Ride, by Los Straightjackets (discovery download)
Y Te Vas, by Motel ... Read More
Report: Wal-Mart Gives DRM Ultimatum
Tuesday December 4, 2007
DRM, I'd say your days are numbered. If the calls to end the restrictions from Apple, Yahoo, Amazon, and others weren't enough, the world's largest retailer has joined the fight. ... Read More
NBC TV Shows Leave iTunes
Monday December 3, 2007
As expected, NBC's TV shows are gone from the iTunes Store as of today. Some shows that are broadcast on NBC, but produced by other studios, remain. The removal is ... Read More
Pepsi, Amazon Giving Away 1 Billion MP3s
Saturday December 1, 2007
Remember in 2004, when Apple and Pepsi used the Super Bowl as an opportunity to kick off a promotion in which they gave away 100 million free downloads from iTunes? ... Read More
AT&T: 3G iPhone Coming in 2008
Saturday December 1, 2007
This probably comes as no surprise to anyone who's thought much about it, but a 3G version of the iPhone is coming our way in 2008, according to the CEO ... Read More

