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iTunes is a software application developed by Apple Computers to play digital music.  On April 28, 2003, the iTunes application came bundled with a music store that allowed customers to download individual music tracks from their favorite artists.  At launch, the iTunes Music Store offered 200,000 titles.

Before iTunes, the majority of music downloads came through file-sharing programs that were largely deemed to be violations of U.S. and international copyright laws.  iTunes not only became the first digital music service to become financially successful, it became the #1 music retailer in the United States.  

iTunes is not without its detractors, though.  In order to sell music digitally, most of the files are encoded with Digital Rights Management (DRM) software to prevent copyright infringement.  Apple's brand of Digital Rights Management encoding has remained proprietary to Apple, preventing music bought from iTunes from working on many portable music device other than Apple's own iPod. 

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  • iTunes Giftcard Giveaway


    Wisconsin Mommy — Authority Authority: 123
    Do you travel much for the holidays? When Big J was living here in WI and was living out East in NH, we used to spend every holiday travelling, either by plane or by car. I much prefer this living in the same state set-up! If you are hitting the road for the holidays, Holiday Inn would like to help make your trip ...
    4 hours ago

  • Scott Douglas MacIntyre – Christmas Angel – Now Available on iTunes


    American Idol 9 - Rickey.org — Authority Authority: 159
    Scott Douglas MacIntyre – Christmas Angel – Now Available on iTunes is a post from: American Idol Rock the Bosom! Scott Douglas MacIntyre (aka Scott MacIntyre from American Idol Season 8 ) has released a Christmas EP called Christmas Angel on iTunes! Go buy! Go Wild Douglas Angels! Download: Christmas ...
    5 hours ago

  • Amidio’s Touch DJ app stuffs a turntable into your iPhone (video)


    MainGadget — Authority Authority: 164
    Not kosher with getting a handset tailor made for DJing ? Read the original: Amidio’s Touch DJ app stuffs a turntable into your iPhone (video)
    5 hours ago

  • Amidio’s Touch DJ app stuffs a turntable into your iPhone (video)


    F-Default — Authority Authority: 543
        Not kosher with getting a handset tailor made for DJing ? How’s about transforming your existing iPhone into that very device when the mood strikes you? Hailed as the first true DJ MP3 iPhone / iPod touch app in the world, Amidio’s $19.99 Touch DJ program (available now) enables users to independently ...
    5 hours ago

  • How To: Back Up Any Smartphone [How To]


    F-Default — Authority Authority: 543
                          You back up your computers, or at least know that you should . But what about your smartphones? Read more from the original source: How To: Back Up Any Smartphone [How To]
    5 hours ago

  • Android app market set to grow, compete with iPhone


    JoeTrippi.com — Authority Authority: 496
    With the open market model that Google has adopted for applications on the Android operating system, there is a great opportunity for growth as well as rapid application development. Verizon’s recent launch of the Droid bodes for a significant increase in the prevalence of the Android OS. Kevin Nakao of Whitepages ...
    6 hours ago

  • How to: Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3G/3GS 3.1.2 Using blackra1n and blacksn0w — Mac OS X Edition


    The Free iPhone Blog — Authority Authority: 152
    blackra1n is the latest, simplest Jailbreak tool from iPhone hacker George Hotz (Geohot) and supports all modern iPhone and iPod touch devices running the latest 3.1.2 firmware. blacksn0w is the associated Unlock utility. (Jailbreaking lets you run software not approved by Apple, like background tasks, Google Voice ...
    7 hours ago

  • the FAME Monster


    ban-d-wagonist aka bandwagonist.com — Authority Authority: 420
    wrote this yesterday as i listened to Lady GaGa’s new album, the Fame Monster… i honestly wasnt planning to review it but decided to write about it after a series of events… especially after that Video Phone post…first tracks were played when i read a tweet from someone who was most excited about the album ...
    7 hours ago

  • Top 5 Xbox 360 Games


    Windows Operation System — Authority Authority: 160
    My top 5 360 games. Music is All Over Me by Default from itunes.
    8 hours ago

  • Google Wave iPhone App Pops Up at iTunes Store


    Mobilewhack.com — Authority Authority: 646
    Expect another growing controversy surrounding this app soon as far as approval and denied iPhone apps are concerned. This time, the Google Wave was spotted conspicuously at the iTunes App Store and you can get it for only $0.99. The thing here is that this app is not endorsed by Google. And with that in [...]
    8 hours ago

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    Cell Phone Offers — Authority Authority: 170
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    9 hours ago

  • Buy $30 iTunes Gift Card at Loblaws and Superstore, Get $10 of Free Grocery


    Canadian Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Bargains, Flyers, Contests Canada — Authority Authority: 493
    Thanks Nice for posting this deal in the Canadian Deals and Flyers section I already posted this in Deals forums (check my post there for link), but until November 26th when you purchase $30 in iTunes Gift Cards at PC stores, you get $10 off your grocery bill.  You MUST pick up the coupon off the gift card ...
    10 hours ago

  • Enrich Your iTunes Experience With GeekTool & TunesArt [Mac]


    MakeUseOf Directory — Authority Authority: 726
    I don’t think I need to give a long introduction to iTunes as many consider it to be the best digital music manager and player available today. MakeUseOf has even dedicated an entire PDF Manual for it: The BIG Book of iTunes . But even the best will still have room for improvement. I was looking for a GeekTool ...
    10 hours ago

  • iBot Mark 2: Go Straight To Jail Do Not Pass Go


    ThreatBlog — Authority Authority: 561
    Back in April, I blogged about an article in that months Virus Bulletin by  Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli about the first serious attempt to creat a Mac botnet. The issue containin that article, by the way, is now available on the Virus Bulletin web site at   ...
    12 hours ago

  • The games are the most important category App Store


    iPhone / iPod Plus — Authority Authority: 134
    Many wondered why Apple decided to focus the new iPod touch as a device dedicated to gaming and in these statistics Mobclix find the answer: 16.603 games there representing 19.6% of the App Store outperforming all other categories. Given the recent data that revealed the existence of 85 thousand applications in the ...
    14 hours ago

  • App Store Addiction


    iPhone / iPod Plus — Authority Authority: 134
    While some hate the iPhone so that they can even shoot (literally) while others enjoy the Apple touchscreen to become maddeningly addictive (I’m sure we all know one). The App Store statistics speak of 2 billion downloads so people of Geek Culture succeeds gracefully in this comic to reflect the phenomenon of ...
    14 hours ago

  • Weekly Round Up – iTunes, Michael Jackson, Monkey Dust


    Blazing Minds — Authority Authority: 536
    Wow can you believe another week has gone by so fast, it’s time to continue in my series of weekly updates from the Blazing Minds blog where I list blog posts I’ve enjoyed reading as well as some of the stats for the week, such as the top 5 referring websites that have graciously sent me some traffic over the ...
    15 hours ago

  • Games Apps for iPod/iPhone


    Z District — Authority Authority: 137
    There have been a lot of games coming out for iPhone/iPod Touch, some great and some crappy. I have managed to categorize games based on the amount of time it takes for you to get bored of them. Out of all the games I played these four games have the highest quality and highest return rate, meaning I keep playing ...
    18 hours ago

  • HOW CAN I DOWNLOAD THE NEWEST VERSION ON MY IPHONE WITHOUT USING ITUNES ?


    Free Voip Info , free voips calls - iphone - skype - nokia - cisco - dlink — Authority Authority: 167
    Ok so I’d customarily download a chronicle from iTunes as well as block in my iPhone as well as it’d work. But it won’t this time, is there any approach we can probable get a brand new chronicle though but regulating iTunes ? Like without delay from a website or something ? Thanks a looot
    18 hours ago

  • Digital Necrophilia - I Like To Fork Myself


    Charles Frith — Authority Authority: 136
    Now I think about it theres a lot of outstanding posts percolating in my head and which Ive made rushed notes to in various places, though this is one post I feel like writing and which was originally sparked by some of the excellent conversations I had with Teflon John, before his Goldman Sachs girlfriend discovered ...
    23 hours ago

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