ITunes

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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• Engadget Podcast 170 – 11.08.2009

  
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  A bit of a wild podcast this week, as we recorded live on DROID launch day — and not just Motorola’s handset, but also the HTC DROID Eris. Read more: Engadget Podcast 170 – 11.08.2009
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• Lawsuit Claims Game Company Violating Privacy, Collecting iPhone Users’ Phone Numbers

  
  The Free iPhone Blog — Authority: 150
  The Register is reporting that a lawsuit has been filed against an iPhone game developer for privacy violations:The complaint claims best-selling games made by Storm8 contained secret code that bypassed safeguards built into the iPhone to prevent the unauthorized snooping of user information. [...] …Lawsuit Claims ...
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• Droid Wont Kill the iPhone But Google Guide Might

  
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  For the record, Google Guide is not a product or service developed by Google. To learn what I believe this service can become, please keep reading. I spent some time with the new Motorola Droid this weekend and I interviewed customers and employees of the store and came away fairly impressed with what I heard ...
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• Canada’s Yellow Pages(TM) Mobile App, over 1/2 Million Downloads and 3 Reasons for its Success

  
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  If you did not have a chance to read the press release for Yellow Pages Group 3rd Quarter Results this past Wednesday, there is one paragraph that is interesting for local search enthusiasts: The priority in Directories continues to be the introduction of new products. During the quarter, YPG launched a new ...
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• Itunes Canada: 20 Free Songs!

  
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  This is a freebie for those of us Bargainmoosers who use Facebook. If you become a fan of the iTunes Canada group, they will send you a coupon code to claim 20 free songs, in their Fall Sampler! Click here to join the Facebook group Click here to go to the iTunes store The 20 free tunes include artists ...
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• iPhone 3G/3GS to be Sold at The Shack

  
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  It seems as if the previous threats of the iPhone coming to The Shack are finally about to come true. Granted it is more than a year later but it is indeed coming according to Engadget Mobile.The iPhone 3G and 3GS rollout should begin by the end of …Continued here: iPhone 3G/3GS to be Sold [...]
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• New Twitter features suggest ad-based financial future

  
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  Filed under: Internet , Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Media World , Technology The Twitter ecosystem may be changing constantly, but most of that comes on the back of individual developers and outside companies. They beat on Twitter APIs to create new products that may win them ...
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• Disney Channel On iTunes?

  
  Disney Dreaming — Authority: 594
  Apple has proposed a new type of television that would rival the kind you get from cable TV operators. Individuals would be able to pick and choose the channels they get starting at $30 a month for service. Instead of proposing a new piece of hardware, the Apple company will instead be extending its iTunes software ...
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• Apple’s sitting on Digital DJ dreamdust

  
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  Some may recall our early experiments in iPod DJ clubbing at the Playlist Club; with the arrival of the iPhone we’ve been looking forward to something like Touch DJ – but Apple’s been sitting on the approval of the new App, for some unexplained reason.Developers, Amidio put together this video to voice their ...
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• Epic Elyos: Aion Podcast #3

  
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• Weekly Round Up – YouTube, iTunes, WordPress Plugins

  
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  Welcome one and all to another Weekly Round up on my blog , as you know each week I bring you a list of blog posts that I have enjoyed reading over the last week as well has some stats. from Blazing Minds, all in a top 5 format…. Blog Posts I’ve enjoyed reading: My Blog Method, Your Blog Method – ...
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• iJango – 4 minute Business & Product Review

  
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  Monetize your internet activity – E-Mail – Web Sites – Social Networks – On-Line Shopping – Blogging – Search Engines – Weather – News – Entertainment – Travel. Get paid from your on line activity – and – the on line activity of others. On line activity we all do daily – unconsciously [...]
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• iTunes LP now available for Apple TV customers

  
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  Filed under: iTS , Multimedia , iTunes , Apple TV A few of us here at TUAW received an email from Apple this morning stating that Apple TV-compatible versions of previous iTunes LP purchases are available for download. You’ll remember that LP purchases made before the Apple TV 3.0 release would need a ...
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• Don’t Tell Me Steve Jobs Doesn’t Love Music

  
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  (via money.cnn.com ) CNN Money has a collection of a dozen photographs of Steve Jobs that show their “ CEO of the Decade ” in a more unusual light. The above photo is #4 in the series, and my favorite by far. Anyone who doubts Jobs’ proclaimed love of music — a love that helped Apple build the iPod/iTunes ...
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• Help File: Moving iTunes music to a new computer; AVG’s free upgrade

  
  PopHomeTech — Authority: 152
  How do I move my iTunes music to a new computer? People can make this out to be an ordeal -- Ive seen readers ask whether they had to run specialized tools, as if iTunes files were alien from other data. But if you havent changed where iTunes stores your music, all you need to do is copy a fol...
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• KIM ZOLCIAK, Says She is Not a Homewrecker But Loves Botox!!!

  
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  Wow, how fake does Kim look in this photo? I wonder what she looks like without her wig, makeup, and botox? Why does a supposedly 30 year old woman need botox? Seriously?Our Taurus girl, Miss Tardy for the Pardy, claims not to be a home wrecker. I wonder what Big Poppa’s wife says about that? [...]
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• Coolness Roundup #196: Powermats and Home Theater Remotes

  
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  This week on the Coolness Roundup: Stephen review the Power Mat wireless charger Charlie takes a look at the Glide TV Navigator Three new iTunes Apps make it to the show All this, plus the Rapid Fire Roundup of Cool Products! Direct Download Coolness Roundup Sponsors GoDaddy - Save with ...
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• iPhone Designer Jony Ive “Objectified”

  
  The Free iPhone Blog — Authority: 150
  Apple VP of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive discusses the philosophy behind everything from the iPhone to the iMac for the documentary Objectified and, quite frankly, shows why he’s the best there is at what he does, and why what he does is oh, …See original here: iPhone Designer Jony Ive “Objectified”
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• Gokivo updates navigation app for iPhone, lowers the price

  
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  -: Analysis / Opinion , iPhone , App Review Several readers have urged me to try the Gokivo Navigator for the iPhone iTunes link , so today is the day. The app is U.S. More here: Gokivo updates navigation app for iPhone, lowers the price
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• iTunes AppStore Gets New Link Structure

  
  FSMdotCOM — Authority: 140
  iTunes AppStore Gets New Link StructurePost from: FSMdotCOMAll the apps in the iTunes appstore, have a shorter more descriptive link now. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit FSMdotCOM for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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