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Orb Media Streaming Finally Available For Macs
1:33AM Rosa Golijan | Orb’s been out for quite a while, but now there’s OS X 10.5 and 10.6 compatibility. You can finally use the app to stream all sorts of media from iTunes to nearly any internet-connected device. Oh and it’s completely free. More »
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Apple Wants iTunes To Replace Your Pay TV For $US30 A Month
3:57AM Matt Buchanan | Apple’s apparently pitching to US networks a subscription plan that would deliver all your TV shows through iTunes for $US30 a month, with the goal of launching it next year. More »
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Apple And Palm: The iTunes Syncing Fight Is Officially Dumb
8:57AM John Herrman | OK, Palm, it was cute the first time you cracked iTunes to sync with the Pre. And Apple, I guess I can understand why you’d want to keep control over your software. But really guys? Still? You look silly. More »
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iTunes 9.0.2 Is Here With Apple TV 3.0 Love And Not Much Else
6:16AM Wilson Rothman | As if you didn’t see this coming, iTunes 9.0.2 is here, just in time for Apple TV 3.0 (the third strike?). The other changes are just iTunes 9 additions, padding out the otherwise boring list… More »
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Apple TV 3.0 Can Play iTunes LP And Extras Like A Real Video Box
1:10AM Matt Buchanan | The updated iTunes terms & conditions has a new paragraph under the iTunes LP section spilling Apple TV 3.0 — namely, that it’ll finally support iTunes LP and Extras viewing. More »
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100,000 iPhone Apps And Counting
4:29AM Matt Buchanan | iPhone app tracking site AppShopper—from Arn of MacRumors—now counts over 100,000 apps approved by Apple. To be precise, 101,843 apps at this moment. More »
Music
How Will Google’s Rumoured Music Service Work? (Update)
12:13AM John Herrman | Earlier this year, Google launched an iTunes-style music download service in China. The twist? All the music was free. Now, Techcrunch says a US launch of a Google music service is imminent. Could it be free, too? Doubtful. More »
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Apple To Indie Labels: iTunes LP Is Out Of Your League
8:20AM John Herrman | With a higher price than regular albums, no lossless audio and virtually no device support, iTunes LP seems like a hard sell. Turns out, it might be lame for musicians too — at least, the ones without platinum records. More »
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doubleTwist’s Amazon MP3 Store: Another Reason To Ditch iTunes
1:30AM John Herrman | It’s impossible not to love the concept of doubleTwist, the all-devices-welcome quasi-iTunes music manager, but up to this point the software has been pretty barebones. Now, things are gettin’ ser-i-ous: doubleTwist has a built-in music store, courtesy of Amazon. More »
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