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iTunes U Puts Entire University Courses On iPads

6:15AM January 20, 2012 | Brent Rose

Between coming up with a curriculum, teaching, assigning homework and getting important info to students, teachers have it rough. The iTunes U app is going to let them do all of that from an iPad. Which means students can basically take entire courses from their tablets. More »


Computing

Lunchtime Deals: Free $100 iTunes Card When Uni Students Buy A Mac

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12:30PM January 18, 2012 | Nick Broughall

Apple wants uni students to buy Macs as they head back to classes this year. To try and incentivise them to opt for an OS X machine, Apple is offering a free $100 iTunes voucher with the purchase of any Mac for education purposes. Naturally, as students, you’re expected to blow the voucher on Angry Birds clones within a matter of days… [Apple]


Entertainment

Digital Music Sales Beat Physical Music Sales For The First Time

8:02AM January 6, 2012 | Casey Chan

It took longer than I thought it would (because physical music sales still makes the monies) but digital music sales has finally topped physical music sales. According to Nielsen and Billboard, digital music sales accounted for 50.3 per cent of total music sales, more than half the pie. What took so long? More »


Gadgets

If You’re Not Apple, You Need To Stop With The iNames

5:30AM January 5, 2012 | Brent Rose

In the lead-up to CES my inbox is flooded with literally hundreds of pitches every day. I swear, one out of five has been for an iSomething. None of them were from Apple. iNeed you to friggin’ stop it. More »


Software

The Onion’s Magic Answer Ball App Is Snarky Wisdom On The Go

7:00AM December 21, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

The Magic 8-Ball helped me decide to go to college. It helped me decide what to eat as a child and it’s the reason I bought a Jazz drive. It’s not infallible. The Onion Answer app is the logical next step in deciding my fate with inanimate objects. More »


Entertainment

Avatar Brings Actual Special Features To iTunes

10:00PM December 16, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

The special features you get with iTunes’ movies aren’t really that special. Well, if anyone is going to do something about it, it’s James Cameron. Say what you want about the guy, he’s always pushing the technological envelope. More »


Software

iTunes Match Now Working In Australia

1:30PM December 16, 2011 | Nick Broughall

It seems that yesterday’s appearance of the iTunes Match service in iTunes was a little premature. Not long after posting, the option seemed to disappear from iTunes account information, while those charged had their money refunded. Luckily, the option is now back, and appears to be in full working order. More »


Software

iTunes Match Rolling Out In Australia

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12:05PM December 15, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Apple’s online music streaming service iTunes Match has been US-exclusive since its launch in November. But it seems that Australia is about to get on that bandwagon, with the iTunes Match option appearing in Aussie iTunes users Account Information page. More »


Software

Apple’s Best Of 2011 Picks Are Kinda Weird

6:22AM December 9, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

It’s about that time of the year that the Best of the Year lists start rolling in, and you realise what a horrible, uncurated existence you’ve led over the past 12 months. Here’s Apple’s year in review of the best music, books, apps and everything else in iTunes — and we have no earthly idea where some of these come from. More »


Entertainment

Optus Launches Its Own FetchTV App For MeTV

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4:00PM December 6, 2011 | Nick Broughall

FetchTV may have launched its own iOS app yesterday for remotely controlling the FetchTV box, but that wasn’t good enough for Optus. The telco has launched its own version of the app for its MeTV service, conveniently dubbed MeTV with Fetch. More »