Apple is now offering customizable RSS feeds for their iTunes Music Store. These RSS feeds can be can be used with news aggregators such as NetNewsWire, MacReporter, etc. Apple’s ‘iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator’ allows you to create feeds of New Releases, Just Added, Top Songs, Top Albums, or Featured Albums & Exclusives with custom genres and feed size. Genres include: Alternative, Audiobooks, Blues, Children’s Music, Classical, Comedy, Country, Dance, Electronic, Folk, Hip Hop/Rap, Holiday, Inspirational, Jazz, Latin, New Age, Opera, Pop. R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtrack, Spoken Word, Vocal, and World.
Apple’s ‘iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator’ can be found here.
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The MDN link for “iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator” is wrong (actually, doesn’t work). It should be http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/MRSS/rssGenerator
Sounds familiar… Can’t MDN do any original stories??
http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/22/itunesrss
At least reword it more. Such a blatant copy.
Hmm, could it be that they sound the same because they came from the same source? Like an Apple press release? Nah, let’s bash MDN.
There is no press release. This has not been announced by Apple.
I thought MDN had a bit more detail, but I subscribe to MDN because I consider it an aggregator of Mac News. When I’m in NetNewsWire its fine to have 5-10 Mac News & Rumor subscription, but for my desktop feed, I want just one, and MDN does a good job of collecting news from the other sources; making commentary, etc.
Give MDN a break. Everything is copied (except their commentary). They are not news generators, rather they spot news from many sources for your convenience.
Then they should really credit their source, don’t you think?
i love macs but most of the time i hate crybaby mac users like ‘M’ or ‘.’ get a life bozos
Nice username, “m$-is-wack”. You must be about 15.
oh good one ‘.’ not only are you a crybaby but youre butthurt too
There is NO Press Release… this site is SO UNPROFESSIONAL… its ALWAYS copying…
What! Is MDN having a break? When they should be writing news 24/7!
Argghh! Don’t tell me that they need sleep too!
MDN hands on the keyboard! Start typing!
Right?
Grow a brain ‘.’
Full Speed had the story at 5:54am – did MacMinute copy from Full Speed? And who cares, anyway?
I love MacDailyNews. I pledge my allegiance to MacDailyNews. MacMinute is for ‘tards.
I like MDN too. Very well organized. Very easy to post comments.
Thanks
If you don’t link to the source, you can’t copy (with a spine). However, this is a great story for RSS users. Boo on MDN, Yay for Apple!
If you complain about MDN, then why are you here?? If you don’t like it leave and save space on the feedback for productive reasons.
Full Speed had the story way before MacMinute:
http://speed.insane.com/archives/2004/01/22/itunes_music_store_rss.php
MacMinute copied Full Speed without attribution. By the time MDN picked it up – it was common knowledge. MacMinute is still for ‘tards.
MDN collects the world of Mac news and brings it to one place. That’s all. That’s why I love it. I’m not reading 200 news sources a day, MDN does that for me. Stop complaining.
It’s not about who had it first, Fred Mertz, it’s about MDN copying MacMinute’s story nearly word for word.
Perhaps MacMinute should have spent more time on their article – MDN’s version is better, more detailed and complete. But, then again, since MacMinute is for ‘tards, perhaps it’s run by ‘tards?
I also don’t see that MDN’s story is “nearly word for word” to MacTardMinute’s copy of the original Full Speed article.
Me thinks, that “me” could be a ‘tard, too. Only a ‘tard would care about a supposed “copy” of an iTunes RSS generator article.
Heh… I saw the story on http://www.macpulse.com/
I usually click on MDN articles instead of MacMinute ones because of the colorful commentary, like we see here
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