The increasing move at Apple to establish recurring monthly revenue relationships with its customers…
Tag: iTunes Match
Should iTunes be split into 16 different apps?
The bloated Swiss army knife app for managing everything from your music library to the apps on your iPhone has been begging for help for years…
Apple looks to increase iTunes Match limit to 100,000 tracks by year end
Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue…
Apple working to unify cloud services platform amid open-source push, sources say
Apple is developing a technology platform that can power all of its Web services, such as iCloud and iTunes, which have long run…
Here’s what Apple Music needs to win over power users
I wanted Apple Music to be the messiah. It isn’t, but it could be…
Apple Music one month later: Not loving it, but I’ll be subscribing to it
One thing I’ve always loved about Apple products is that there was a certain elegance about them…
What the next Apple TV needs to succeed
The existing Apple TV has grown long in the tooth…
Here’s why I won’t pay for Apple Music after the free trial ends
When the free trial ends, I can’t imagine paying for Apple Music…
Designer mocks up standalone Apple Music app for Mac (and Windows)
What makes Apple Music so un-Apple is the total disregard for user experience in many areas…
Apple Music in iOS 9 gets a much-needed redesign
When Apple Music first launched in iOS 8.4 on June 30th…
The tragedy of iTunes: Nothing ‘just works’
The new version of Apple’s signature media software is a mess. What are people with large MP3 libraries to do?
Dear Apple, please go thermonuclear on iTunes
iTunes is a total mess…
Marco Arment: iTunes is a toxic hellstew
Just keep your music libraries away from iTunes Match and Apple Music…
Jim Dalrymple: I got (most of) my music back; Apple working to fix Apple Music issues shortly
It’s been an interesting and confusing day…
Jim Dalrymple: Apple Music is a nightmare, and I’m done with it
At some point, enough is enough…
Apple releases iTunes 12.2.1, fixes iTunes Match issues
Apple today released iTunes 12.2.1 which…
Apple working to massively increase iTunes Match limit to 100,000 songs with iOS 9 release
As Apple Music, Apple’s new streaming audio service, is about to debut tomorrow…
Serious iTunes Match issues for some users ahead of Apple Music launch
As Apple tweaks the iTunes Store backend in preparation for the launch of Apple Music…
Coming at WWDC 2015: Apple’s quality-focused OS X 10.11 and iOS 9
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference looms…
Apple’s next OS X and iOS versions should concentrate on quality and stability
On stage at Apple’s World Wide Developers’ Conference in June…
Apple’s frequent update experiment has failed; it’s time for another Snow Leopard
Apple’s OS X Yosemite has its fair share of problems…
The software and services that Apple needs to fix
Many of us have been grumbling quite publicly since iOS 7 and Mavericks shipped…
Open letter to Tim Cook: Apple needs to do better
Slow down! Getting it right is far more important than getting it out…
Apple incompetence: The iTunes Store Family Sharing debacle
I don’t know why Apple is so incompetent at making things like this work…
A detailed look at iTunes Match: What it is and how it can make iTunes better for you
Apple launched iTunes Match three years ago to much fanfare…
Apple delivers iTunes Match to Japan
Apple is expanding its iTunes Match service to Japan…
Apple and the market share myth
Some believe that Macs were the most popular personal computers on the planet…
Subscription music services intrinsically unprofitable
Subscriptions to music services are expected to more than double by 2017…
Apple’s iTunes Match still kinda sucks
Apple really needs to improve the matching algorithm…
Apple will continue to ignore Android market share stats all the way to the bank
Android can have the Hee Haw demographic. Apple doesn’t want it or need it…
Why Apple remains the king of mobile
The tech world’s attention will turn to Apple headquarters in Cupertino…
iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and beyond: Why Apple needs to break the smartphone to remake it
To be able to sell what is effectively the same handset for six years…
Why I’m dumping Android and Nexus 7 and buying an Apple iPad
I love Linux…
Apple’s fastest growing business is vastly underestimated
The segment is growing at 25% annually and becoming an increasingly bigger part of Apple’s…
Media ecosystems shootout: Apple vs. Amazon vs. Google vs. Microsoft
It is a war between vast ecosystems made up of hardware, software and online services…
Will Apple finally take out Google?
Apple’s iWork for iCloud is just the beginning…
Apple announces iTunes Radio – launches this fall
Apple today announced iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service…
Apple has much to prove as emphasis falls on services
Does Apple have what it takes to compete head-on with Google in services?
Analyst: Samsung, BlackBerry marketing tends to mentally enslave the Indian consumer
Apple is ‘outmarketed’ in India by BlackBerry and Samsung Electronics…
Handset makers and carriers on quest for a third mobile platform to challenge Apple, Google
Some of the world’s biggest handset makers and telecom carriers…
The Church of Market Share revisited
It’s an article of faith in the Church of Market Share that Android…
NPD: After 10 years, Apple continues music download dominance in the U.S.
Apple dominated the market for paid music downloads…
