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Kyte iPhone Apps Aim to Keep Music Fan Loyalty Flying High February 23, 2009 
While the Apple iPhone and iPod touch App Store has been dominated by free and low-cost games, a new generation of applications maybe on the way: Music artists and entertainers with their own branded iPhone apps. A company called "Kyte" is riding the wave by supplying a framework through which developers can create these apps.
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Apple Rumor Chitchat: Tea Leaves and Goat Entrails February 13, 2009 
Speculation, rumor and unnamed sources: They're often the three main food groups of Apple blog chatter, and this week was no exception. Reportedly, Apple retail stores are getting ready to undergo a software-focused makeover, and Apple will start storing customer movies in the cloud. Meanwhile, the $99 iPhone rumor/prediction just won't die.
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Mac Bloggers Talk Big Telecom, Big Blue and Small Changes to iTunes January 30, 2009 
Speculation over an AT&T 3G-enabled MacBook fanned some flames in the Apple-minded blogosphere this week, as did Apple's and IBM's settlement over engineer Mark Papermaster. Also, most everyone seems pleased that Apple is finally letting iTunes customers upgrade their musical libraries one song at a time rather than all-at-once.
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The Hefty TCO of a New Apple Gadget January 21, 2009 
Buying a new shiny new electronic device doesn't necessarily just mean shelling out for the device itself. It also might mean buying -- or perhaps even re-buying -- new accessories, software or added services. For example, customers who bought the first iPhone and upgraded to the iPhone 3G lost out in several ways.
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Apple's Last Macworld: No 'Whoa!' January 07, 2009 
With Apple CEO Steve Jobs sitting out this year's Macworld event, speculation turned to what Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, might announce during Apple's keynote address. Would Apple unveil something huge, like an "iPhone nano"? Or would Apple slide out of Macworld with a whimper?
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New York Gov Wants a Few Pennies for a Song December 17, 2008 
New York Gov. David Paterson has proposed a 4 percent tax on digital music downloads and other "digitally delivered entertainment services." The "iPod Tax," as it's become known, is just one of many new taxes the governor has proposed in an effort to close the state's multibillion-dollar budget gap.
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Mac Bloggers Dig Psystar's Grave, Decry DRM, Defend Apple TV November 21, 2008 
There's a lot of great Apple-focused news hitting the blogosphere this week, including rumors that Apple's next OS X version, Snow Leopard, could hit in the first quarter of 2009 -- and that Apple may be waiting on Intel to deliver Core 2 Quad processors for its next revision to the iMac line.
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iTunes Ropes In All Four TV Nets for High-Def Downloads October 17, 2008 
The iTunes store has had various fits and coughs over the last few years as content providers from the music, movie and television industry battled it out with Apple over delivery and pricing quibbles. However, the fall network TV season is now intact -- and in the full glory of high definition.
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YouTube's E-Commerce Play: Watch It, Click It, Buy It October 08, 2008 
Search engine giant Google has taken yet another step in its effort to monetize YouTube, the online video portal it acquired for $1.65 billion about two years ago. Now, YouTube users can click on advertisement links leading them to products offered for sale at online outlets like Apple's iTunes store and Amazon.com.
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Mac Bloggers Bury NDA, Dig Up Dirt on New MacBooks October 03, 2008 
While Apple's stock price has been rocked by the frenzied selling on Wall Street, and as the United States is buffeted by wave after wave of financial uncertainty, there was one massive ray of hope and joy in the Apple world this week: The sometimes draconian company from Cupertino softened its stance on its nondisclosure agreement with Apple developers.
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Apple Holds iTunes Hostage Over Royalties October 01, 2008 
A decision expected on Thursday from a three-person government panel could lead to the closure of Apple's online music, movie and digital book store, iTunes. Or it could provide what many in the digital media industry have long wanted to see: Apple backing away from the line it drew in the sand on pricing.
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Ninja Assassins, E-Mail Hackers and a Digital Media Pile-On September 19, 2008 
If you're a ninja assassin, a terrorist, an illegal street racer, or any other variety of violent outlaw, you shouldn't look to YouTube for training anymore; you won't find any there. The Google-owned video sharing site has revised its policies to specifically forbid such videos.
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Digital Media Forces Close Ranks Against Apple September 15, 2008 
In a world gone digital, now comes another tale of big companies joining forces to take on media pirates and a giant named Apple. From some of the same people who brought you the Digital Living Network Alliance and Plays for Sure, it's ... the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem!
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Nokia Set to Open Comes With Music Buffet September 02, 2008 
So far, no mobile phone company has been able to make subscribers dance to its tune with a wildly popular, downloadable-to-handset music service. Yet Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, still wants in on the action, so it's announcing that the first handset preloaded with its Comes with Music service will be sold in the United Kingdom in October.
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China Takes Its Hammer to iTunes August 22, 2008 
China has apparently blocked access to Apple iTunes, perhaps in response to the publicity surrounding a pro-Tibet album that was released about a month ago and just recently made its way onto the much-trafficked Web site. Produced by the Art of Peace Foundation, the album features songs from such artists as Moby, John Mayer and Alanis Morrisette, as well as a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama.
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Mac Bloggers Dis Dell, Mash on MobileMe, Probe Spontaneous Nano Combustion August 22, 2008 
Summer might be winding down, but the Apple-focused blogosphere is as hot as ever. Mac bloggers didn't seem too worried over rumors that Dell is cooking up a music alliance intended to topple Apple, and Apple's PC-topping customer satisfaction index seemed obvious enough. MobileMe, on the other hand, got hammered again this week, and Apple even acknowledged that some iPods could spontaneously combust.
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