RIM's new BlackBerry Tour smartphone adds a crisper screen display and advanced multi-media support, including Apple iTunes synchronization, to lure new users.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint it made against a public relations firm accused of using employees to pose as ordinary customers to post reviews of video games on Apple's iTunes store, the agency said Thursday.
There were a lot of rumors and expectations ahead of Apple's much-hyped music event yesterday. As expected, Apple unveiled a new touch-based iPod Nano, and an iPod Touch sporting the company's A4 processor, its super-high-resolution Retina display, and front and rear cameras offering HD video recording and video chat via FaceTime. There was also a new iPod Shuffle, which thankfully returns to the previous iteration's design with on-device buttons and a clip to make it wearable.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today took the stage at a company event for the first time in almost a year to introduce new iPhone software, a revamped iTunes, reduced iPod Touch prices and a video camera slipped into the iPod Nano.
Although under siege and late to the game, Sony still might woo consumers with new products that largely mimic Apple products if the price is right, says one analyst.
Apple made a thinly-veiled threat yesterday to owners of the Palm Pre, a new rival to the iPhone, that it can throw a "kill switch" at any time to deny them use of iTunes as their syncing software.
Apple has pulled Grooveshark's music streaming application from its store due to a complaint from a major entertainment company just days after the application launched.
Apple's iTunes has it's flaws and isn't nearly as flexible as it should be. There are ways to fix some of the flaws via free or low-cost add-ons, here are five of the best options.
The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used U.S. copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.
Mac OS, iTunes, iPod, iPhone -- Apple has a reputation for setting the bar, even when it comes to major screwups, some of which have nearly destroyed the company
The hacker group known as Chronic Dev Team has released code that lets any Apple device running the latest iOS firmware to load apps without having to go through the iTunes App Store.
Verizon Wireless wants its upcoming V CAST mobile app store to shine among the current crop of on-device application storefronts like Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry App World, Microsoft's Windows Marketplace for Mobile and, of course, Apple's mega-popular iTunes App Store. And it's holding a contest, aptly named "Apply Your Ideas," to locate the cream of the mobile-app-crop.
Yesterday Palm released an update to its webOS mobile operating system for the Pre, v1.1.0. The new webOS packs a handful of enterprise-oriented features, like the ability to remotely wipe the Pre, along with a number of maintenance fixes and more. But perhaps most interestingly, webOS v1.1.0 also "re-enables" the iTunes sync feature that Apple blocked via its own software update earlier this month.
Palm's decision to reenable syncing with iTunes puts the smartphone maker head-to-head with Apple. One expert says the issue could lead to a court battle, but other say that's unlikely and Apple could use other means if it considers the Pre a threat to the iPhone.
Everyone who's anyone in the wireless space wants in on the app store game. Handset-makers, carriers, third-party software vendors and others all want a hand in the action, a chance to bring in some of those iTunes App Store dollars.
The Palms Pre takes competition in the smartphone market to another level, since it allows users to synchronize the Pre with iTunes, so that the Pre acts as if it were an iPhone or iPod.
Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.
Apple's running total of the number of app downloads made via its App Store is quickly approaching 25 billion -- which means that the winner of a $10,000 iTunes gift card for the landmark downloader should be chosen sometime today or tomorrow.
Apple Inc. updated iTunes Wednesday, fixing a pair of security vulnerabilities, adding support for the new line of iPod Shuffles and boosting performance when loading large libraries and browsing the online store.
Hackers claim to be just days away from jailbreaking Apple devices running iOS 5.1.1, the latest firmware release for iPhones and iPads, letting users load applications from outside of Apple's iTunes App Store.