News: Apple seeking iTunes Store feedback from users (iLounge)
Apple has begun to email certain iTunes Store account holders seeking feedback on how they use the Store, iLounge has learned. The email, which carries the subject “Tell us how you like iTunes,” links to a survey about use of the iTunes Store; more specifically, about video and movie purchase and rental, including why users purchase movies from the iTunes Store and what types of devices they ...
10 Billion Songs Sold by Apple’s iTunes Store (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
The number-crunchers at Apple aren't counting just profits these days. Less than two months after it announced three billion applications had been downloaded from its App Store, the computer giant boasted Thursday that its iTunes Store has sold its 10 billionth song.
Apple’s iTunes Store serves up 10 billionth song (San Francisco Chronicle)
Apple's iTunes Store hit a landmark on Wednesday with the download of its 10 billionth song. A counter on the company's home page hit the 10 billion mark at 9:43 p.m. GMT -- approximately 6 years and 10 months since the store first opened in the U.S. Back...
Apple: Billions of Songs, Billions of Apps, Not Much Profit (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)
Apple is patting itself on the back for delivering 10 billion songs from its iTunes store. And it frequently boasts about the number of Apps customers download from iTunes, as well -- the tally is now past 3 billion.
Apple’s ITunes Store Serves up 10 Billionth Song (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Apple's iTunes Store hit a landmark on Wednesday with the download of its 10 billionth song.
News: Apple adds ‘Explicit’ category to iTunes Connect (iLounge)
Apple has added a new primary category named “Explicit” to its iTunes Connect backend service for submitting and monitoring App Store applications, suggesting the company may be readying a new adults-only category on the App Store. According to Mac Rumors, the new category appears in a drop-down menu found in the new submission section, alongside other already-existing categories such as “Books ...
Apple pulls sexually explicit apps from iTunes (Washington Post)
Apple purged several sexually explicit applications from iTunes this week. Parents had complained that children were getting hold of apps such as Naughty Trivia and Sexy Scratch Off in the freewheeling online marketplace.
News: Apple adds category listings to iTunes Preview (iLounge)
Apple has expanded its browser-based iTunes Preview service to include category listings for both music and apps. Unlike the category pages found within the iTunes application, the browser-based listings instead offer text-based lists of links to popular apps or artists. Apple first launched its iTunes Preview music listings in November 2009, added song previews to the service in January, and ...
Apple giving $10K gift card for 10 billionth song download (Access Atlanta)
If you buy a song on iTunes soon, you could win a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Apple will award the gift card to the person who buys its 10 billionth song.
Report: Apple’s iPad E-Book Store to Use DRM (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The iBook store, the marketplace for electronic books on Apple's forthcoming iPad, will sell e-books wrapped in digital rights management software, according to sources quoted in the L.A. Times. Apple phased out DRM songs from the iTunes store a year ago, but a majority of publishers are expected to use FairPlay copy protection software for their e-books.