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Apple Pips Wal-Mart to Become No. 1 Music Store

Apr 4, 2008 12:38 PM CDT

Apple Pips Wal-Mart to Become No. 1 Music Store

iTunes rise to the top a major milestone for the Internet

(Newser) - Apple has become America's No. 1 music retailer, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company said yesterday that its iTunes store had overtaken Wal-Mart for the first time. Analysts say its ascent to the top spot after just 5 years is a major milestone for the industry and the Internet.

MySpace Music Takes On iTunes

Apr 3, 2008 2:51 PM CDT

MySpace Music Takes On iTunes

Joint venture with record companies aims to create competition

(Newser) - The world of online music buying looks set for a shakeup with the launch of MySpace Music, announced today. The joint venture between MySpace and three of the big four record labels aims to compete head-to-head with iTunes, CNET News reports. Music industry bigwigs are said to have long felt...

Is a New iPhone on the Way?

Apr 3, 2008 12:58 PM CDT

Is a New iPhone on the Way?

Apple-store shortages prompt a frenzy of speculation that a refresh is coming early

(Newser) - Yes, there’s an iPhone shortage at Apple stores. No, that doesn’t mean a new iPhone is on the way, reports the New York Times. Apple product shortfalls usually presage new-model introductions, but experts say there’s no certainty that the 3G iPhone will arrive before its scheduled mid-year...

New Phones Compete With Software, Not Hardware

Mar 31, 2008 4:07 PM CDT

New Phones Compete With Software, Not Hardware

Applications and entertainment options more important than iPhone's aesthetics

(Newser) - The iPhone may have buzz, Wired writes, but the smartphone market is deviating from the model of Apple’s “Jesus phone,” particularly in the software area. Wary of Apple’s restrictive software development policies, Wired pegs the Nokia N95, with an open source application platform, as more influential...

Apple Has Top Brand, World Consumers Say

Mar 31, 2008 10:45 AM CDT

Apple Has Top Brand, World Consumers Say

But survey says Microsoft, USA need to revamp marketing

(Newser) - Apple is the world's "most inspiring brand," as well as the one most consumers say they can't live without, according to a new survey on brand impact. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that Microsoft was the brand buyers thought most in need of an overhaul—with the United States as...

Icahn Wins: Motorola Will
Spin Off Mobile Unit

Mar 26, 2008 8:13 AM CDT

Icahn Wins: Motorola Will Spin Off Mobile Unit

Company says it will spin off foundering mobile unit that's lost $1.2 billion

(Newser) - Motorola blinked in its showdown with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, announcing this morning it will spin off the foundering mobile-device division that lost $1.2 billion last year and has seen its share of the mobile phone market shrink from 22% to 12%, reports Bloomberg. Moto’s stock rose 6....

Apple Is Unlikely to Offer Unlimited Music, But If It Did...

Analysis

Mar 24, 2008 10:51 AM CDT

Apple Is Unlikely to Offer Unlimited Music, But If It Did...

Competitors cry monopoly, but consumers seem enthusiastic

(Newser) - Don’t expect a subscription music service bundled with iPods anytime soon: that’s the consensus emerging from the news flurry since last week’s report Apple was considering such a move. Still, the flurry made two things clear, declares Nate Anderson in Ars Technica: Apple would need to tread...

Apple May Offer Unlimited Tunes in iPods, iPhones

Mar 19, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Apple May Offer Unlimited Tunes in iPods, iPhones

Apple may bundle unlimited music with next-gen iPhone and iPods

(Newser) - Apple is considering bundling unlimited access to the iTunes library with its next generation of iPods and iPhones, reports the Financial Times. In a similar move launched in December, Nokia will pay music industry partners almost $80 per handset for “comes with music” phones. Apple has offered just $20...

iPod Touch Paves Way for Pocket PCs

COLUMN

Mar 13, 2008 11:25 AM CDT

iPod Touch Paves Way for Pocket PCs

With a bit more Apple wizardry, device could be 'micro-Mac'

(Newser) - Take Apple’s iPod Touch, give it a little more innovative juice, and you get the next big thing in handhelds, blurring the line between consumer electronics and computers, writes Arik Hesseldahl in BusinessWeek. The Touch, now considered the “flagship” iPod, can already run the major media formats—music,...

Developers Flock to iPhone App Funding

Mar 12, 2008 12:44 PM CDT

Developers Flock to iPhone App Funding

But worries emerge about Apple's tight rules, lack of support

(Newser) - Developers have swamped venture capitalists who announced a $100 million fund for iPhone applications last week. But many of them say Apple has made the job difficult. Developers must use the software development kit issued by Apple, and they say the restrictive terms prevent them from sharing advice on user...

Apple's iPhone Rules Restrict Competition

Mar 10, 2008 4:19 PM CDT

Apple's iPhone Rules Restrict Competition

Banning of VoIP, browser bundling echoes antitrust cases

(Newser) - Apple’s iPhone software development kit is facing criticism from net neutrality and antitrust critics, Computerworld reports. Apple has indicated that voice-over-IP programs like Skype will not be allowed on the iPhone’s AT&T network, as its a direct competitor for AT&T’s voice service. Comcast, Computerworld points...

Apple Courts iPhone Developers

Mar 7, 2008 2:00 PM CST

Apple Courts iPhone Developers

Releases inexpensive software development kit

(Newser) - Apple is opening up the iPhone to outside programmers. The company said yesterday it would release a $99 software development kit, and the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has committed $100 million to invest in developers' work, reports the New York Times. iPhones so far have been limited—at least...

Microsoft CEO Takes Aim
at Google

Mar 7, 2008 10:39 AM CST

Microsoft CEO Takes Aim at Google

Ballmer says Google's Internet-ad dominance won't last

(Newser) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did an animated, sometimes antic, on-stage interview yesterday at Mix, Microsoft’s annual conference for web developers, emphasizing that he has every intention of taking some of Google's advertising business and using Yahoo to do it, the Seattle Times reports. "Advertising on the Internet is...

Steve Jobs: Brilliant Tyrant

Mar 5, 2008 1:12 PM CST

Steve Jobs: Brilliant Tyrant

Apple's mercurial CEO creates a risky rollercoaster ride for shareholders

(Newser) - Steve Jobs is an undisputed Silicon Valley superstar, but his genius has a price, Fortune reports. Jobs is a risk-taking, short-tempered tyrant, and those foibles make Apple a potential rollercoaster for investors. Jobs threatened the company—and his own freedom—in two separate backdating scandals, and, reports the magazine, risked...

Apple Shareholders Demand Say on Executive Pay

Mar 5, 2008 4:03 AM CST

Apple Shareholders Demand Say on Executive Pay

Union proposal OK'd at annual meeting

(Newser) - Apple shareholders have approved a motion giving them some input into executive pay levels, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "I hope it will help me with my $1 a year salary," quipped CEO Steve Jobs after the vote at the company's annual meeting—though Jobs bags millions of...

Only Obama
Can Rescue
US 'Brand'

OPINION

Mar 3, 2008 3:40 PM CST

Only Obama Can Rescue US 'Brand'

The Nike of the field draws praise from marketing experts

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is the sturdy candidate resembling Microsoft, John McCain evokes Hummer, and Mike Huckabee’s the Applebee’s of the field, but only Barack Obama "has the secret sauce that Brand America needs to regain its appeal." media consultant Jeff Yang writes in Salon. Yang is part...

Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers

Feb 29, 2008 11:15 AM CST

Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers

Execs obsess over consumer wants, 'subliminal' needs

(Newser) - With the cellphone industry increasingly hit-driven, phone designers are plumbing the consumer psyche through cultural experts and focus groups, reports the New York Times. "Our job is to be behaviorists and psychologists," says an exec. Competition has heated up as consumers buy—and discard—phones at an ever-faster...

iPhone Runners Beat Apple
to Beijing

Feb 18, 2008 3:50 PM CST

iPhone Runners Beat Apple to Beijing

Official release is TBA; smugglers get $600 for imports

(Newser) - Even as Apple toils to build exclusive deals with local phone companies and gradually release iPhones abroad, smugglers aren’t holding their breath, and the device is already taking China by storm. As many as one in three iPhones sold last year was unlocked and reprogrammed, the New York Times...

25% of iPhones Get Unlocked

Feb 13, 2008 9:38 AM CST

25% of iPhones Get Unlocked

Gray market Apple handsets getting reconfigured globally

(Newser) - The worldwide demand for the iPhone is creating a growing gray market where the phones are bought and sold outside of Apple’s restrictions, BusinessWeek reports. The devices are supposed to operate only through cell phone carriers who have contracts with Apple. But as many as 1 million iPhones, or...

Dow Falls as Nasdaq Posts Gains

MARKETS

Feb 8, 2008 3:57 PM CST

Dow Falls as Nasdaq Posts Gains

Wholesale inventories, financials struggle, but tech holds its ground

(Newser) - Stocks showed mixed results today, as the Dow rallied and then teetered to a loss off lingering fears of recession. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq posted moderate gains buoyed by strong showings by Amazon, Google, Apple, and Research in Motion, Marketwatch reports. The Nasdaq gained 11.82 to end at 2,304....