http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/itunes.only.store.seeing.visit.growth/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ipodnano5g-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />iTunes is the only music store seeing a significant boost to the number of purchases at its shop, online banking site Mint notes in a recent look at its own data. While those visiting Apple's music store have always bought more frequently, shopping about 2 to 2.5 times a month, the introduction of variable pricing in April has actually led to customers now buying an average of nearly 3.5 times a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/itunes.only.store.seeing.visit.growth/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/google.music.search.uses.ilike.lala/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/googleaudio-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google at a Los Angeles event tonight unveiled its widely expected advanced music search feature. The addition (a video of which is available below) automatically parses regular searches for music from all four major labels and automatically filters it by artist, album or track; users can then either sample or buy the tracks through Lala or MySpace's iLike. Those who use recommendation-based Int... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/google.music.search.uses.ilike.lala/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/01/sony.emusic.strike.a.deal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/sonymusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sony Music and online digital music retailer eMusic announced on Monday that music that is more than two years old from the record label will be added to eMusic's online store. While specifics of the deal were not disclosed, a direct result of it will see eMusic raise its prices slightly and reduce the number of downloads in its monthly plans. The classic recordings from Sony Music labels that inc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/01/sony.emusic.strike.a.deal/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/02/verizon.mp3.music.on.web/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/lgdare.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon this afternoon chose CTIA as the venue to launch MP3 music downloads on its media store. The move brings about 5 million of the unprotected tracks and complements the ringtones that have dominated the company's web store in the past. Buying tracks doesn't require using a Verizon phone and thus lets buyers put songs on iPods or other general media-capable hardware.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/02/verizon.mp3.music.on.web/ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/20/emusic.hits.250m.songs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/ipod-emusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Veteran online music store eMusic today said it has registered its 250 millionth download since its subscription service began in 2003. The company is one of the few outside of Apple to reach the milestone and is owed partly to eMusic's business model, which offers unprotected MP3s compatible with Apple and Microsoft players but uses a subscription model which guarantees a certain number of songs... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/20/emusic.hits.250m.songs/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/18/lg.incite.at.att/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/lgincite.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AT&T today added a second full touchscreen phone in as many weeks through the LG Incite. Unlike the earlier Samsung Eternity, the Incite is a full Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone and comes with an LG-customized front end that both encourages more use of finger input over a stylus and takes advantage of an accelerometer to provide a landscape keyboard when tilting the phone on its side.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/18/lg.incite.at.att/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/25/itunes.pure.play.deal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0809/greensun.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has signed a deal which should see over 1.5 million new songs added to the iTunes Store, reports say. The company has forged an agreement with Pure Play Music, a site which specializes in hosting artists that are otherwise unsigned. The site currently lists a roster of over 6,000 artists from around the world, who operate under a set of non-exclusive rights agreements.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/25/itunes.pure.play.deal/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/emusic.adds.web.social/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/ipod-emusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />eMusic will try to improve its standing against iTunes and fellow web-based store Amazon MP3 soon by adding a social component to the music, the music service's chief David Pakman tells Fortune. Taking advantage of the need to buy music through the web portal, eMusic hopes to draw in buyers by providing deeper and constantly changing artist info through Web 2.0 sites. Musicians will frequently h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/emusic.adds.web.social/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/08/riaa.on.drm.revival/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/nokian81-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Regardless of the movement towards permanent unprotected downloads in online music, digital rights management (DRM) is likely to persist and may also thrive in the near future, the Recording Industry Association of America said today at a Los Angeles media conference. The music organization's technology head David Hughes observes that nearly all strategies for offering paid music still require so... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/08/riaa.on.drm.revival/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/05/lg.vu.on.sale.at.att/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/lgvu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Following the debut of the necessary mobile TV service on the weekend, AT&T's LG Vu today became available online and in shops. The handset is AT&T's first primarily touchscreen-driven phone since the iPhone and makes video its focus, with a built-in MediaFLO tuner providing live, over-the-air broadcasts of digital TV similar to Verizon's V CAST TV service. AT&T also stresses media playback supp... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/05/lg.vu.on.sale.at.att/ Mon, 05 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT