Right up until Apple started screwing up the Macbook, iTunes was everyone's favorite go-to example of how Apple makes terrible product decisions. That app was a bloated mess which...
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Category: iTunes
Apple News+! Was “Made By Someone Who Doesn’t Read”
Digital magazines are not a new concept. They have been around since the first tech bubble (if not longer). Furthermore, Apple's recently acquired subsidiary Texture has a decade of...
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How to Add Books to Your iPad and iPhone Without Connecting to iTunes
Adding third-party ebooks to Apple Books or one of the other ebook apps on your iDevice used to be quite painful. You had to use one of Apple's proprietary...
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iTunes v12.7.0.166 No Longer Supports iBooks
Apple rolled out a new version of i Tunes today, and something is missing. Early downloaders reported on MobileRead, and I can confirm, that Apple has removed the iBooks...
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Apple’s iBooks and iTunes Movies Go Dark in China
Apple's online book and film services have gone dark in China, after Beijing introduced regulations in March imposing strict curbs on online publishing, particularly for foreign firms. Attempts by Reuters,...
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Harry Potter Audiobooks Available Through Audible – Narrated by Stephen Fry
For the longest time Pottermore has been the sole source of Harry Potter audiobooks and ebooks, but lately financial interests have started to outweigh other factors. Last month enhanced Harry...
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Apple Reportedly Planning to Reduce Vig to 15% – Will It Impact eBooks?
For the past four and a half years Apple has been strangling its ebook competitors by requiring a 30% cut of any sales made in, or through, an app...
Continue readingApple Adjusts iTunes Prices Following VAT, Exchange Rate Changes
Late last week Apple changed the default prices in the iTunes app store to reflect the new monetary landscape. With a steadily weakening Euro, the US dollar is worth...
Continue readingIs Apple Planning to Launch an iTunes App for Android? I Doubt it
There's a new rumor going around today that Apple is mulling expanding their music store on to Android, and that they are planning a streaming service to compete with...
Continue readingEbook apps not leaving iTunes after all
Last week's story about Yudu and their payment service dredged up some rather interesting details about Apple, ITunes, and the rules that app makers are forced to live with. ...
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