01.16.08 - 11:35am
Four years ago iTunes was just a fledgling set to rise to unparalleled heights. At the time the Super Bowl was a huge booster for iTunes which combined with Pepsi launched a commercial set to Greenbay’s version of the song “I Fought the Law” encouraging buyers to buy legally online from iTunes rather than [...]
01.11.08 - 03:03pm
Amazon has added Sony BMG to their already large repertoire of DRM free music as BMG joins Universal, Warner and EMI, selling their songs DRM free from the Amazon website. This puts Amazon’s DRM free catalog at an impressive 3.1 million songs.
The addition of BMG’s music on Amazon puts a larger dent in the Apple/iTunes [...]
09.26.07 - 04:54pm
We’ve heard about Amazon’s soon to be music store for months and it is finally here, proving to be everything iTunes but for less.
Amazon has decided to go straight DRM free, launching with over 2 million songs from Universal and EMI. All DRM free. Apple has some DRM free music from EMI but not from [...]
07.11.07 - 12:18pm
This weekend in San Francisco an iPhoneDevCamp was held. A place where developer’s gathered to unlock the secrets of the iPhone and create iPhone applications.
This DIY – do-it-yourself – event was free and open to anyone who wanted to come, join and contribute. Over 325 attendees did just that.
“It’s about embracing constraints,” said Chris Messina, [...]
05.21.07 - 10:18am
Amazon has announced that they will open their online music download store – DRM free!
Hoping to compete with iTunes, Amazon is joining the DRM free revolution by announcing they will only sell DRM free music in their new online MP3 music store to open later this year. With two of the largest purveyors of music [...]
04.24.07 - 10:49am
Recently the talk has been that Apple has full control of upcoming talks with the “Big Four” – the major music labels renegotiations. Apple is expected to make more demands for DRM free music and with control of over 80% of the digital market they do have a lot of power in the negotiations, however [...]