Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on January 23 at 10:50 am PT
A lineup that already includes some of the biggest names in media adds a musical icon with a digital agenda.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 17 at 3:55 am PT
The thriving secondary market for iPhones is increasing in importance for Apple’s carrier partners, and for Apple itself.
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Peter Kafka in Media on January 11 at 1:00 pm PT
Sony says its “Music Unlimited” service will be available for Apple’s iPhones and iPods – but not iPads – within the next three months.
The subscription service launched last year without any mobile options at all, then expanded to include some devices running Google’s Android operating system. Sony says the service now has a million users, but won’t disclose how many of them are paying monthly fees and how many are using a free trial.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 30, 2011 at 7:49 pm PT
Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive is to be knighted by the Queen of England.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 20, 2011 at 11:58 am PT
Flash memory has some troubles that an Israeli company call Anobit appears to know how to solve. Apple is the world’s biggest consumer of flash memory, so naturally it appears to have consumed Anobit.
Our study of iPod distraction found that selecting a song on an iPod can degrade performance almost twice as much as dialing a cell phone. Even more surprisingly, selecting a song can degrade performance twice as much as watching a video on the iPod.
– Researcher Dario Salvucci, whose work focuses on multitasking and interruption, including driver distraction
Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2011 at 11:02 am PT
What does the iconic music player have in common with the device you use to regulate the heat in your home? A lot more than you think.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on November 18, 2011 at 10:03 am PT
Very thrilled. Chipmaker TI does something that chip companies practically never do: It says how happy it is to have Amazon as a customer.
Ina Fried in News on November 12, 2011 at 1:57 am PT
Cupertino tells users to stop using the products and send them into Apple for a free replacement.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 1, 2011 at 9:45 am PT
Cupertino brings its music creation app to the even-smaller screen.
