Apple’s iTunes digital media store has now sold more than 5 billion songs since its 2001 debut. And with downloads of digital movies having reached 50,000 a day, the service has become the leading purveyor of online music and videos.
Yahoo is unsealing new advertising deals nearly as quickly as that Delaware court is unsealing the “unflattering” details of the company’s failed merger talks with Microsoft. During her keynote at the Advertising 2.0 conference in New York today, Yahoo President Sue Decker announced a handful of new advertising partnerships.
It’s likely an anomaly inspired by iTunes gift cards doled out over the holidays, but according to a Jan. 8, 2008 NPD Group Music Survey leaked to Ars Technica, Apple (AAPL) surpassed Wal-Mart to become the number one retailer of music in the the US. Quite an achievement. A short-lived one, though. Let’s not [...]
If the recording industry thinks Steve Jobs has been a bear to negotiate with in the past, wait until it gets a load of him now.
Apple’s (AAPL) iTunes Store has become the No. 2 music retailer in the states, according to a new study by the NPD Group. It’s second only to Wal-Mart and, if [...]
In the grand tradition of Gateway and Palm, Dell is shuttering its 140 kiosks in the U.S. as part of a new retail strategy that will expand sales of its products in outlets like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Staples.
“We recognized early on that customers really wanted to touch and see the products before they [...]
It’s not often that one emerges from a Steve Jobs negotiation with anything more than a warm glow–especially members of the entertainment industry.
So it’s surprising to hear that Apple may have agreed to raise the average price of the movies at its iTunes Store. According to a report by Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield (viewing [...]
Rupert Murdoch is in an unusually generous mood these days, isn’t he? This morning Fox Broadcasting said it would make season-premiere episodes of seven of its TV shows available for free through Apple’s iTunes store. Beginning this week and continuing through the two that follow, the network will offer free downloads of such series [...]
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If you’re among the 100 million Americans who shop at Wal-Mart weekly, chances are you’re not familiar with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Internet telephony, but you may be soon. The colossus of American retailing put its considerable weight behind the Internet telephony market yesterday by adding a special section that sells Skype products to its stores.
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Best use of the Beeker “meee” ever.
While the technology behind the Telephone is new, the design is reassuringly old-fashioned, reminiscent of a phrenologist’s horn or ear-candle in form. We found the experience far more comfortable than the one we had with the Telegraph.
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size.
11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
Best video mashup ever.
A Facebook Memorial
Wow.
Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.
Excellent.
Flughumor!
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