Tag Archives: iTunes
Wk27: DC Comics and Doing Digital Right
Looking back, as an industry, the music industry made awful decisions when the digital revolution came along and have been catching up ever since. It happened, and there’s only one reason to dwell on it – to learn from those mistakes. Looking at the film and TV industry, one wonders if they are learning those […]
Wk25: Pay Your Money Down – the fear of the Scam App Store.
I am scared to buy Apps. For one really simple reason. In-App purchases. Perhaps I’m being overly paranoid. But so many Apps on the App-Store tell horror stories of fraud and swindle, it’s hard to not be scared. Take the Smurfs. A quite high profile case. It is nothing but a swindle. Bright colours for […]
Wk24: Ten Questions about iCloud from a music fan.
Apple announced, to much fanfare, the iCloud last week. A dynamic way of controlling files across all your devices, all stored on a central server. I’m worried. Apple has really let their music business fall away in recent years. iTunes LP. Ping. They’ve been living on the success of 2005, and have done very little […]
Wk19: Wrapped Up in eBooks – the Australian side.
This column is all about trying to write about new ideas. So much writing about digital online, and trying to say something that no one else has said is tough. But this week is an easy one. One big gaping hole that I have seen under-reported, and for Australia, unreported. Why is the Apple iBookstore […]
Wk18: Bandcamp – taking MySpace further
MySpace is in trouble. In the last month or so I have taken my opinion back from “dead” to “slowly dying”. But even right now, it has become a forgotten destination. MySpace leaves a big gap in the market. There were many things good about it. Most of all is the easy way for people […]
Wk16: Up In the Air – the battle for Cloud Computing
Amazon opened up a Pandora’s box a few weeks ago in the US. They offered a “cloud service” to their customers for music. A 5GB (or 20GB with conditions) “locker” where you can upload your music and stream it back to your devices. It opened up a larger debate about the legal issues – what […]
Has Apple Forgotten the iPod?
Apple‘s announcements this week are all over the web. At their annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), they touted new MacBook Pros, iPhones and more. But what about for the pop culture fan? Somehow it seems like Apple is leaving them behind. When the iPhone was announced, it was a combination of a phone, a net […]
