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Windows 8 iTunes app not coming “any time soon”

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

While iTunes is available for Windows 8, it only works in desktop mode, meaning that there's no "metro" style app for Apple's popular music player and media store. Of course, Microsoft really wants Apple to create said app, but according to Windows CFO Tami Reller, that's not going to happen "any time soon." Read The Full Story

Boingo iOS app updates with iTunes subscription billing

, May 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Boingo, the WiFi hotspot service, has updated its iOS app with the ability to pay for Boingo's monthly subscription using your iTunes account. This means that Boingo users don't need to enter in their credit card information in the app, but instead just link it with their iTunes accounts, where users will be billed monthly using the payment method they have on file with iTunes. Read The Full Story

Apple counts down to 50 billion downloads in iTunes App Store

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple has begun counting down (counting up, rather?) to 50 billion downloads in the iTunes App Store, and they're celebrating the milestone by giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the lucky person who downloads the 50 billionth app. The company will also be handing out $500 iTunes gift cards to 50 people that download the next 50 apps. Read The Full Story

Apple educates users on in-app purchases with new user guide

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Along with its refresh of the Featured section in the iTunes App Store, Apple has added a section dedicated to educating people about in-app purchases and what they are exactly. This was most likely added to address the recent fiascos with users accidentally purchasing in-app content on their iOS device. Read The Full Story

Apple celebrates “A Decade of iTunes” with interactive timeline

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple has launched a special tribute to its iTunes Store today, with a ten-year-long interactive timeline called "A Decade of iTunes." Users can flip through each year since 2003 to see what were some of the popular songs back then, as well as look over some of the milestones that Apple and iTunes have passed along the way. Read The Full Story

iCloud and iTunes hit by another outage

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

It seems that Apple's iCloud service and the iTunes Store are experiencing yet another outage. Apple's system status webpage confirms that some users may experience issues with account & sign in for iCloud as well as purchases for iTunes. Other users are also reporting problems with Game Center and Apple ID. Read The Full Story

iTunes Store adds option to postpone downloads

, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple has just added a new download option to the iTunes Store that will allow users to buy content and download the content later. The option is available for users who have iTunes 11 installed on their computers, or users who are running iOS 6 on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices. The option is only available when you purchase TV episodes, movies, TV seasons, season passes, movie bundles, or music box sets. Read The Full Story

Grand Theft Auto soundtracks now available on iTunes and Spotify

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

We're not sure if this could have come soon enough, but it's here, at last. Rockstar Games announced today that the radio playlist soundtracks from all of the Grand Theft Auto titles, starting with the classic Grand Theft Auto III, are now available either for purchase on iTunes or for streaming on Spotify. Read The Full Story

Fruit Ninja is Apple’s App of the Week, free for a limited time

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple only recently began promoting certain apps and games in the iTunes App Store, by delivering an "App of the Week" and chopping off the price tag. However, they don't often highlight popular apps or games all that much, but this week, they're highlighting Fruit Ninja, a classic mobile game of fruit-chopping proportions. Read The Full Story

AppGratis CEO: Apple is destroying value within its ecosystem

, Apr 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

By now you may have heard that Apple removed the popular app discovery deal app AppGratis from the iTunes App Store after the Cupertino-based company cited that the app went against the guidelines for iOS apps -- namely push notifications that featured "advertising, promotions, or direct marketing." AppGratis CEO, however, has spoken out about the issue. Read The Full Story

Vine becomes top free app in iTunes App Store

, Apr 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

After first releasing back in January, Twitter's popular, yet controversial social app Vine is now at the top of the free app chart in the iTunes App Store. The app has slowly been making its way to the top of the charts, but after not being well-received by some users due to the app's porn problem, Vine is now sitting pretty at number one. Read The Full Story

Three temporarily free iOS games you NEED to download

, Feb 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today there are three apps out there in iTunes land that you're going to need to go ahead and download as fast as you can - each of them is temporarily free and each of them is excellent. The first of these three apps goes by the name Galaxy on Fire 2 HD - this is a game we've followed since before it was released back in 2011 - now you'll find it on your iOS device for no cost at all (instead of $6.99). It's a masterpiece of a space battle game in which you're online in a massive way with people from all over the planet - literally and figuratively! Read The Full Story
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