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Now, Apple has introduced a locker service that mostly eliminates that problem by doing away with the need to upload the vast majority of your music, while still allowing you to populate your locker with your songs quickly and easily. It’s called iTunes Match, and it’s the last piece in the company’s rollout of its massive iCloud initiative, which includes things like wireless synchronization of contacts and calendars.
iTunes Match Review: Digital Music Meets Its Match in Apple iCloud – Walt Mossberg – Personal Technology – AllThingsD
Continue reading: iTunes Match Review: Digital Music Meets Its Match in Apple iCloud – Walt Mossberg – Personal Technology – AllThingsD
I predict Apple will introduce an iTunes client for Android soon; it probably just opted to wait until after Google dumped a bunch of resources into Google Music… Perhaps the Android iTunes client will also be buggy and run hot, e.g., like the Windows PC iTunes client.
Instead, real people will make a simple non-decision: If they use an Android phone, they can’t use Apple’s store or locker. So now they can use Google’s. And while it will be theoretically possible for iPhone users to use Google’s store and locker, it will involve some kludgy sidesteps that won’t appeal to mainstream users.
And that’s about it. In the end, this isn’t about helping… Continue reading: Google Music Isn’t an iTunes Killer, And It’s Not Supposed to Be – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD
Tempting…
iTunes Match addresses the hoarding problem by finding user tracks that correspond with what Apple has in its library, and giving users a licensed copy, digital safe-keeping of unmatched tracks, and a way to re-download either of those to any device. This, in itself, is one of the biggest adjustments in the way Apple is rethinking storage. No longer is it about saving those files to a hard drive for safe keeping. Instead, you’re paying for a highly specialized storage service that keeps everything, even tracks that weren’t in Apple’s library, in the cloud.
iTunes Match: A solution for a problem Apple helped create | Apple Talk – CNET News
Check the post link below for speculation about Google Books being pulled for violating the Apple App Store policy
The WSJ is reporting that Apple is laying down the law on apps that try to link externally to other payment systems in the App Store. The WSJ’s own app and Kobo, another eBookseller were both forced to remove external links to payment stems from within their apps.
In a pair of moves that suggest Apple Inc. is enforcing rules for selling content on its devices, Kobo Inc., the Canadian e-book retailer, and The Wall Street Journal said Sunday they will no longer sell content directly to customers… Continue reading: WSJ, Kobo falling in line in Apple’s App Store, Google Books is out | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence
Check the full post for speculation about how the income will be distributed
While this is all well and good — and a long time coming — the real clincher here is iTunes Match, which will automatically, and in a matter of minutes, match songs that you ripped to songs in the store and add them to your library. You won’t have to pay for each individual song, but you will have to shell out about $25 a year for the ability to have your library available.
“This puts together a model that allows people to make money off of pirated music,” says Price, pointing out that users who pirate music will… Continue reading: TuneCore CEO: Apple Has Just Monetized Pirated Content (Mashable)
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iTunes Match: A solution for a problem Apple helped create | Apple Talk – CNET News