Comments on: Genius features underscore the need for iTunes to go DRM-free

By: Where’d the iTunes Plus area vanish to? » VentureBeat

Where’d the iTunes Plus area vanish to? » VentureBeat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:23:31 +0000

[...] we see a fully DRM-free iTunes store in time for the holidays? I hope so — though my bank account might not be so jolly. Tags: co:Apple SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...]

By: Zune now cheaper than that other device you’re going to buy anyway » VentureBeat

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:51:47 +0000

[...] Point is, making the Zune $10 or even $20 cheaper than comparable iPods is not going to do much for the device’s marketshare. Apple has a stranglehold on the market and it’s growing. (It currently controls about 73 percent of the market.) [...]

By: Mufin music recommendations: Half-baked or just right? » VentureBeat

Mufin music recommendations: Half-baked or just right? » VentureBeat — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:00:27 +0000

[...] work offline as well if users download their desktop software (which is currently PC-only). Unlike iTunes new Genius feature, Mufin’s desktop software doesn’t even need to be connected to the Internet to work, [...]

By: Confirmed: Amazon brings its MP3 store to Android. But no video yet » VentureBeat

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:52:43 +0000

[...] hard to argue with an entire catalog that is DRM-free, whereas much of iTunes is still not DRM-free, despite Apple chief executive Steve Jobs’ claims that Apple was working on making that [...]

By: Would you like Zunes with that? » VentureBeat

Would you like Zunes with that? » VentureBeat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:56:11 +0000

[...] Still, the Zune does have some things that sets it apart from the iPod. While there are less songs in the Zune marketplace than there are on iTunes, over 80 percent of them are DRM-free, versus a significantly lower percentage on iTunes — much to my dismay. [...]

By: New MacBooks shipping all around us, unseen? » VentureBeat

New MacBooks shipping all around us, unseen? » VentureBeat — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:59:16 +0000

[...] Rock” even last week was no different. While most of the things it announced were pretty cool in their own right, the event lacked the signature “one more thing” moment, which many had hoped would be [...]

By: Best Buy buys Napster in part for its “excellent” mobile capabilities? » VentureBeat

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:29:14 +0000

[...] in its stores. It also sells iPods which is the dominant music device in the United States with nearly three quarters of the market. Will anyone who buys an iPhone or iPod want to use Napster? Probably not. Will Best Buy employees? [...]