Scribner and Simon & Schuster Digital began selling an “enhanced e-book” of Rick Perlstein’s best-selling doorstop, Nixonland, in the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iBookstore and on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) on Thursday. The title, which was already available in an Amazon Kindle version, represents the first test of whether Apple can challenge...
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Apple’s Steve Jobs somewhat famously said in April that people aren’t searching on their phone, but instead, are using apps. He reasoned, apps ...
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When will Spotify, the best music service Americans can't use, finally make it to the U.S.? No time soon, according to a new report from Billboard. The good news for impatient people: There are plenty of substitutes available right now.
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The Orchard, which distributes digital music and video to the likes of Apple's and Amazon's online stores, is going off the public market. The New York-based company is being bought out by its parent, private equity shop Dimensional Associates, and stops trading tomorrow. Shareholders will get $2.05 per share, and they're apparently okay with...
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» The new Kindle is lighter, cheaper, faster than ever—but will it kill the iPad?» Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) execs are increasingly d...
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There have been rumors this week that Apple is working with TiVo to bring DVR functionality to the next generation of its Apple TV. A cooperation like this seems highly unlikely, but Apple's app strategy could open the door for a TiVo presence on the device.
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Time Inc. likes to show off its iPad apps as a symbol of the company's future. But inside the publisher, the digital editions have become a source of hair-pulling frustration.That's because the magazine giant has been unable to get Apple to let it sell and manage subscriptions for its iPad apps--much to Time Inc.'s...
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Among the eight million people who have downloaded Clear Channel’s free mobile applications, the average user spends 3.5 hours listening to the streaming radio service and visits an average of four stations a week. All of that adds up to profitability for the media conglomerate’s mobile business, demonstrating that for at least some, the...
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One of the more obscure government bodies has ruled today that unlocking iPhones is perfectly within a consumer’s right, even if it is to download unauthorized software or to roam on other carrier networks.
At Google’s own developer conference two months ago, the internet giant nonchalantly mentioned that it was going to launch its own music service for the Android Market that could directly compete with Apple’s iTunes. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) was reluctant to give out too many facts beyond that, but now there’s increasing evidence...
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