Apple to buy Hollywood? Not a chance.
Could Apple spend its $100 billion in cash to create a virtual cable operator to compete with Comcast and the like? Sure. But it would have a really hard time offering a competitively priced service and building a profitable business out of it.
Listen Up! Neil Young Joins Dive Into Media Next Week.
A lineup that already includes some of the biggest names in media adds a musical icon with a digital agenda.
Sony Music Service Coming to iPhones
Sony says its "Music Unlimited" service will be available for Apple's iPhones and iPods - but not iPads - within the next three months. The subscription service launched last year without any mobile options at all, then expanded to include some devices running Google's Android operating system. Sony says the service now has a million...
Skype’s new iOS apps brings Bluetooth support, advertising
Skype has updated its iPhone and iPad apps as of Tuesday, introducing some new features. Bluetooth headsets are now supported on select devices, and video has been improved with image stabilization, but these enhancements will cost you: The apps now display ads for non-paying users.
Google’s Cloud Music Service Now Works on iPhones, iPads
Google's "Music Beta," the search giant's newish cloud locker service, now works on Apple's mobile devices via a new Web site designed to work on iOS machines. Amazon's competing Cloud Player works on iPads, but not on any other Apple mobile device. The Google service, which is still in a semiprivate trial phase, is free...
Surprise! Muve, the Music Subscription Service You Never Think About, Is Doing Okay.
It won't work on your iPhone, or even your PC. But for 200,000 Cricket wireless subscribers, that's just fine.
10 Million Downloads Later, Doodle Jump Makes the Leap to the iPad
The iPhone has already made millions for Igor and Marko Pusenjak. Time to see what the iPad can do.
How Media Companies Play With Steve Jobs’s New Rules: Give In, Go Around or Compromise
How Apple's subscriptions terms are forcing everyone from Amazon to The Wall Street Journal to make touch choices.
Cablevision Brings Live TV — In Your House — To iPhone, iPod, Too
Like to watch TV in your house, but don't want to watch on your TV? Cablevision subscribers have already been able to watch live TV on their iPads, via an app the New York-area cable provider introduced in April; now the company is offering the same service for iPhones and iPods. The apps now function...
Cloud Wars! Amazon Cuts Prices to Counter an Apple Service That Hasn’t Launched Yet.
No surprise at all: Storage is cheap, and this stuff will only get cheaper. Meanwhile, Amazon's cloud music service now works on the iPad, but still won't do anything for iPhone and iPod owners.
Pandora Had a Good Wednesday, and a Terrible Thursday. What About the Next Couple Years?
Why was Pandora worth $4 billion on Wednesday, and $2.1 billion by Thursday morning? Who knows. Better question: What happens to the Web music company over the next few years? Time for a Q&A with CEO Joe Kennedy
