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Inside iTunes LP: No DRM, Lots of WebKit

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At Apple’s annual special music event, this year dubbed “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” they announced a new, old-style album-centric offering called iTunes LP. The image painted was of a young Steve Jobs, grabbing his bike, riding to the music store, buying the latest Dylan on vinyl, racing home, putting it [...]

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TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #66 – It’s only rock and roll, but did we like it?

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Join Chris, Matt, and Rene for an in-depth look iPhone 3.1, iTunes 9, and the new iPods, from Apple’s “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” music event. Listen in!

No give-away this week, as Smartphone Experts [...]

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Poll: It Was Only Rock and Roll, but Did You Like It?

Which of these 2009 Apple music event announcements did you like? (Multi-choice enabled)(survey software)

Yesterday was Apple’s annual, hype-filled, reality distorted, special music event, It’s only rock and roll, but we like it. Today is the colder, harsher morning after, and as we wipe our eyes, yawn, and look over, we wonder — did you really [...]

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Apple Music Event by the Numbers: 30M iPhones, 20M iPod touches, 75K Apps, 1.8B Downloads

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During the It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, as usual, Apple spent some time up front discussing numbers. And as is increasingly usual when it comes to the music leg of their business, those numbers tend towards the HUGE. To date:

30 million iPhones sold 20 million iPod touches sold

That makes [...]

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Apple Posts “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” Keynote Stream

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If you just happened to miss today’s video of the “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” keynote or just so happen to be having issues downloading the full 850MB podcast feed like I am, jump on over to Apple’s site and instantly view it in it’s entirety via Quicktime stream.

Sure good to [...]

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Apple “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” Keynote Podcast Now Available on iTunes

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Apple has posted all 850MB of their “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” special music event to their Apple Keynote podcast feed [iTunes link]. And, wow that was fast. Usually we get a streaming version from QuickTime Apple Events first, then the iTunes podcast later. This time, no waiting (but also no [...]

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iTunes Launches Facebook Fan Page, Offers 20 Free Songs

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Wow. Apple’s iTunes Store now has a Facebook Fan Page. During today’s It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, Apple announced iTunes 9 and said it allowed users to share via Facebook. Apparently you can share some love for iTunes right back.

And if you do, you can get 20 free [...]

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Steve Jobs Returns to Keynote Stage

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Steve Jobs isn’t the story. But he’s the story. And today, arguably the most important and influential CEO in technology returned to the stage he’s so effectively owned. And he owned it once again.

Sure, he let Phil Schiller and Jeff Rubin do some of the work, but he’s been doing that for a while now. [...]

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iPod nano, Has Video Camera and FM Tuner, Will Travel!

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So, as part of the It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, Apple pretty much gave the one big feature everyone wanted for the third generation iPod touch… to the nano instead.

Camera and mic for video (with nifty iChat style special effects!) VGA 640×480 recording, H.264 Sync photos and video to PC [...]

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iTunes 9 Now Available for Download

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Sure, iTunes 9 leaked on… iTunes mere moments before Apple’s It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event got underway, but now you can have it — not just look at it. Hit up Software Update, and if that still shows the old 8.1.2 version, go directly to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and get [...]

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