iTunes gets even stronger

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Chris Morris

Two years ago, Apple became the biggest retailer in the music industry, knocking Wal-Mart off its perch. Since then, there hasn’t been a lot of digging into how big the company has become.

Billboard’s latest figures, however, show that Apple’s market share in the music industry now stands at 26.7 percent. That’s over 5 points better than two years ago and more than double where it stood in 2007. Wal-Mart, meanwhile, is seeing its share of the market dwindle – falling from 15 percent to 12.5 percent. Best Buy came in third, with 8.7 percent.

Analyst: No iPhone for Verizon this year

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Chris Morris

There were a lot of surprised gasps this year when Apple announced the iPad’s 3G service would be provided by AT&T. Then there were a few more when the low monthly cost of the service was unveiled.

Turns out, that deal might have bought the phone company a bit more exclusivity time with the iPhone.

So much for Microsoft’s tablet – and maybe HP’s, too

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Chris Morris

Want a sign of how strong the iPad is? The device, which releases its 3G version Friday, has caused Microsoft to blink – and cancel its plans for a tablet device of its own.

Gizmodo, which broke the news about Courier – a folding, two screen tablet that seemed to show a lot of promise, now has discovered that the Redmond, WA-based company has decided to halt development on the project.

The movies meet Foursquare

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Chris Morris

Foursquare, a location-based application that rewards points and badges to users, is one of the fastest growing iPhone apps on the market. Now, another company is taking the framework of that technology and blending in films.

Miso focuses on the films you’re watching on your iPhone/iPod/iPad, awarding avid users who check in and share their favorite shows badges tied to genres and sub-genres of film and television.

ABC’s iPad crush

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Chris Morris

It was no surprise that Disney-owned ABC was one of the first media companies to embrace the iPad. Steve Jobs, after all, is a prominent board member. But now that the first numbers are coming in, you can bet that executives at the network are awfully glad they signed on early.

In just 12 days, ABC’s iPad app was downloaded more than 212,000 times. And users have already streamed more than 680,000 episodes via that app.

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