RIM soon to announce BlackBerry music service, but why?
Do smartphone users need another music service in their lives? If they use BlackBerry devices, RIM thinks the answer is yes. The company is reportedly developing its own music service called BBM Music, according to people familia...
Amazon cracking down on spammy "private label" e-books
Amazon has begun to crack down on authors who upload copy-cat "private label rights" e-books via the Kindle Direct Publishing service. According to an e-mail sent to authors who had titles removed, Amazon will filter and delete "...
Feature: Inside Turntable.fm: saving music radio from itself
I entered into the room. It was dark and frenetic. House and electro dance tunes roared as I watched the densely packed crowd listen to the music. I squeezed in among the participants, and worked...
Hands on with Boxee for iPad and Boxee Box v1.2
The long-awaited Boxee for iPad app went live yesterday and quickly rose to the #13th most popular free app for iPad. Simultaneously, Boxee released a new firmware version for the Boxee Box set-top media player, v1.2, with some new Apple-friendly ...
Hands-on with Kindle Cloud Reader: can it replace a native iPad app?
Amazon has finally launched a Web-based version of its Kindle reader, allowing users to read their Kindle purchases on any device with a Web browser, without having to download special software. The Web-based reader, called Kind...
Walmart pulling the plug on its MP3 store, but not its DRM servers
Walmart is pulling the plug on its MP3 downloads store, but it will continue to support DRMed tracks that it sold before the store went DRM-free. The news comes via a leaked memo to Digital Music News—later confirmed by...
Report: iTunes Replay could deliver re-downloadable movies and TV
A service called iTunes Replay, first rumored back in 2009, could arrive any day from Apple, according to a new report. It would allow users to re-download and possibly stream video content purchased on iTunes to multiple devices, something for which the time is ripe.
Second-gen Apple TV gains iTunes purchasing ability, Vimeo app
Second-generation Apple TV users will no longer be limited to streaming rented TV shows from iTunes or purchased TV shows from their computers thanks to a software update released on Monday. The update, which is...
iPhone 5 to Launch Mid-September, iPad 3 Later This Fall [Report]
It seems reasonable by now to expect Apple’s iPhone 5 to launch this September. Considering all the speculation we’ve waded through over the past few months, a September launch has certainly been the most consistent claim. And while we’re no closer to an exact...iOS reading apps begin ditching outside store links in droves
As Apple's do-or-die deadline has come and gone for apps that offer users ways to purchase content outside of Apple's ecosystem, a number of prominent reading apps have begun to seed updates with the necessary...
Still need a Spotify invite? Ars has some for you
Music service Spotify has finally made its splash in the US, but many of the people who want to check out the service have yet to get access. Although there are ways to skip over...
Rumored Apple bid for Hulu doesn’t make a whole lot of sense
Is Apple mulling a bid to buy streaming TV site Hulu? According to sources that spoke to Bloomberg, the answer is yes. But does it actually make sense? Apple may have an interest in expanding...
