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Seven Reasons why iTunes Match is worth the $25.
I’ve been using iTunes Mach for about a week now and it is well worth the $25 dollars. Here’s why.
iCloud Storage
All your music gets added to iCloud. Unlike other services, you don’t have to upload it all. iTunes only uploads what it can’t find a match for on their servers. This significantly cut down on the time it would have taken for all my music to upload. I think it was more like days with Google or Amazon’s cloud sites and only hours for iTunes Match.
Glee knows where the money is; merchandising.
What’s the key to success in the entertainment industry?
Merchandising
Fox’s Glee has to be one of the smartest shows on TV when it comes to merchandising.
Now I’m not talking about t-shirts and DVDs, Glee is killing the competition with music.
Every week the Glee cast releases a few songs and every week, they skyrocket to the top of iTunes. When the Glee kids went to regionals, they dominated iTunes the very next day.
In the first season alone Glee sold 12.9 million digital tracks with another 3.6 million in album sales. That helped them reach #28 on Billboard Music’s Top 40 Money Makers. [source]
I don’t understand the Beatles iTunes hype.
I’m a bit annoyed by the whole Beatles iTunes thing. I just don’t get it and think it’s incredibly over advertised.
When I go to the iTunes Store, I hate seeing all Beatles music. I get that they want to promote it, but do they have to fill up every square inch on the homepage?
Chances are, if you want Beatles music, then you’ve got Beatles music. Is there anything new here?
Does Apple really think that a band that disbanded in the 70s is worth all this fuss?
32 iTunes Replacement Icons
Don’t like the new iTunes 10 icon? Well you’re not alone. Graphic designers have been working to create new iTunes icons and below are 32 iTunes replacement icons that would make a great addition to your desktop.
Clean Out Your iPod With Song Ratings
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got thousands of songs on your iPod. Some songs are great while others you’re not quite sure why they are on there. No one has the time to sit down and go through them all, so why not mark all the songs you no longer want with one star, and then delete them later?
How To Backup iPod Playlists
Backing up an iPods music is easy as there are a ton of apps out there that will allow users to select songs and transfer them back to iTunes. Now when it comes to backing up playlists, that functionality is hard to find.
I did a lot of Googling and a lot of testing and came up with one solution; iRip.
iRip is a Mac and Windows application that can transfer music, movies and playlists from your iPod to iTunes. Now backing up music and movies isn’t all that special, but the fact that it can backup playlists was the one feature I couldn’t find anywhere else.
How does Google crawl the iTunes Store?
Last I checked, a web page had to be on the web in order for Google to crawl the page and serve it up in search results. But then how does it crawl iTunes?
On a recent search for “implus iphone application” I came across the iTunes store page ranked at #8 in Google.
Yes, the iTunes Store may be built on WebKit, or some sort of web application on the back end, but how exactly does Google get there? Does the Googlebot run iTunes? Ohh there is a possibility.
My First Apple App Store Purchases
I was excited to see iTunes 7.7 this morning and then TUAW tipped us off as to how to get into the App Store.
Excited to check it out, I found a few free applications and downloaded them. Nothing to exciting but the Remote application does let me control iTunes or Apple TV (if I had one) from my iPod.
I did see some nice checklist applications too, which I do want, but I’m waiting for one from Remember the Milk or some other system that can sync online.
It seems a bit empty right now, but exciting none the less!
Give a Little Love
Have you heard about Idol Gives Back? More than likely you have. Have you donated? The money goes to help kids in our country and others have a better life. Helping them out with things like books, safe places to live & play and medication.
It’s easy to give back. You can donate online, by mail or by phone. Details on the American Idol website.
You can also just open iTunes, click on the Idol Gives Back banner and purchase some music. Songs from Snoop Dogg, Fergie, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Heart and more are available. That’s a pretty simple way to donate.
Kid Rock – Amen Video
When I heard that Kid Rocks new song was going to be up next on the radio yesterday I almost switched stations. But I didn’t. What I heard was great song that speaks the truth our country, our world today.
The songs called Amen and everyone can relate to it.
Now, if I could only find it on iTunes or Amazon so I could download it. Does Kid Rock not believe in iTunes???
