Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Business, News - Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:06 - 1 Comment

Bad Apple

The public was in an outraged when it learned that Apple launched an application for the iPhone called “Baby Shaker”, which depicts a crying baby and encourages the user to stop the baby from crying by shaking as fast as possible, resulting in death. Now they have a strict process when selecting new applications, which means an Apple representative not only approved it but also tested the application out. Amid the public scrutiny, Apple has since pulled the application and released the following statement:

“This application was deeply offensive and should have not been approved for the distribution on the App Store. When we learned of this mistake, the app was removed immediately. We sincerely apologize for this mistake and thank our customers for bringing this to our attention.”

Did Apple do enough with its apology?

Music, News, Technology - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:22 - 2 Comments

Apple Reaches 1 Billion Downloads!

Soulja Boy loves to refer to himself as the king of the internet downloads. But, the young entrepreneur has a long way to go if he’s going to be mentioned in the same sentence with the Goliaths over at Apple. The computer/gadgets company just surpassed their 1 Billionth download for iPhone and iPod Touch applications, all in less than a year. 13-year-old Connor Mulcahey of Weston, Conn., received a hefty reward for the billionth download. The young down-loader snagged a MacBook Pro, $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, and a Time Capsule backup device. On an average, Apple registers 5.55 million apps per day and has added 73 million downloads since the 1 billion mark.

You Go Apple, Sky’s the Limit!

Business, News - Wednesday, April 8, 2009 19:33 - 0 Comments

iTunes Prices Increase

Effective April 7th, Apple’s iTunes increased the price of hit singles and in-demand tracks to $1.29. Along with the price increase comes a new “variable pricing method” which allows record companies to price songs at $1.29, 99¢ or 69¢. The new pricing will allow label executives to offer package downloads of songs that might “entice consumers to spend more on music.” The price change is most visible with songs in the Top 100 charts.

Music, Technology - Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:07 - 1 Comment

iAuto-Tunes

If it seemed like everyone and their mama has been making music with Auto-Tunes before, now they really will be. T-Pain and Auto-Tune creators Antares are working on a new iPhone app which will put Auto-Tune’s vocal correction software on the iPhone making it possible for every untalented singer to correct their pitch, hit that unreachable note and sound like T-Pain doing it.

T-Pain will be contributing his beats to the project so iPhone owners can create their own Auto-Tuned mixes and possibly steal T-Pain’s job.