Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’

February 10th, 2009

China Mobile and Apple can’t agree

If you’ve wondered why Apple hasn’t entered the biggest mobile market in the world yet, the answer has been revealed today by TMT China.
According to their sources, talks between China Mobile and Apple broke down over China Mobile’s insistence that Apple allow China Mobile to administer the App Store and its revenues.
The first two rounds [...]


January 8th, 2009

iTunes removing DRM… for a fee

For me, one of the most interesting announcements at Macworld 2009 is that Apple will offer DRM-free music on iTunes, while simultaneously establishing three tiers of music prices.
Record companies will be able to choose whether they want their songs to cost $0.69, $0.99, or $1.29.
Currently about 8 million DRM-free songs are available, with another 2 [...]