Back in 2007 (June 30, Billboard) when I asked what is an indie, I got a multitude of answers. Today, that question evokes even more complex answers because the landscape has not only changed dramatically but is still changing. Over the last 15 years, things have only gotten even murkier. Majors ... Read more...
At a recent summit, porn industry leaders and an expert panel held a discussion with .XXX’s Vaughn Liley. The open industry Q and A, to form the industry’s business plans for the new TLD, did not go well. Big Porn’s take-away illustrates a troubling future where vanity TLDs are nothing more t... Read more...
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27/06/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in apple,
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Could digital music lockers in the cloud from the likes of Apple, Amazon and Google could be just the way to curb online music pirating? Some U.S. government officials certainly think so. As reported by Reuters, Victoria Espinel, the coordinator of U.S. intellectual property enforcement, said tha... Read more...
Remember those new app rules Apple implemented a few months back that freaked out every subscription music service with an iPhone app? Well, looks like Apple has backed down. According to MacRumors, the company has "quietly changed its guidelines" and will no longer demand that developers off... Read more...
iCloud Communications, a Phoenix-based voice over IP provider, alleges that the name of Apple's recently announced online storage service copies its name and causes confusion over competing products: The goods and services with which Apple intends to use the "iCloud" mark are identical to or c... Read more...
Google spent $4.9 million yesterday to buy dozens of patents owned by defunct Israeli cellphone maker Modu. Modu had a brief moment in the spotlight when the company showed off its miniature cellphones at Mobile World Congress in February 2008. The company's founder, Dev Moran, was cocky enough to ... Read more...
Fresh on the heels of a report that Apple has sealed a deal with EMI Music Group, Bloomberg reported Thursday night that the company has also inked an agreement with Sony Music and Warner Music. Citing sources “with knowledge of the deals,” the report said that the agreements give Apple a... Read more...
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24/05/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in apple,
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In some ways, all the uproar about Apple saving location data on its iOS device users is old news. Guess what? Big Brother, or Big Google, also collects geo-location information from its mobile, Android-powered devices. It’s like anything else in computing: geo-location can provide great servi... Read more...