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iTunes doesn’t have high hopes for your baby
The best part is that several of those may be the absolute *last* films you’d want to watch if you’re expecting.
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Fox Films Make It To iTunes In The Cloud
It took some time, but now all the major U.S. studios are on board. That means I can start freeing up about 500GB of hard drive space.
Update: A few people have noted that MGM movies are still unavailable in iCloud. True, but I’d hardly consider them a major studio now. But they do have a great catalog…
It’s come to this. iTunes humor…
(via david)
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Genius.
Ha.
Universal Studios' Movies Now Available on iCloud
I imagine Fox will follow closely behind to complete the offering.
Mad Men Season 5 In Real Time
After nearly two years off the air, Mad Men starts up again on Sunday. Can’t wait.
Obviously, I’ve been bitching a lot about the new season of Game of Thrones because I can’t watch it (legally) for a year since I don’t have cable. But the same isn’t true of Mad Men — I already bought the season pass through iTunes. I have to wait a day longer than those with cable (well, technically until midnight most of the time), but I’m fine with that.
Amazon also emailed this morning to say they have a season pass option for the new season of Mad Men through Amazon Instant Video. Also cool. One problem: I can’t for the life of me find a price anywhere. And there are about 17 possible buttons to click. This entire design really needs to be re-thought.
Anyway, good on AMC for giving me options to give them money for their great content.
The Beatles Launch Exclusive Ringtones Through iTunes Store
AKA: when you have an exclusive deal, milk it.
Apple's 'Complete My Album' Feature Drops 180-Day Deadline for Upgrading
Interesting. I had had no idea this limit even existed in the first place. There are probably some songs I have from years ago that I’d like to get the entire album.
Insult To Injury
So UltraViolet is a turd, this much we know. It’s the most surprising development of the year… to no one. Unless you run a Hollywood studio.
But what’s really great is that UltraViolet is such a massive turd that the studios are being forced to give customers copies of their films on the staying-the-hell-away-from-UltraViolet Apple platform.
Ouch.
Google’s Musical Chairs
I kid, I kid. Google’s Music Store is interesting for a few reasons.
While the prices will apparently be between $0.99 and $1.29 — the same as iTunes — Google may discount tracks to entice buyers. Of course, Amazon has done this for years to little effect.
As Brian Womack and Andy Fixmer report for Bloomberg, only three of the four big labels are said to be on board: Sony, Universal, and EMI. The fourth, Warner, is holding out apparently due to pricing and piracy concerns.
It has been about 18 months since Google first indicated their iTunes competitor was coming “soon” (and sounded “awesome”). If they really still don’t have all four labels on board, that’s just sad. And I don’t understand why they’d launch without everyone on board. Spotify waited. Apple waited. Everyone waits. It’s weird to have a huge chunk of popular music unavailable.
Talk About Not Burying The Lede
Brian Womack and Andy Fixmer reporting for Bloomberg that Google’s Music Store is set to launch tomorrow. Their opening paragraph:
Google Inc. is entering the online music market almost a decade too late to pose a threat to Apple Inc., the largest seller of songs on the Web.
There you go. No need to read the remaining 18 paragraphs.
Apple Once Again Deleting Developers' iTunes Match Libraries on November 12th
This is a pretty clear sign that it will launch soon. Of course, there have been signs before.
The weirdest thing about this launch timetable miss is how it impacts other products. There’s a switch in iOS that currently does nothing. And the latest Apple TV update features a major music menu that is worthless. It’s totally dependent on iTunes Match.
This type of misalignment is very un-Apple-like.
