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Does Intel's ultrabook stand a chance?
Intel is prodding PC manufacturers to make better ultra-thin and light laptops like Apple's MacBook Air. But the concept faces strong headwinds -- and tough competition.
FORTUNE -- When Apple launched the MacBook Air, it got flack: not fast enough, not enough ports, too pricey, the optional external optical disc drive had as much portable appeal as a brick. Fast-forward three years, and the current version of the Air has become MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 12, 2011 12:13 PM ETPosted in: Apple, Asus, DisplaySearch, iMac, Intel, Intel Corporation, iTunes, Lenovo, MacBook Air, Toshiba, ultrabook -
Steve Jobs' real legacy: Apple Inc.
Without hype or fanfare, Steve Jobs has been quietly making sure his beloved company is built to last.
FORTUNE -- The last time Apple chairman Steve Jobs appeared in public before resigning as chief executive in late August was not at one of Apple's meticulously choreographed product launches. It took place in the unremarkable chambers of the Cupertino City Council, where Jobs made an unannounced appearance in June to unveil plans MORE
Miguel Helft, senior writer - Sep 8, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Apple promotes another exec
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* According to 9to5Mac, Apple (AAPL) iTunes chief Eddy Cue was promoted to Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services. Cue will report directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook and will oversee all of the company's cloud services, from iTunes and the App Store to the impending iCloud. (9to5Mac)
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JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 1, 2011 12:55 PM ET -
Today in Tech: More iTunes Match info
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* A beta version of iTunes Match became available last night, and while only developers can currently get at it, the limited software release sheds more light on what the service will be like once it officially rolls out this fall. For the $25 annual fee, music can MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Aug 30, 2011 4:28 AM ETPosted in: Aaron Levie, Apple, Box.net, Google, HTC, iCloud, iOS, iPhone, IpodTouch, iTunes, John Hering, Juniper Research, Kevin Chou, Larry Page, Susan Wojcicki, Verizon -
iTunes grows its (tiny) share of online digital movies
Apple looks like a pretty big fish in the video on demand business -- if you ignore Netflix
If all you saw was the pie chart at right, produced from data issued Monday by iSuppli, you might think that Apple (AAPL) had succeeded in doing to digital video what it did to digital music.
According to iSuppli, now a unit of IHS (IHS), iTunes' share of U.S. consumer spending for movie MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 23, 2011 1:43 PM ET -
iTunes triumphant: Walmart kills its music download store
One of Apple's most serious challenges in the digital music market is giving up
"After eight years in business, the Walmart Music Downloads Store located at mp3.walmart.com will close on August 28, 2011. All content in the Store will be disabled and no longer available for download from the store."
So begins the certified letter sent to Walmart's (WMT) distribution and licensing partners and posted Tuesday by Digital Music News. The death MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 10, 2011 7:18 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Amazon.com, Apple, Digital audio, Digital Music News, iTunes, Music, Spotify, Wal-Mart -
How 'local' can tech get?
FORTUNE -- Last week, during Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo., several of tech's brightest assembled to discuss ventures focusing on local services. Among them: Jeff Jordan of Andreessen Horowitz, Tim O'Shaughnessy, Co-founder and CEO of LivingSocial, Shopkick Co-founder and CEO Cyriac Roeding, and David Krantz, President and CEO, AT&T Interactive.
Here is the unedited transcript of the panel:
HOST: Time now to talk about local. "Reaching Local" is the topic of the next panel. We've MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 27, 2011 4:45 PM ETPosted in: Cyriac Roeding, iTunes, Jeff Jordan, LivingSocial, OpenTable, PayPal, Shopkick, Tim O'Shaughnessy -
Spotify CEO: Music access, not ownership, is the future
Daniel Ek, the CEO of the online music service Spotify, has ambitious plans for penetrating the U.S. market. Profitability, for now, isn't a concern.
FORTUNE -- One week after Spotify launched in the U.S., CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek discussed his company's rapid growth at Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, Colo.
The simple, legal "all-you-can-eat" music service has made waves in parts of Europe with a freemium model that lets users listen to MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 21, 2011 1:59 PM ETPosted in: Apple Inc., danielek, iTunes, Music, Pandora, Pandora Media, Rdio, Spotify, United States -
Why Spotify deserves the hype
One of the most innovative online music services to come along in years has finally hit the States. Here's why you should be excited. (Hint: no monthly listening cap for free U.S. users.)
FORTUNE -- Yes, America, Spotify is finally here.
After nearly two-and-a-half years of promises and speculation, the music streaming service opened up shop in the U.S earlier this morning and already promises to potentially transform the way U.S. listeners consume MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 14, 2011 11:49 AM ETPosted in: Apple Inc., CNN, Daniel Ek, Google, iTunes, List of online music databases, Online music store, Rdio, Rhapsody, Spotify, Streaming media, United States -
Morris Lessmore's fantastic flying iPad app
Climbing the iTunes top-grossing app charts is a touching homage to the printed page
It's nice to see, among all the Angry Birds and Fruit Ninjas, an animated children's book doing well on Apple's (AAPL) App Store -- especially when the work in question is as lovingly conceived and rendered as William Joyce's The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.
The $4.99 iPad app debuted on May 31 and has MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 13, 2011 8:48 AM ET
