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Apple inks deal with Sony for upcoming iTunes/cloud service

It’s when Apple starts coming to licensing terms with large music conglomerates that this whole cloud thing becomes interesting… Per Bloomberg, Apple has reportedly inked a licensing deal with Sony Corp.’s music division to begin offering the label’s catalog in the cloud, leaving Universal Music Group as the last holdout among the major record labels. […]

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Amazon quietly adds iOS support for Cloud Player music streaming service

Competition’s a bit weird sometimes. Amazon has silently added support for browser-based playback of music in its new cloud streaming service on iOS-powered devices. Per TechCrunch, Amazon quietly added support for iOS devices through its built-in Safari browser. Users can log into their account on Amazon and access the Cloud Player, which now allows streaming […]

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Rumor: Apple purchases iCloud.com domain name for $4.5 million

Moving away from the white iPhone 4 for a moment, Apple is said to have indeed bought the iCloud.com domain for its forthcoming cloud-based iTunes music streaming service, though the rumored US$4.5 million purchase price remains unconfirmed. Citing his own sources, John Paczkowski of Digital Daily reported Friday that Apple did purchase the iCloud.com domain […]

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Rumor: Apple “completes” cloud-based music streaming service, users unsure what to expect

For those of you wondering what the future of Apple’s music plans may be, we might have a hint. Per the All Things Digital blog, a new report claims that Apple has succeeded in procuring deals with at least two of the four big music labels in the last two months, possibly signaling that the […]

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Apple posts job listing focused on improving cloud services

When the job listings go up, things become interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple is building a small team to write software which will lay the groundwork for the company’s future Web services, which it has advertised as “the future” of its cloud-based offerings. This week the company posted a new job listing for the position of […]