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The best deal on iTunes gift cards

It never hurts to get a nifty discount. That and it’s nice to build a nice cache of iTunes gift cards to use all year round, especially if they’re available at a discount. Discounted iTunes gift cards are one of the only ways to save on apps, music, movies and even your Apple Music subscription. A […]

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Streaming music rises, CD sales fall and Apple may rebrand Beats into improved streaming music service

This may be behind the reason that Apple acquired Beats and its associated streaming music service last year. As of now, revenue from music streaming is now overshadowing CD sales in the US, according to new data published by the Recording Industry Association of America on Thursday, signalling a sea-change in favor of services like […]

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Apple ID errors end, lost sales for App Store, iTunes Store estimated around $25 million

The Great Apple ID Snafu of 2015 is over. And it apparently cost Apple about US$25 million in lost sales revenue. Over the course of a 12-hour outage between Tuesday and Wednesday, Apple’s iTunes Store and App Store were down due to a DNS error. During this time, users couldn’t purchase apps, songs, movies or […]

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Apple reports falling iTunes Music Store numbers in SEC filing

iTunes Music Store downloads are falling. And the numbers aren’t pretty. According to VentureBeat, in a securities filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple reported declining iTunes Music Store numbers. “Growth in net sales from the iTunes Store was driven by increases in revenue from app sales reflecting continued growth in the installed base […]

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How to get 20 percent off everything in the App Store (and iTunes too!)

Gosh, I love this time of year. It’s time to be with your family, copious amounts of eating, football and crazy deals on stuff. While everyone’s hunting for that amazing deal on Black Friday (just say no to Thursday shopping though, please) but there’s one deal in particular that I wait for each November: 20 percent […]