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Rumor: Apple reportedly shopping around for Apple HDTV prototype parts

When you go looking for components, people tend to notice. Per AppleInsider, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster told investors on Tuesday that he had recently spoken to a “major TV component supplier” about Apple’s rumored plans to release a connected HDTV. Sources within the supplier reportedly told him that Apple had contacted “regarding various capabilities of […]

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Users now able to re-download purchased iTunes Store movies via iCloud

If ya bought a movie once, you can always re-download it at a later date via the iCloud. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Wednesday announced that it has expanded its iTunes in the Cloud functionality in iCloud, giving users the ability to re-download movies, and also adding availability of 1080p high-definition TV show episodes. Previously, the […]

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Analyst sees Apple potentially forming partnerships with cable partners for exclusive “iTV” content

An Apple-branded HDTV is potentially awesome, but without content, it won’t get off the ground. Per AppleInsider, analyst Peter Misek with Jefferies presented his “what if” analyses related to content on the so-called “iTV” in a note to investors on Monday. In what he sees as the most likely scenario, Apple could gain access to […]

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Rumor: Prior to passing, Steve Jobs left iTunes creator in charge of HDTV project

When Steve Jobs passed away, he put certain Apple employees in place to keep things going and make sure his final goals were realized. It looks like another has been discovered. According to Bloomberg, Jeff Robbin, an Apple vice president and engineer who helped create both iTunes and the iPod, is leading the company’s efforts […]

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Rumor: iCloud service to be initially free for certain customers, then available for $25/year

You can have it for free…for a while. Per the Los Angeles Times, music industry insiders allege that Apple’s forthcoming iCloud service will have an initial free period for iTunes Music Store customers, but the company plans to eventually charge a US$25 a year subscription fee. The newspaper confirmed on Thursday earlier reports that Apple […]