iTunes U – Pushing the Envelope of Education

In April 2009 Stanford University announced that its iPhone Application Programming course had broken the 1 million download mark from the Apple iTunes site. And it did it in record time – less than seven weeks. The course is nothing more than a series of classroom videos being taught by a team of Apple engineers. [...]

iTunes Rewind 2009: Hottest App Store Games of the Year

iTunes Rewind reveals the hottest games of 2009, which are divided into two groups, highest rated and top sellers. I’m glad Apple made this distinction between highest rated and top sellers. With such a strong focus on the top 10 listings, which tracks number of sells as opposed to rating, games like Spider: The Secret [...]

Apple about to acquire Lala. Are iTunes music streams coming?

Apple is in the final stages of cutting a deal to acquire streaming music site Lala.com, according to a report by CNET’s Greg Sandoval. There are few details about the reported acquisition but sources told Sandoval that the terms have already been hammered out and the only thing left to do is sign a final [...]