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. But [...]

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 [...]

Does Apple need to refresh iTunes? Probably

Apple’s purchase of streaming music service Lala reportedly represents a shift in the company’s iTunes strategy. The aim: Make iTunes more Web friendly.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is looking to give consumers more ways to access and manage iTunes without a download of the software.
The larger questions: Does Apple need to rethink the [...]