Archives for September, 2009
by Mike McGuire | September 10, 2009 | 4 Comments
There are currently 100 million active credit cards on account with iTunes. And according to Apple, iTunes is the number one music retailer in the world. Not “number one in online downloads,” but number one. Of all channels. That, my friends, is the most important news to come out of Apple Inc.’s 09/09/09 announcement, whether [...]
Category: Online Music Search/Discovery/Recommendation Systems Tags:
by Mike McGuire | September 2, 2009 | Comments Off
OK, maybe Apple would have kept Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, on Apple’s board if Google’s tech-hegemony had stopped with Android. Maybe, maybe even the Chrome browser might have been acceptable. But a streaming rental movie business? AppleTV might only be a “hobby” Apple continues to invest in (as Tim Cook, Apple president/COO, said during [...]
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