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Apple vs. The Postal Service
I love it when tiny groups of people try to take control and publicly flame a larger company in hopes of getting compensation and/or getting their way. For example, BellSouth wants Google to pay for preferential treatment on their network. Stupid, right? Well this time, it’s the musical group The Postal Service (who I won’t [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2006 under Apple.
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Google and iTunes Partnership?
Today, Google launched a handy service that allows users to find legal places to download/purchase music. For example, typing in Foo Fighters into Google will now show you the artwork of the band, and give additional links to where you can purchase the music. There are links to iTunes, Real Rhapsody, Buy.com, and many other [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2005 under Apple.
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pearLyrics Gone
It appears that Warner/Chappell Music realized their mistake and sent the developer of pearLyrics an apology letter saying that their cease and desist letter was harsh. It was also out of context. I hope that the developer of pearLyrics will continue, but the developer is still taking the safe road and that’s totally understandable.
Posted: December 9th, 2005 under Apple.
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pearLyrics Gone (part 1)
One of the best widgets for Mac OS 10.4+ was pearLyrics. It basically ran in the background (via Dashboard) and silently updated your iTunes library with the lyrics for the current playing song with user interaction. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end, it seems. Walter, the developer of pearLyrics, was issued a cease [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2005 under Apple.
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