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Everyone Already Forgot About the Apple Vision Pro

Some Apple stores are reportedly selling just a couple of Vision Pros per week, less than three months since the headset's launch.

Bono Finally Apologizes for U2’s 2014 iTunes Ambush

Bono acknowledges his role in the controversial Songs of Innocence release in his upcoming memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.

Apple Jacks up iPhone and iPad Prices in Japan

The cost of some iPhones increased by nearly 20%, along with Apple products, as the value of the Yen fell.

New App Store Policy Hopes You Forget to Check Your Bank Account

Apps can now sneakily increase subscription prices, but only under certain conditions.

Apple Kills the iPod

The digital music player will be laid to rest once the iPod Touch sells out.

Yes, Apple Services Are Down Right Now [UPDATE: All Better, Apparently]

The App Store, Apple Music, the Podcast app, Apple Arcade, Apple Schoolwork, and Apple TV + had major problems Monday.

I Miss Apple’s Best iPod

The iPod shuffle was one of Apple's simplest devices. It was also one of my favorites.

Apple Ordered to Pay $308.5 Million for Patent Infringement of Technology Used in iTunes and App Store

A years-old fight over the technology Apple uses in iTunes, App Store, and Apple Music has a new development. On Friday, a federal jury in Texas declared that Apple had indeed infringed a patent for a digital rights management technology held by Personalized Media Communications. As a result, it ordered the tech giant to fork…

It Is a Good Day to Be a Babylon 5-Loving HBO Max Subscriber

Hey, you know that sweet remastered edition of the beloved ’90s sci-fi series Babylon 5 that came to Amazon and iTunes a few months ago? Well, the spruced-up titular space station has now docked over at HBO Max, too, meaning all 110 episodes of J. Michael Straczynski’s space opera-cum-political drama are finally available to stream without…

Apple Store’s New Credit Card Tech Is Its Most Reliable Yet

Because it was invented some time in the 1940s. In the wake of what appears to be a global iTunes/App Store outage, Apple Store employees (at least those in the UK, where this picture was taken) are resorting to some severely old school methods of payment. Yes, that is a manual, carbon copy credit card…

AllThingsD says Apple won’t announce new Apple TV hardware next week but will introduce new software, like being able to play TV shows or movies you bought on iTunes on a friend’s Apple TV via AirPlay.

If You Bought “Steve Jobs: One Last Thing” You’ll Like “Hitler: A Career”, Says iTunes Genius (Updated)

Steve Wozniak just sent me this hilarious screenshot, from the wife of one of his friends. It’s from the Genius Recommendations in the movie section of the iTunes Store: If you bought the PBS documentary Steve Jobs: One Last Thing you will like Hitler: A Career. https://gizmodo.com/steve-wozniak-will-co-host-the-gizmodo-gallery-opening-5864947 His comment in the mail: “Someone at Apple…

Brand New iTunes Store on the Way?

Unlike Amazon.com, which is both ugly and hard to use, the iTunes Store is only the latter. Behind all that Apple sheen is a hellish shopping labyrinth—but a makeover might be coming soon. 9to5Mac claims—yeah, anonymous sources and whatnot—that the iTunes Store is getting a total redo. While details are extremely vague (“The new design…

Apple’s Thinking About Tile View For Contacts and iTunes Store

Even though the iTunes app and the Contacts app are two things the iPhone does fairly well already, Apple’s patenting a tile-based view for both. Though, it’s just as likely they grab the patent but don’t implement this feature. [Patently Apple]

Apple Called to Say Why They Removed My Tits&Boobies and Pussy Lovers iPhone Apps

Just hours after we wrote about Tits & Boobies and Pussy Lovers, Apple removed the apps, and called the developer. Basically, if he wants to publish Tits & Boobies, he has to put real tits in it. Here’s what happened: https://gizmodo.com/apple-approves-tits-boobies-and-pussy-lovers-apps-5436238 I am the developer of Tits & Boobies and Pussy Lovers. I received a…

iTunes 9.0.2 Is Here With Apple TV 3.0 Love and Not Much Else

As if you didn’t see this coming, iTunes 9.0.2 is here, just in time for Apple TV 3.0 (the third strike?). The other changes are just iTunes 9 additions, padding out the otherwise boring list: https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-3-0-software-is-out-new-interface-looks-fugly-5392855 iTunes 9.0.2 adds support for Apple TV software version 3.0, adds an option for a dark background for Grid…

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

The App Store Finally Flashes Some Nipple…Feds Want Bloggers to Disclose Bribes—But Others Can Keep On Taking Them?…Sony’s PlayStation Motion Controller Has a Codename (Spoilers Ahead)…Apple Gets Huffy With Environment Haters OK, it’s not “pornography” (I can tell because I don’t want to pay for it, to riff on the old saying) but there’s a…

Zipcar App Finally Hits the Streets: Use An iPhone to Find and Unlock Your Rental Car

First shown at WWDC, the free app can extend reservations, browse available models, and find your car—on a map, or by honking the horn remotely. It’s a polished effort, but you still can’t forget your Zipcard. Here’s why: https://gizmodo.com/wwdc-2009-iphone-3-0-app-roundup-5283376/?selectedImage=7 The RFID-equipped member card is still needed for the ignition system, and to unlock the car…

µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over to Cydia

µMonitor is little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission’s Drivetrain app, it’s been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however: Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-bittorrent-like-a-pro-5187630 It kind of sux that even a monitoring app got banned. But, according to Apple: …this…

Apple Building PayPal Killer, Sources Babble

According to Silicon Alley, the latest rumor in Wall Street is Apple’s plan to turn the iTunes Store into a payment system like Paypal. In other words, they want you to give them money so you can buy things elsewhere. iPhone and iPod touch users can already buy third-party products within applications using iTunes accounts.…