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App Store Hacked

by Jeff Weisbein July 4, 2010

Wow. Talk about an exciting July 4th weekend. Two major web services, the App Store and YouTube have been hacked. It appears a rogue developer has gained unauthorized access to a number (currently unknown) of iTunes accounts and has pushed their books into the top 50. Clearly dominating the entire market place. You can see [...]

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iTunes Music Store vs AmazonMP3

by Jeff Weisbein June 4, 2010

A recent report by NPD Group concluded that the iTunes Music Store is responsible for 70% of the legal digital music downloads, while its major competitor, AmazonMP3 is responsible for 12%. Other services such as Napster and Rhapsody account for remaining percentages each holding about 1% to 2% of the market. When the Amazon MP3 [...]

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How To and Review of Firefly Media Server

by Mike Mansell March 17, 2010

The Digital Audio Access Protocol, also known as DAAP, is the proprietary protocol that Apple developed and implemented into iTunes versions 4 and above. This protocol is responsible for the library sharing aspects of iTunes, which allows users within the same local network to stream music from one-another’s computers. Despite its being proprietary and closed-source, [...]

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Live Coverage: Apple iPod Keynote

by Jeff Weisbein September 9, 2009

I’m covering the Apple iPod Keynote “It’s only rock and roll” right here on Live.BestTechie.net. Tune in and join the chat! We’ll be talking about the latest news released by Apple and Steve Jobs who is presenting the keynote. Welcome back Steve!

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