Apple’s upgrade to iTunes 10 with an improved interface and new logo saw the  media management software turn into a fledgling social network called Ping that could rival Facebook and Twitter.
The 160 million of  iTunes Store registered users worldwide can now click the ‘Ping’ tab in iTunes, create a profile and begin following and …

Apple’s media event on Wednesday was full of shiny gadgets and software releases. We will cover the releases individually, nevertheless, here are the highlights

Apple TV
Okay – the rumors has got it wrong, the moniker has not changed to Apple iTv, but, Apple TV now beams streaming-only content with a 1/4 size of the old device. The new Apple TV …

Soon after the rumors of a YouTube’s video rental service it has emerged that the day may not be too far before Apple starts offering streaming video through iTunes soon. iTunes’ customer survey seems to hint towards this “Titles are available to watch instantly” is listed among the survey questions which will be a refreshing change from the …

Couple of months ago, rumors mills were buzzing with the news that Apple TV is getting a makeover which reportedly included iOS 4, Apple’s A4 chip, 1080 px playback, 16GB of storage with a US $99 price label. All of the above features except a 1080 px playback is reportedly confirmed by the same source who had …

Apple’s App Store just opened up a “Try Before You Buy” to lets users test drive a limited selection of apps before buying them.
The new section could be accessed from  under Features, go to features and select Free on the App Store,  the new section serves only to highlight the free  edition of apps which  only contains the freemium, “lite” …

Software and hacks to liberate your iPhone OS from Apple’s restrictive and monopolistic design is as old as the iPhone itself, with iPhone dev team  and other developers tirelessly working to open up your iPhone to a host of apps which Apple prohibited. Jailbreaking had got a boost last week when the U.S. government updated its regulations  legalise “jailbreaking,” though …

Apple’s  acquisition of online streaming music company  Lala.com last year was seen as the Cupertino based company’s foray into cloud computing services, it made sense. Google  already was successful in its cloud based ventures (gmail, picassa and related services), Microsoft was focussing big time with online collaboration getting extra focus in  Office 2010 version. When Apple acquired Lala, the thinking …

Last week saw fraud occurring in the iTunes system, when  a rogue developer had somehow managed to snag 42 of the top 50 sales positions in the App Store’s “book” category with seemingly bogus content. There was some correlation between those suspicious sales and word of an increase in iTunes account fraud. This week the scam seems …

Forty one  different books on the “Top Books Paid Software” listing of Apple’s online store were created by a publisher named “mycompany/Thuat Nguyen.” and for many of these titles there are  no ratings or reviews. If reports are to be believed a app developer hacked iTunes users accounts and has purchased their own apps …

Its a season of updates from Apple inc. following  the release of Apple’s iOS 4 mobile software and Safari 5 in software category and new mac mini and iPhone 4 in hardware. Apple released iTunes 9.2  with loads of new features, most of them to enable compatibility with the pending software update coming to the iPhone and iPod …