CNet provides a summary of Apple's current standings in the digital download market. According to the NPD group, iTunes carries a 70% marketshare for digital downloads from December 2003 to July 2004. This marketshare has held steady despite the introduction of other competitors.
The article goes on to summarize Apple's ongoing strategy providing essentially exclusive iTunes-iPod integration - the goal, presumably, to drive iPod sales. In line with this, Apple has resisted allowing outside music stores to provide integration with the iPod.
This has been an area of criticism for 3rd party music stores such as Real Networks and the newly launched MSN Music service.
Apple is expected to unveil iOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 keynote on June 8, and there are already many rumored features and changes for iPhones.
The first developer beta of iOS 27 will likely be available immediately following the keynote, and a public beta typically follows in July. Following beta testing, the software update should be released to all users with a compatible iPhone in...
Apple today released a new Pride Edition Sport Loop for the Apple Watch. The band features a rainbow design with 11 colors of woven nylon yarns.
The new Pride Edition Sport Loop is available to order now on Apple.com and in the Apple Store app in 40mm, 42mm, and 46mm sizes, and it will be available at Apple Store locations starting later this week. In the U.S., the band costs $49.
There...
iOS 26.5 is expected to be released next week, following more than a month of beta testing. The update is relatively minor, but there are a couple of new features and changes across the operating system that we have recapped below.
iOS 26.5 lays the groundwork for end-to-end encryption for RCS in the Messages app and ads in the Apple Maps app, and it will include a new Pride wallpaper and a...
