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YouTube To Launch Movies On Demand Service: Key iTunes Competitor

TheWarp has the exclusive on YouTube getting ready to launch their own movies on-demand service. The service will allow users to stream key Hollywood movies.

The key Hollywood studios have been searching for a competitor to iTunes that they can push and it seems as though YouTube is that key competitor.

It is expected that the new movies on-demand service could launch as soon as this week, but I would expect it in a few weeks time. Studios that have already signed include Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers and Universal. So far only Paramount, Fox and Disney havent joined the service, but Im sure after a while they will follow (except Disney, who has Steve Jobs as the major shareholder).

You can check out the full details over at TheWarp.

Apple Buy 12 Petabytes of Storage for iTunes Cloud Service?

It has been rumoured that Apple has purchased 12 Petabytes of storage for its iTunes video and cloud service. There have been a lot of rumours about Apple’s upcoming Cloud service, but details are still yet to be confirmed. A Petabyte of a huge amount of storage to be purchasing, its 1,000 Terabytes or one million Gigabytes, and they now have 12 of them!

Expect to hear more in the coming months about a possible iTunes cloud launch.

Atari Launch Their Great Games onto iTunes

Atari has just released a classics package on iTunes. The package includes 17 classic Atari arcade games and 92 Atari 2600 games. Customers can purchase 25 separate four-game packs for $0.99 apiece or 100 games for $14.99.

All games are available on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Games require a minimum of iOS 3.0 or better, which is pretty much every iTunes user.

The full Atari’s Greatest Hits lineup includes the following separate game packs:

Asteroid Pack (Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Asteroids 2600, Canyon Bomber – Bluetooth Multiplayer)

Battlezone Pack (Battlezone, Red Baron, Air-Sea Battle – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Submarine Commander)

Centipede Pack (Centipede, Millipede, Centipede 2600, Millipede 2600)

Black Widow Pack (Black Widow, Space Duel – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Desert Falcon, Space War)

Crystal Castles Pack (Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles 2600, Surround – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Maze Craze)

Gravitar Pack (Gravitar, Gravitar 2600, Radar Lock, Demons to Diamonds – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Star Raiders Pack (Star Raiders, Liberator, Star Ship – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Human Cannonball)

Missile Command Pack (Missile Command, Missile Command 2600, Fun with Numbers, Flag Capture – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Lunar Lander Pack (Lunar Lander, Sky Diver – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Video Pinball, Code Breaker)

Super Breakout Pack (Super Breakout, Breakout – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Off-the-Wall, Circus Atari – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Tempest Pack (Tempest – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Tempest 2600 – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Outlaw, Atari Video Cube)

Major Havoc Pack (Major Havoc, Secret Quest, Sentinel, Yars’ Revenge – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Warlords Pack (Warlords – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Warlords 2600, Combat – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Combat 2 – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Adventure Pack (Adventure, Haunted House, Return to Haunted House, Save Mary)

Tic-Tac-Toe Pack (3D Tic-Tac-Toe, A Game of Concentration, Backgammon, Brain Games)

Fatal Run Pack (Fatal Run, Dodge ‘Em, Night Driver, Street Racer – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Quadrun Pack (Quadrun, Slot Racers – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Stellar Track, Math Gran Prix)

Casino Pack (Casino – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Slot Machine, Video Checkers, Video Chess)

Sword Quest Pack (Sword Quest Earthworld, Sword Quest Fireworld, Sword Quest Waterworld, Sprintmaster)

Championship Soccer Pack (Championship Soccer – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Golf, Double Dunk, Basketball)

Football Pack (Football – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Home Run, Miniature Golf, Bowling)

Real Sports Basketball Pack (Real Sports Basketball – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Real Sports Boxing – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Real Sports Tennis – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Real Sports Baseball – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Real Sports Football Pack (Real Sports Football – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Real Sports Soccer – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Real Sports Volleyball – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER, Video Olympics – BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER)

Battlezone Pack (Battlezone 2600, Super Breakout 2600, Super Baseball, Super Football)

Hangman Pack (Hangman, Black Jack, Steeplechase)

iTunes, Amazon and Spotify Controlling Digital Music Revenues in the UK

It has been reported by AIM (Association of Independent Music) that iTunes, Amazon and Spotify, make up 94.4% of all indie digital revenues in the UK. Thus, the other services arent really worth worrying about at the moment.

Alison Wenham, head of the UK-based consortium, pointed to a lopsided logjam. “There are now a series of monopolies and it is jolly hard for anyone else to get a slice of the market”.

In the US there is still no Spotify presence and it seems as though eMusic is the third largest player, but Im sure they will change when Spotify finally enter the US this year.

via RouteNote

How to Fix iTunes 10.2.1 Crash Issues in Snow Leopard 10.6.7

Apple has just released Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7 which helps to fix a lot of bugs from previous versions. However, it seems like Mac OS X 10.6.7 has increased bug numbers. According a discussion that was started on Apple Discussion Forums, it seems like many new 13-inch MacBook Air users are experiencing crashes when try to fire up iTunes 10.2.1. Unresponsiveness of iTunes 10.2.1 calls the user to force-quite the application.

Apple is still yet to repond to the issues, but you can try using the following steps to fix this issue.

Royal Wedding Available to Download on iTunes the Same Day

We are now getting closer and closer to the Royal Wedding. It has been reported that the Royal Wedding will be available to download via iTunes on the day.

The Associated Press reports that Decca Records will make the entire ceremony available on platforms including iTunes immediately following the service in London’s Westminster Abbey.

Will people actually want to buy the Royal Wedding video? Living in the UK it seems that most people dont really care, or they care only because its a public holiday.

Apple Working on Major Upgrade of MobileMe Which Includes iTunes Cloud Music Streaming

Apple has started working on a major upgrade for MobileMe, which will include cloud-based iTunes music, video and photo storage. Unnamed sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal claim the new MobileMe will be free, too, instead of including the current US$99 a year price tag.

Additionally, the source stated the following:

  • cloud based iTunes storage to support internet based streaming, providing users with access to all of their music, videos, etc. Basically not a streaming service as such, but more of a music locker.

RecoveryGuard Dont Let iTunes Accidentally Update Your iOS For Jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

RecoveryGuard is a great tool for jailbroken applications that makes iTunes into thinking it always has the latest version of iOS. Thus, no more accidentally updating the software and killing your device.

Launch Cydia and add the following as a source: http://cydia.pushfix.info. Once added just refresh and search for RecoveryGuard.

Download iTunes 10.1.2

Apple has just released iTunes 10.1.2. iTunes 10.1.2 has a lot better stability and performance than previous versions.

iTunes 10.1 came with several new features and improvements, including:

  • AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos from iTunes to the all-new Apple TV.
  • Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.2. For information on the security content of this update, please visit: support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Download iTunes 10.1.2 here.

Download MP3 Music for Free

Songr is a completely free and small application which we can use to search over 16 music engines and directly download files within the app. And even more, we can download YouTube high-quality videos and if we prefer, just extracting and downloading the audio from the video.

Since the Napster blast, the web did not have the chance to unify a good way for users to get music for free (and legally); tons of sites and applications appeared but not all of them are famous. Songr is one of those that are in fact quite powerful. You can download it from this link.

Here are some of the features:

Songr aggregates results from 16 mp3 search engines

  • Full album search
  • Download HQ/HD YouTube videos and optionally extracts the audio track as mp3
  • It grays out low bitrate preview-only and mp3s
  • Intelligent sorting: Songr tries to display high quality mp3s on the top of the list
  • Double clicking a mp3 file opens it directly in Windows Media Player
  • Songr converts links that point to a web page instead of the mp3 file
  • It makes possible to discover the name of a song by typing some words in the Search by lyrics panel and listen to a preview of the song
  • Automatic updates check, to get more search engine connectors
  • Automatic mode
  • Links to buy music from Amazon and Rhapsody
  • It’s freeware, without ads or restrictions

The supported MP3 search engines: Audiodump.com, BeeMp3.com, DilanDau.com, 4shared.com, Goear.com, Hypster.com, Iask.com, JustHearIt.com (YouTube videos), Kohit.net, Mp3000.net, Mp3Realm.org, Mpeg-Search.com, Skreemr.com, Socbay.com, Soso.com, Wrzuta.pl.