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[25 Apr 2013 | No Comment | 517 views]

Been waiting weeks for this deal to land on Stack Social and it’s finally here — get Hulu Plus free for not a week, not two weeks, but 30 days (sweet). And, today’s Fairer Deal report also has some of …

Apple luv, Music, movies, TV »

[17 Apr 2013 | One Comment | 856 views]

Originally slated for release on Monday, April 15 — a day that shall live in infamy — Funny or Die’s iSteve, a Steve Jobs biopic parody, is now streaming. And, whereas the trailer (below) was oddly compelling, the 78 minute …

Cord Cutting, iTunes, Mac, Music, movies, TV, Reviews, how to »

[12 Apr 2013 | 2 Comments | 1,420 views]

While the wife’s away, the husband will play. In this case, he has played to great practical effect and at very low cost. It’s an all-natural a combination, Roku LT + Plex Media Server, that delivers all of our iTunes …

Apple luv, iTunes »

[4 Apr 2013 | No Comment | 656 views]

If you tilt your head just right and close one eye, Blackberry BBM Music and Apple’s industry-beating media store and player platform are directly competitive. Nevertheless, iTunes kills again — BBM Music is being shuttered before reaching its second birthday.
Crackberry …

Apple luv, Cord Cutting, iTunes »

[14 Mar 2013 | One Comment | 657 views]

Apple claims more than 400 million active iTunes accounts. Last year, all of those people, and their credit cards, delivered $8.5 billion in iTunes revenue for Apple. That said, a fresh survey out of Britain provides another interesting way to …

Cord Cutting, Music, movies, TV »

[6 Mar 2013 | One Comment | 830 views]

Competition is good and Roku just upped its game in a big way with a new set top streamer, the Roku 3, as well as an interface/software refresh for legacy boxes. New is good and keeping the installed base happy …

Cord Cutting, Music, movies, TV »

[22 Feb 2013 | No Comment | 727 views]

Cable cutters are a large and growing audience, right? Perhaps not, but almost everyone agrees that IP-based, on-demand TV is the future. Bolstering that notion is a new study of Netflix subscribers and a move by Nielsen to start counting …

iTunes, Mac, Software »

[20 Feb 2013 | 2 Comments | 2,545 views]

A bump is what we have in iTunes 11.0.2 that delivers a range of fixes and tweaks. Whether considered individually or all together, there isn’t enough here to make people love, or hate (more), Apple’s does it all music, media …

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[20 Feb 2013 | One Comment | 591 views]

And, by “integration,” Songbird means you can shop AmazonMP3 in an in-app, sandboxed browser window. Which brings the large, hairy primate in the room into focus — Songbird is a web browser. A bad idea? Hardly, but the implementation could …

Apple luv, iTunes »

[11 Feb 2013 | 4 Comments | 1,333 views]

Apple recently announced that the iTunes Music Store had sold 25 billion songs, which is a big deal. For being the downloader of the 25 billionth song — Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix) — a German guy received a €10,000 iTunes …