- November 16, 2010 10:11 am
It’s now official: The Beatles have come to iTunes, and on a larger scale, the world of digital music. Of course, as we noted in a previous article yesterday, many of the die-hard Beatles fans who really wanted digital copies of the band’s music have already gotten it in some form or another. Honestly, the announcement is no where near as “exciting” or “life changing” as the banner yesterday hinted at. Nonetheless, the pricing for the Beatles content is as follows:
- All-Encompassing Box Set: $149.99
In other news: It looks like we’re still going to have to wait for that iTunes Streaming service…
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Update:
EMI’s Dylan Jones has stated (Macnn) that Apple has a short-term exclusive period on digital Beatles downloads. It lasts into early 2011 supposedly. After which, the flood gates open and the rest of the digital music store fronts pounce.
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- September 1, 2009 7:39 am
Since Steve Jobs went on medical leave from Apple over 6+ months ago, many speculated the grand unveiling of the iPhone 3GS and iPhone OS 3.0 would see his triumphet return to the world of fruited gadgets. For many, their excitement and hope came to a screeching hault when it was Phil Schiller doing the majority of the big talking instead of the crowd favorite, Steve. With the next big event, the iPod announcement coming on September 9th, the rumor machine is again churning out so called stories of insiders saying that Steve will in fact be back and make an appearance at the show. While I am no doubt a fan of Steve’s stage presence and ability to build excitement and hype, Apple has been doing just fine without the iconic figure in the spotlight. Sure these upcoming events seem to be more fun and more spectacular when Steve is up on stage giving the announcements and revealing new products, but as many also speculated, once the initial scare propaganda and stomach pains of Steve-lessness passed, Apple continued on with business as usual. One could even argue that Apple is better without Mr. Jobs in the spotlight as the companies shareholders and stock price are much more steady and consistant — a stark contrast to just one year ago when controversy erupted over Steve’s health sending stock prices on a violent roller coaster ride up and down daily.
So it begs the quesiton, we all know that Apple is bigger than Steve jobs. As much as some may not want to accept it, Apple is prepping itself for the future without him. While I highly doubt he will leave voluntarily through his own wishes or of others in the near term, we are all humans and don’t live forever. Now that the world has seen Apple go through the symbolic action of losing the star player, recouped, and again conducting business as usual with just as much hype and excitement, the next time Steve leaves, either on his own terms or less fortunate natural ones, Apple as a company will carry on more smoothly with less intertuptions.
So while many are kicking up hype over Steve’s return, we can all ask ourselves, “Does it really matter?”
Such claims of “chaning the world”, “reinventing”, and other judgement day sounding terms often come with a lot of hype and little substance to back them up. The latest company to use such tactics to drum up interest is brought to you by Opera in regards to (I’m assuming) an update to the Opera 10 beta they just released within the last couple of weeks. The way they claim to reinvent in the picture above leads me to believe that they may even release the final version. Granted, that’s a fine limb I’ve ventured out onto, it’s still a possibility none the less. It will definitely be one of the shortest beta periods I’ve ever witnessed if the final release is in fact released on June 16th. Whatever it is they’re planning will have to roll around in our head for a few more days. Are you anxiously waiting?
Source: Tech Crunch
