Apple Adds 30-Second Song Samples to Browser-Based 'iTunes Preview'
The addition is a likely benefit of Apple's recent acquisition of Lala Media, a popular web-based streaming media company. Prior to its acquisition by Apple, Lala had reached a deal with Google to provide song samples in Google search results.
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I like how Apple has learned tremendously from the Mobile Me pre launch. Since then they're taking the necessary steps to make sure ALL their web centric Apps are just right. iWork.com and now browser based iTunes.
2010 is going to be Insanely Great for what Apple will update and introduce!
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Crappy Microsoft only demoed Clunky Windows and a junky tablet.
As always Apple leads the way!!!! Thanks Steve for improving the way we set Stars (very elegant) to music. This is a Delicious solution and I bet all the MS fanboys at CES are really jealous!!!
Hope Steve introduces a real game changer on the 27th. I'm thinking new icons for Snow Leopard!!!!!!!!!!!!
30s previews via the web have been around on other sites for a long time now. I remember buying tunes from Amazon last year and listening to their 30s previews straight from my web browser.
WOW!!! This is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crappy Microsoft only demoed Clunky Windows and a junky tablet.
As always Apple leads the way!!!! Thanks Steve for improving the way we set Stars (very elegant) to music. This is a Delicious solution and I bet all the MS fanboys at CES are really jealous!!!
Hope Steve introduces a real game changer on the 27th. I'm thinking new icons for Snow Leopard!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes, this is not huge. but apple did not even make simple mention of this, much less steve jobs taking the stage the day this happened to unveil it. it is ridiculous to compare this incremental update to the itunes store experience to ballmer getting on stage to trump up some vapor products (that may well be very cool, but...he WAS ON A STAGE DOING A KEYNOTE).
Apple Tweaks iTunes 'Star' Ratings
Cortis Clark of Sol Robots informs us this morning that Apple has tweaked the display of user "star" ratings for iTunes content. While the ratings are still based on a five-star system, Apple now offers descriptions ("hate it", "don't like it", "it'...
What happened?
This is Great.
I like how Apple has learned tremendously from the Mobile Me pre launch. Since then they're taking the necessary steps to make sure ALL their web centric Apps are just right. :
Steady on. They haven't even got MobileMe webmail working properly yet.
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