Microsoft Challenges Apple's iTunes Store, But It Isn't There Yet

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RSS feeds from Apple's iTunes store

RSS feeds from Apple's iTunes store 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
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Sony's new online music store falls far
from Apple's iTunes

Sony's new online music store falls far
from Apple's iTunes 06/05/2004 06:23 PM
Los Angeles Times Jun 5 2004 8:53PM GMT

Microsoft Challenges iTunes with New
Media Player (NewsFactor)

Microsoft Challenges iTunes with New
Media Player (NewsFactor) 06/03/2004 06:53 PM
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has released a beta version of its new Windows Media Player 10 to technical enthusiasts. The new software will let users play music from digital music subscription services, such as Napster, using approximately 60 different portable music devices.

Microsoft Taking on Apple's Music Store

Microsoft Taking on Apple's Music Store 08/30/2004 07:38 PM
AP via Newsday Aug 31 2004 0:07AM GMT

Microsoft Taking on Apple's Music Store
(AP)

Microsoft Taking on Apple's Music Store
(AP) 08/30/2004 05:25 PM
AP - Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.'s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet.

Update 5: Microsoft Taking on Apple's
Music Store

Update 5: Microsoft Taking on Apple's
Music Store 08/30/2004 09:31 PM
Forbes Aug 31 2004 1:26AM GMT

Microsoft to challenge Apple's online
music store

Microsoft to challenge Apple's online
music store 08/31/2004 06:31 AM
Pasadenastarnews.com - Tue Aug 31, 08:17 am GMT

Update 4: Microsoft Taking on Apple's
Music Store

Update 4: Microsoft Taking on Apple's
Music Store 08/30/2004 09:31 PM
Forbes Aug 31 2004 1:27AM GMT

Microsoft steals a riff from Apple's
iTunes

Microsoft steals a riff from Apple's
iTunes 08/30/2004 10:21 AM
IHT Aug 30 2004 1:59PM GMT

Microsoft To Take On Apple's iTunes In
Netmusic Battle

Microsoft To Take On Apple's iTunes In
Netmusic Battle 08/27/2004 02:03 PM
Microsoft will not be delivering a competitor to the iPod, but a number of hardware vendors are expected to piggyback the announcement of its service and launch portable players in direct challenge to Apple's phenomenally successfully product. By John Sterlicchi, MacNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

Can Microsoft Beat iTunes With a Store
of Its Own?

Can Microsoft Beat iTunes With a Store
of Its Own? 08/30/2004 09:54 AM

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Free registration is required to read the article. “When Microsoft unveils its online music store later this week, the first song offered should be Dave Brubeck’s “It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again.” For Microsoft, taking a trail blazed by others - then trying to dominate the market - is a familiar tune. With the opening on Thursday, Microsoft will land itself in a market that Apple Computer pioneered more than a year ago with its…

Can Microsoft Stomp iTunes With a Store
of Its Own?

Can Microsoft Stomp iTunes With a Store
of Its Own? 08/29/2004 11:33 PM
Microsoft is now aiming at a market that Apple Computer pioneered more than a year ago with its iTunes online music store.

Microsoft admits to copying iTunes Music
Store

Microsoft admits to copying iTunes Music
Store 09/16/2004 11:06 AM

MIcrosoft to open it's own music store
and challenge iTunes

MIcrosoft to open it's own music store
and challenge iTunes 08/27/2004 01:52 PM

I am all for competition in the market place but with Microsoft supposedly on the verge of launching it's own online music s I wonder what kind of restrictions they will bring to the market place with their new Digital Rights Management technology. [SiliconValley.com]

Over a year late, Microsoft tries to
match Apple's iTunes with Windows Media
Player 10

Over a year late, Microsoft tries to
match Apple's iTunes with Windows Media
Player 10 06/04/2004 09:10 AM
"The next version of Microsoft Corp's Windows Media Player looks set to be the company's answer to Apple Inc's iTunes and RealNetworks Inc's music services, featuring a built-in music and movie store for the first time," Computer Business Review Online reports. "Microsoft released a "technical beta" of WMP 10 this week, and said it features a streamlined interface and a Digital Media Mall comprised of storefronts provided by partners Napster LLC, MusicNow LLC and CinemaNow Inc. The company is also saying that WMP simplifies the process of transferring tracks from PCs to portable devices and synchronizing playlists. WMP 10 will automatically detect compatible devices and synchronize via a new Multimedia Transfer Protocol."

Pictures of Apple's Osaka Store, Nagoya
Store Announced

Pictures of Apple's Osaka Store, Nagoya
Store Announced 08/30/2004 06:26 AM

Impress Watch took advantage of Apple's offer to members of the press for a sneak preview of the Shinsaibashi store (in Osaka, Japan), and brought back images that remind me of... the Apple store in the mall. Not that it's an entirely bad thing - the mall stores are pretty swanky.

While we're on the topic of things not being bad, Apple's market in Japan certainly isn't either. This two story, 500 square meter Osaka store is the second Apple store in the country. Though the first floor appears to be your common Apple store, a glass staircase will take you to the second floor that features a bar and 25-person seminar room. The store will open to the public on the 28th, so I'm expecting a bunch of people to bum rush the place and help Apple pay for that much square footage in downtown Osaka.

While we're on the subject of Apple stores, the company also announced a third Apple store in Japan at the press event: Nagoya, to open early next year.

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Apple's .Mac Challenges Microsoft's .NET

Apple's .Mac Challenges Microsoft's .NET 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Chiding Microsoft for talking a good ball game regarding Internet services while Apple actually takes action, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced at the MacWorld Expo in New York that Apple would convert its free iTools suite into subscription-based .Mac Web services.

Apple Store Offers iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates

Apple Store Offers iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates 11/10/2003 11:26 PM
(MacNN via MyAppleMenu)

Apple Store sells iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates

Apple Store sells iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates 11/10/2003 11:28 PM
The Apple Store is selling gift certificates good for purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store. The simple order form on the Apple Store Web site asks users to input their name, and the name and e-mail address of the recipient along with a personal message. Purchasers can select US$10 increments ranging from $10 to $200.

Apple's iPod Lead Creates New
Challenges, Analysts Say

Apple's iPod Lead Creates New
Challenges, Analysts Say 05/04/2004 06:16 PM
The runaway success of the iPod poses a happy problem for Apple that the computer maker has not had in years: how to remain the market favorite, not just the favorite underdog. By Duncan Martell, Reuters (via MyAppleMenu)

iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store,
One Year Later (03-May-2004; 15.9K)

iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store,
One Year Later (03-May-2004; 15.9K) 05/03/2004 09:01 PM

Apple's iPod Lead Creates New
Challenges, Analysts Say (Reuters)

Apple's iPod Lead Creates New
Challenges, Analysts Say (Reuters) 05/04/2004 03:31 PM
Reuters - The runaway success of the iPod poses a happy problem for Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) that the computer maker has not had in years: how to remain the market favorite, not just the favorite underdog.

Elbow Room At Apple's Store

Elbow Room At Apple's Store 09/20/2004 07:25 PM
In the last couple of weeks, I visited the San Francisco store twice and both times it was heaving. Not just full -- nightclub full. By Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple's Tokyo store turns one year old

Apple's Tokyo store turns one year old 12/19/2004 03:11 PM
It's a little after 5 p.m. on a Friday evening in early December and Apple Computer Inc.'s store in Tokyo's Ginza district is bustling. The store opened just over a year ago as Apple's first retail location outside of the U.S. and it's a been a good year, said the manager of the company's Japanese retail operations in an recent interview.

Apple's second Japan store to open 28
August

Apple's second Japan store to open 28
August 08/12/2004 08:08 AM
Shinsaibashi-bound

Apple's Regent Street store to open in
November

Apple's Regent Street store to open in
November 05/02/2004 11:42 PM
Apple's retail store inside the building at 229-247 Regent Street in the SoHo section of London will open this November, according to ifo AppleStore...

Apple's Michigan Avenue Store Bears
Fruit

Apple's Michigan Avenue Store Bears
Fruit 04/27/2004 10:13 AM
Consumers are taking a shine to Apple's chain of stores. By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune (via MyAppleMenu)

Microsoft's big guns aim at Apple's
online music store

Microsoft's big guns aim at Apple's
online music store 08/30/2004 05:07 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 30 2004 9:07PM GMT

Apple's iPod Is Here, But No iTunes

Apple's iPod Is Here, But No iTunes 08/03/2004 09:29 PM
Computer maker Apple launched iPod mini in India on Tuesday but was not sure when the web-based music download service -- the iTunes Music Store -- will be available. By Indian Express (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple's iTunes Goes Global

Apple's iTunes Goes Global 06/14/2004 04:10 PM
Plus, Nokia digs clams and McDonald's pushes C2.

Apple's Windows iTunes SDK

Apple's Windows iTunes SDK 05/18/2004 11:58 AM
Arstechnica reports on a new Software Development Kit released by Apple for iTunes Windows. The development kit allows for tighter integration betw...

Real to mimic Apple's iTunes

Real to mimic Apple's iTunes 01/06/2004 05:45 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 6 2004 5:08AM ET

Europe launch for Apple's iTunes

Europe launch for Apple's iTunes 06/15/2004 06:40 AM
Apple's hit online music service iTunes is launched in the UK, France and Germany, offering songs for 79p each.

Apple's iTunes celebrates anniversary

Apple's iTunes celebrates anniversary 04/29/2004 12:01 PM

Downloaders dance to Apple's iTunes

Downloaders dance to Apple's iTunes 12/15/2003 05:59 AM
USA Today Dec 15 2003 5:19AM ET

Apple's ITunes Celebrates Anniversary
(AP)

Apple's ITunes Celebrates Anniversary
(AP) 04/28/2004 01:16 PM
AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s online music store, iTunes, marked the one-year anniversary of its launch on Wednesday, noting it had sold more than 70 million songs at 99 cents each in that time.

Apple's iTunes Crosses the Atlantic

Apple's iTunes Crosses the Atlantic 06/15/2004 09:10 PM
Apple's iTunes Music Store has invaded Europe. Customers in the United Kingdom, France and Germany now have access to thousands of legal music downloads at a la carte pricing, complimentary previews and the same special features that are found stateside in iTunes 4.5. A European Union version of the store will launch in October of this year. "We think this is the digital music store that Europe has been waiting for," remarked Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Apple's iTunes celebrates first
anniversary

Apple's iTunes celebrates first
anniversary 05/01/2004 11:53 AM

Boosting The Volume On Apple's iTunes

Boosting The Volume On Apple's iTunes 12/19/2004 03:43 PM

Piper Jaffray said that based on Apple's iTunes update Thursday, the weekly iTunes run rate is about 5.5 million songs per week, up from 3.5 million to 4.0 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ended September. By Forbes

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