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We'll soon have downloaded more apps than songs from iTunes, according to app developer Asymco.

That was fast: Apple's music-discovery service leaps to 1 million users in less than 48 hours.

Apple showed off basic Facebook integration in its new music-focused Ping social networking service, but that feature went missing shortly after users got ahold of iTunes 10. The reason Ping users lost the ability to search for friends on Facebook may ...

Apple on Wednesday introduced a social media service geared to music lovers that is built into iTunes, revamped its lineup of iPods and unveiled an upgraded version of its set-top box.

Federal investigators are asking questions about Apple's business practices involving digital music and whether Apple used its market dominance to suppress competition from its iTunes rivals, sources say.

Since edging out WalMart in 2008 to become the top music retailer, Apple has increased its lead with iTunes and is now outselling both Walmart and second place BestBuy combined, while handling more than half of all digital music sales in the US.

In our early testing, iLounge has learned that some video delivery applications act differently over the 3G network than they do on Wi-Fi. The iPad's built-in YouTube application strips both standard and HD videos to a dramatically lower resolution over the cellular data connection, something that iTunes Store video previews notably do not do, instead staying at a higher quality and consuming a greater amount of data.

Apple wants to ignite TV show sales, especially as it prepares to introduce the iPad. But its proposals to lower prices are being met with skepticism from networks.

In November 2009, Apple launched a feature dubbed iTunes Preview, which essentially enabled people to see what music is available on iTunes from their Web browser without the need to fire up – or install – the desktop software program.

Apple has sent a clear message to any developers who try to game its iTunes App Store.