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Apple really is amazing. We keep thinking they are going to go after the usual suspects like Google, Microsoft, and RIM. Now they are aiming their guns at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg must not be happy.
I would say Last.fm is closer to the centre of Apple's crosshairs
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No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. That aside, I'm looking forward to see how this work out. Given that a lot of people could mistake RWW for Facebook login[1], maybe being stuck inside iTunes could be an advantage. In a sense of "Open iTunes, click this, here's your profile!" [1]: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo...
It's interesting that this is only for music. You can see this being just as applicable for movies and tv shows - and of course apps. Presumably this is a toe in the water and they'll extend it if it works. But this certainly has lots of potential for extension.
This vs. on facebook where people are wary of TMI and people who spam their feed, this is all about doing that.
Did Apple just shot Myspace in the face? execution style?
This is how Apple rolls and I must say I am impressed although it was expected. They have long been sitting on one of the strongest and certainly most profitable "social" networks. Now they have used it to do one of the most classical goals in business. Profit maximization. I don't even think this is something other companies can learn much from as most seem to be walking around like lemmings trying to incorporate fe…
You say it was expected, yet I heard no one predict it.
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Will they really have to take on Spotify though? Mightn't the content providers look at Apple's more attractive market and just pull the plug on Spotify (which would be cannibalising their own ITunes/Ping sales)?
That might happen of course, but the question is whether they will see that or whether they will think hey! two revenue streams. None the less I believe music will go streaming, it has to which becomes really obvious once you try out spotify (well it did for me and most of my friends who use it)
An interesting thought is whether they'd experiment with the rental model (pay per play) for iTunes music. Not just interesting economically but in terms of how appreciation of music might change.
I really enjoyed that "open standards" event, which was broadcast via HTML5 that only worked in Safari and on Mac.
> I really enjoyed that "open standards" event, which was broadcast via HTML5 HTML5 is a markup language, not a streaming transport. Apple used HTTP Live Streaming, which is tech they're trying to push as a new standard. It has certain technical benefits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming I believe the VLC nightly build has support for it, but Apple's not going to go out and tell people "Hey, go use th…
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No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. That aside, I'm looking forward to see how this work out. Given that a lot of people could mistake RWW for Facebook login[1], maybe being stuck inside iTunes could be an advantage. In a sense of "Open iTunes, click this, here's your profile!" [1]: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo...
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