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Amazon and SpiralFrog Looking to Cut Into iTunes' Market Share
05 October 07 02:03 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Spurred by the monolithic popularity of iTunes and the decline of CD sales, veteran online retailers like Amazon.com , start-ups like SpiralFrog and other companies are clamoring to get into the fray of digital music on demand. With so much competition, Read More...

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Universal Music Group Combats the “Apple Monster”
14 August 07 07:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To be hip is to be successful. And these days you see hip people, hip marketing and hip writing all climbing the success ladder with the ease with which Barry Bonds can smash a baseball out of the park. So it’s no wonder why hip Apple products like iPods, Read More...

Filed under: Apple, digital media player, digital music, downloads, DRM, EMI, iPod, iTunes, MP3, music, music downloads, NextStudent, Universal Music Group

New Apple iPhone: Huge Hype, Flawed Function
31 July 07 10:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

I remember when Krispy Kreme™ donuts and In and Out Burger™ first came to Phoenix, Ariz. It was like a feeding frenzy. The public was rabid with anticipation, salivating at the chance to get their hands on one of those “golden” donuts or mouth-watering Read More...

Filed under: Apple, CNet, iPhone, iPod, Mac, NextStudent, PC Magazine, Steve Jobs

The iPhone vs. Duke University: iPhone 1, Duke 0
23 July 07 06:03 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Maybe the iPhones are jealous of the iPods. Maybe this is how Terminator 4 starts, in Durham, N.C., with a campus turf war between Apple handhelds. Duke University, the school that gave away iPods to its incoming freshman class of 2008 and that now sells Read More...

Filed under: Apple, Duke University, iPhone, iPod, Mac, NextStudent, on-campus wireless, Steve Jobs

Apple iPhone Release Draws Near
20 June 07 05:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

June 29 th , 2007. No, it is not a holiday, or the birthday of any historical figure of repute that I am aware of. That date will go down in history as being the birth of Apple’s new much-lauded iPhone. Even if you are not a college super techno-geek, Read More...

Filed under: Apple, AT&T, iPhone, iPod, Mac, New Mobiles, NextStudent, Steve Jobs