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An expert Paul Hochman noted at a conference Forward with Ford 2011 that the closed ecosystem that brought billions of dollars to Apple would kill the company after all, reports CNET.

The analyst believes that Apple made a big mistake by having chosen a closed system because it would lead the company to the collapse.

A new application appeared on the iTunes store to allow users to spy on their children or family members who own the iPhone. Spykey application is Windows based and is basically a keylogger that transmits every key pressed to an iPhone application (£2.99 from the iTunes store).

In the description you may read that the application is discovering cheating partners or protecting children.

Previously Apple delisted applications that spy on iPhone users. Thus, Retina's Mobile Spy, for example, is now restricted to jailbroken iPhones.

New rumors published by 9to5 Mac say that Apple will make its iOS 5 support over-the-air firmware updates instead of the customary method based on iTunes.

Once iOS 5.0 has been installed on devices using the customary method based on iTunes, iOS 5.0.1 or whatever comes next will be pushed direct to handsets.

As 9to5 Mac notes, Apple already has this technology in place in iOS: it's how the iOS-based second-generation Apple TV updates itself.
 

US Magistrate Judge Howard Lloyd, based in San Jose, California, ruled on Monday that Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs, though being on medical leave, will have to answer questions from lawyers for a group of consumers accusing the company of creating a music-download monopoly. The ruling says that the plaintiffs’ lawyers can question Jobs for a total of two hours.

Amazon.com is being sued by Apple for infringing a trademark by illegally using App Store name for its mobile software marketplace. Bloomberg reported that Apple filed suit on March 18 seeking to prevent Amazon from using the app store name and to win unspecified damages.

In the course of a recent research it was found that a bug in the Apple iTunes service allows third parties to access private information about users such as what music, videos and apps they have purchased from the store.

Twitter will link its service with Apple’s new music social network unlike its larger counterpart Facebook that declined similar deal.

Earlier in September Apple announced the Ping social network within Apple's iTunes music program. It lets users follow artists and recommend songs to their chosen circle of friends.

Twitter said its more than 175 million registered users can now connect their accounts to Ping, allowing them to put song previews and links to buy music from the iTunes store directly in their messages, which are known as "tweets."

Apple is tripling the length of many song samples on its iTunes store from 30 to 90 seconds. First time the speculations were reported by the Symphonic Distribution blog on Tuesday, then confirmed by Cnet that evening.

Apple has taken an unprecedented move with opening up its software code to a third party company. Apple unveiled its iTunes software system to BridgeCo, a software company that embeds chips in stereo equipment which allow users to seamlessly stream music wirelessly from a mobile device.

Apple Inc is negotiating a deal with News Corp, Walt Disney and other media corporations to rent TV shows to viewers for 99 cents through iTunes, according to the sources with the knowledge of the matter. The talks are aimed at allowing viewers to rent network programming off Apple's iTunes store for 48 hours.

Meantime, the sources also report that a number of companies including NBC and CBS do not seem to be too happy about the offering because they believe it would undercut revenue they already earn through iTunes.

On Monday reports surfaced on the Internet about major security bug in iTunes accounts that allowed hackers to drain a lot of money from PayPal. However, in fact the complaints of the problem that was experienced by many iTunes customers has been submitted on the online forums since the beginning of August and even earlier.

Users expecting that they will ever be able to download from iTunes their favorite songs by Beatles should wait for an indefinite time because in a short term that doesn’t seem to happen. The Fab Four have long resisted the idea of digital downloads, instead selling millions of old-fashioned compact discs last year after remastering the catalog.

Apple Corps, the group's holding company has been unable to agree on terms with EMI Group, which licenses the Beatles' recordings. And then there's the unrelated Apple Inc, owner of iTunes, the world's largest music retailer.

The Wireless Application Community announced the merger with the Joint Innovation Lab to create a warehouse through which developers can distribute applications to network operators and reach a large share of members' 3 billion clients with just one version of software. The WAC announced in February this year poses itself as an iTunes alternative being just a clearing warehouse and leaving the retailing to network operators.

Twitter users can enjoy now with their custom-made playlists created with iTunes, Spotify, Last.fm, YouTube, We Are Hunted, Winamp, Rhapsody, Soundcloud, or even if simply scribbled list of favorite tracks in a notepad file. 

A popular singer, songwriter, musician, and actor Prince said that the internetosphere has had its day, as he prepares to release his latest album exclusively on CD through UK newspaper the Daily Mirror.

Prince declared: "The internets completely over. I dont see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They wont pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they cant get it."