Denon bringing iTunes AirPlay support to AVR receiver

Denon has committed to bringing iTunes AirPlay support to its AVR-4311CI audio/video receiver. Compatibility is with the wireless streaming platform is expected to be added sometime in the fall, allowing users to play iTunes tracks throughout the home. The 4311CI offers an Ethernet port for AirPl...

Apple Eases iOS Dev Clampdown as Android Gains Ground

Apple on Thursday said it will relax some of the restrictions it places on application developers who create tools for its iOS mobile operating system. The company also announced it's publishing review guidelines for its App...

Briefly: Raskin gains Quick Look, Freakonomics on iTunes

A new update for Raskin, an alternative Finder application for the Mac, has been launched. The software users a pan and zoom system to represent the Mac desktop and file system, displaying small images of files as quick visual aids. New in version 1.1 is added Quick Look integration, providing us...

Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise

(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.

Apple Ping gets 1m signups, other 159m iTunes users not bothered

3m downloads of new iTunes 10

Apple has said that 3m people have downloaded its latest version of iTunes 10, h...

App Week: Angry Birds on Android, Shazam upgraded

APP NEWS:

Twitter comes to the iPad The wait is finally over for iPad owners and the official Twitter app is now available for download on the App Store, and it's much more than your average app. Fe...

Apple’s Ping hits 1 million users in 48 hours

Apple tonight hit a milestone quickly as it reached over one million users of Ping within the first 48 hours of its going online. The tally represents a third of the three million that have downloaded iTunes 10. Internet Services VP Eddy Cue expected that number to grow much higher, as "ma...

Ringtone creation disappears from iTunes 10

The option of buying and creating ringtones has been removed from iTunes 10, users note. Under the software's View Options menu, the earlier "Ringtone" column has vanished; this previously let people know if it was possible to turn tracks from the iTunes Store into ringtones for an ext...

Ping under fire from spammers, says security firm

Despite being active for just a few days, Apple's Ping social network is already being invaded by spammers, says a Sophos security analyst. Some profiles, such as Katy Perry's, are reportedly being flooded with messages, often from scammers promising free Apple gear. "If half as many free ...

Week in review: Apple harvests iPods, Apple TV

Social-networked iTunes accompanies new iPods, while other companies look for a piece of digital distribution pie. Also: Net neutrality