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Apple refunding purchases of "prematurely" released GameStore app

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012 a 7:40 pm

Apple is sending out refund notices to iPhone users who purchased GameStore, the bizarre Apple app that briefly appeared in the App Store over the weekend.

You recently purchase the GameStore app. The app was made available for sale prematurely. We apologize for the problem and have refunded the purchase amount back to your account. These funds will be applied to your original payment method within 5 business days.

Rumor: Apple considering a bid for English Premier League soccer TV rights

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012 a 10:58 am

According to an article in British newspaper The Daily Mail, Apple is considering throwing its hat into the bidding ring for the rights to broadcast English Premier League soccer games. The deal is open for a new round of bidding before the end of this season in May.

New phishing email scam asks you to update Apple ID billing information

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011 a 6:29 pm

The Mac Security Blog points to a phishing email scam in circulation that asks for users to update their Apple ID billing information.

A vast phishing attack has broken out, beginning on or around Christmas day, with e-mails being sent with the subject “Apple update your Billing Information.” These well-crafted e-mails could fool many new Apple users, especially those who may have found an iPhone, iPod or iMac under their Christmas tree, and set up accounts with the iTunes Store or the Mac App Store for the first time. The messages claim to come from “appleid@id.apple.com.”

Apple clarifies iTunes Match

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Dec 26, 2011 a 2:24 pm

Apple has created a new section on their website to give a better breakdown into how the new iTunes Match service works.

Reminder: Apple’s 12 Days of Christmas app starts today, free iTunes content for Europe and Canada

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Dec 26, 2011 a 6:09 am

Apple has launched its 12 Days of Christmas app for the third year running. The app offers free content from iTunes for twelve days between December 26^th and January 6^th. Today you can access three live audio tracks and three live videos from Coldplay’s recent appearance at the iTunes Festival in London earlier this year.

Each day between now and January 6^th, when you open the app, new content will be available for free. Last year this included music, movies, books and apps. It is offered by Apple as an introduction for new iOS users to get to know how iTunes works and also as a thank you for existing users too.

Steve Jobs to receive special Grammy award for revolutionizing music industry

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Dec 23, 2011 a 1:07 pm

The Recording Academy has announced they'll be honoring Steve Jobs with a Special Merit Grammy Award for revolutionizing the music industry based on the massive success of Apple's iTunes Music Store

Apple posts support article confirming iTunes Match availability in 17 countries, forgets Brazil

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Dec 23, 2011 a 2:19 am

Apple has posted a support article to back up its recent, silent roll out of iTunes Match content internationally. iTunes Match has been available in the United States since November but last week some other international countries started to see it appear too.

Apple offers "Complete My Season Pass" for iTunes TV shows

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 a 10:42 pm

Apple has rolled out a new option for iTunes subscribers called "Complete My Season Pass", which allows users who've downloaded single episodes of any TV show offered in iTunes to download the rest of the full season at a discounted rate.

Apple previously offered a similar option for music, called "Complete My Album", the same thing but is obviously geared for music lovers. This is great news for those who use iTunes to purchase and download TV shows, and really shows Apple is dedicated to making sure the iTunes purchasing experiences is the best option around.

You can start using the new feature now in iTunes.

iTunes TV Shows in the Cloud now available internationally

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Dec 16, 2011 a 1:23 am

Just like [iTunes Match], iTunes TV Shows in the Cloud seem to be rolling out internationally. TV Shows in the Cloud, part of Apple's iCloud service, allows users to re-download previously purchased TV Show content to iTunes on Mac or Windows, or iOS devices including iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV.

If you're outside the U.S. and you're getting your first fix of iTunes TV Shows in the Cloud, let us know where and how it's working for you

iTunes Match online music locker launches internationally

By Chris Parsons, Thursday, Dec 15, 2011 a 7:17 pm

iTunes Match seems to be going live internationally right now -- and for real this time, not like yesterday. International iTunes users are now once again getting the sign up page for the iTunes Match. Folks in Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Australia, France, New Zealand and various other regions are reporting successful signs ups for the service.

Not everyone has been successful though. If you're having trouble: