Type of Article: MacNews News Article

Over 10 billion songs sold at the iTunes Store

Apple says that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com), the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. The 10 billionth song, “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash, was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia.

As the winner of the iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs, Sulcer will receive an US$10,000 iTunes Gift Card. According to Apple, the iTunes Store has a catalog of over 12 million songs, over 55,000 TV episodes and over 8,500 movies including over 2,500 in high definition video.

Read More

‘MacVoices’ looks at the latest version of Radioshift

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis shows off the latest version of Radioshift, their software to stream almost anything from the Internet, and the integration with their AirFoil iPhone/iPod touch and Mac apps.

“MacVoices” is an Internet show and podcast that delivers in-depth discussions with the most influential people in the Mac industry, as well as “the individuals who are out there making it happen on the front lines of the global Apple community,” according to host Chuck Joiner.

Read More

Apple updates Aperture to version 3.0.1

Apple has released version 3.0.1 of Aperture, its software for professional photographers. It includes several overall stability and addresses a number of issues in Aperture 3.

You can find a list of all the changes here at http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1006 . It’s a 29.41MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later.

Read More

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Feb. 24

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Inspired by the U.S. military’s fight against the surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia, a new iPhone/iPod touch game, SEAL Heroes: Pirate Take down, enables Players to lead SEAL commandos on a mission to take down pirates and free hostages on a hijacked cruise ship.

Read More