My First Mac

Posted on July 16th, 2007 in Experiences, Getting Started, Links, Reviews by Ricco

There’s a new website on the block. My First Mac is intended for - you guessed it - people who got their first Mac computer or are thinking about getting one (just do it, already!). As it says on the header of My First Mac: “Help Buying and Getting Started with Your New Mac”. That’s what they do.

I haven’t spent very much time on the site, because most of the articles I looked at are about topics I already know about. However, there is A LOT of content for a site this young, and there is no doubt that newcomers will find a lot of useful knowledge at My First Mac.

If you’re new to Macs and stuff like that, I suggest you take a peek and see if there is anything useful to you. Enjoy.

Universal Music Group Disses iTunes

Posted on July 3rd, 2007 in Apple, Links, iTunes, music by Ricco

Universal Music Group, the world’s biggest music company, recently announced that it will not renew its contract with Apple over iTunes. Instead it will make music available to Apple at will. What this means isn’t totally clear to me and it’s not sure whether this means that UMG will pull any artists from  iTunes. It does mean, however, that UMG can pull artists on a relatively short notice, should UMG and Apple not agree on pricing and such.

I must say this is a surprising move to me since EMI and Apple announced their collaboration on DRM free music a few months ago. I expected other music companies to follow suit and now this happens. In my opinion it’s not a massive loss, however. Apple and iTunes are going  strong and with iTunes being the third biggest music vendor in North America, UMG can’t ignore it completely.