FaceTime may be something of a novelty to you, but take comfort in the fact that at least Australians are allowed to use it. That, unfortunately, is not the case in Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Today Apple confirmed these five countries won't be able to make video calls to other FaceTime-compliant devices (even over Wi-Fi), leading to some confusion over who actually blocked the capability – Apple (unlikely), the carriers or the countries' Governments (
Apple confirms where FaceTime isn’t available [Updated] - 9 to 5 Mac).
Apple is still struggling with subscriptions. On the App Store, they've been under pressure from publishers to add a complete pricing model for their readers, while their iTunes Pass service hasn't seen many sales (or releases) in the United States. It looks like the iTunes team may be looking to reverse their subscription woes by introducing a fully-fledged subscription model for music, à la Spotify, who they've been trying to block from entering the United States in the past few weeks. Of course, being Australians, we shouldn't expect to see either service for quite some time (
Apple Reportedly Working on iTunes Music Subscription Service - Mac Rumors).
What happens when you try to keep two iTunes libraries in harmony on two separate computers? Anything but harmony. TJ Luoma experimented with a multiple-computer synced music library that turned his once perfect library into "a 160GB mess". Now he's trying to make things right again, and writing about his experiences in a series of posts (
iTunes bankruptcy, step one: The Great Purge - TUAW).
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