ITunes News

Apple is fighting to keep a deposition of late co-founder Steve Jobs under wraps, as the company attempts to hold on to its trade secrets, and advantage, in the music business.

Apple's iTunes transformed music downloading, but if streaming companies have their way, buying tracks will be a thing of the past.

Apple will redesign its iTunes and App stores, ramping up competition against media-streaming rivals Amazon and Google with more interactive and easier-to-use services.

Apple launched iTunes Match, a subscription-based service that complements its iCloud function and may give the company an edge over its competitors as the race for cloud power heats up.

Apple's App Store users have downloaded 15 billion apps, a benchmark for the company at a time when Google and Microsoft battle hard for their share of the burgeoning mobile market.

Apple's iTunes platform is set to surge with the explosive growth of apps and e-books, boding well for the company's App Store and cementing the centrality of the platform in the wider Apple ecosystem.

The recording industry has found its next target in its fight against piracy in cloud storage, even while the days of file sharing may be winding down.

Sony Music, along with EMI and Warner Music, has agreed to stream music through Apple's iCloud service, in a move to force Amazon and Google's hand in the battle for cloud supremacy.

Record labels are backing Apple's cloud initiative, thanks to a long, and successful, relationships with iTunes.

A new survey reveals that teens love iPhones and iTunes, but aren't buying much music -- good news for Apple but bad news for the many new players in digital music facing off against iTunes.

Amazon may have angered record companies by rushing out its cloud-based music service, while a spate of tech titans are racing to roll out mobile payment systems. Meanwhile, Apple is readying its iPhone 5, widely expected to be showcased at the WWDC conference on June 6.

Amazon today challenged Apple's domination of digitally downloaded music with its "Cloud Drive" service, giving access to a music collection from any computer or Android smartphone.

Cloud-based music streaming could eclipse downloading albums and songs in importance by 2016, according to a new study, a shift driven by the growing use of mobile phones as music players.

Japan's disaster is having a domino effect on tech companies that depend on its components, while Silicon Valley juggernauts ramp up their mobile-payment services and ready themselves for a buying spree.

Pioneering hair rocker Jon Bon Jovi said in an interview that Steve Jobs is "killing" music, voicing generational discomfort with the lost physicality of digital music.