Are they paying their fair amount of taxes in any of these countries? Or have they found yet another a la Luxembourg in the EU loophole to avoid paying what they should. That's the right question to ask. And citizens of these nations should be asking it.
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Apple Rolling Out iTunes Store Music and Movies in Twelve New Asian Countries [Updated]
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It was pretty funny. In what way was it racist? You might want to explain it to some of us, because I don't see what''s racist it poking harmless fun at the way a language sounds. I find political correctness gone awry is what's hiding the real racism, that is people are quick to say racist for someone making fun of apple's choice of a social networking name ping comparing it with local syntax. But the same people won't bat an eyelid at the working conditions and suicide nets at foxconn because they expect other people to work in conditions they would never accept for them or their siblings just so they can afford their uber consumerism habits, and even have the gall to speak of apple's humanitarian efforts.
That's the real racism and hypocrisy, not the ping pong, ching chong love you long which is fun and harmless. We all speak differently and that's something to be humorous about, it's not something we should be anal about.
sorry for the consecutive post, why does the system sometimes work and others not?
dra
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it's a good reason to buy an Apple TV now (from Hong Kong).
but the Apple HK Store don't have any reference of Apple TV now.
but the Apple HK Store don't have any reference of Apple TV now.
They will, because Jason Mraz will have a "secret" concert today.... so I'm sure it's Apple related now that this news broke out!
haruhiko
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haruhiko
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I think so, but the current selection is still quite limited. Hopefully they will add more movies soon!
But it seems that there isn't any TV shows available yet.
akbarali.ch
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iTunes - Singapore
Wow, wow, wow.
I have waited for this for so long, as in singapore the iTunes store felt very second class.... THANK YOU APPLE.
Perhaps now we might be able to buy the Apple TV in the Singapore store. I have avoided the US sets sold here in forums, as the Apple TV is fantastic with "real" AppleStore support.....
Wow, wow, wow.
I have waited for this for so long, as in singapore the iTunes store felt very second class.... THANK YOU APPLE.
Perhaps now we might be able to buy the Apple TV in the Singapore store. I have avoided the US sets sold here in forums, as the Apple TV is fantastic with "real" AppleStore support.....
I am really shocked that South Korea was not added to this group of countries... I had also my hopes for China and India to open a music store. The countries that I am actually waiting for a music store to open are Israel, Egypt, and Russia....
No shock at all.
More legal digital music are sold in South Korea than in the USA.
The weekly #1 song in South Korea usually sell 500,000 or more. Sometimes even more than 1,000,000.
http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/online/download/list.gaon?nationGbn=T
This week #1 song sold 630,510 copies
The reason: legal MP3s in South Korea are sold at around $0.15-0.20 each on average.
Low Price, High Volume.
On an interesting note, Spotify is now No. 2 source of revenue for the major labels behind Itunes.
http://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-revenue-labels-2012-6
Spotify Is Now The Second Biggest Source Of Revenue For Labels—Source
Look at its growth:
http://spotifyroyalties.blogspot.com/
Spotify REVENUE
2008: $0.612 million USD
2009: $18.1 million USD
2010: $99 million USD
2011: $236.4 million USD
2012: projected at $889 million USD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46WcFObgYhI
Deck the hars with bars of horry far ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
(Yes, borderline in bad taste, but c'mon, "A Christmas Story"? Classic 😱
Deck the hars with bars of horry far ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
(Yes, borderline in bad taste, but c'mon, "A Christmas Story"? Classic 😱
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Singapore iTunes Good at last, iBooks still Crap!
Finally got some decent iTunes content at last in Singapore, all we need now is to be able to buy some decent books (instead of the crappy free stuff) in iBooks and I'd be a happy chap.
Finally got some decent iTunes content at last in Singapore, all we need now is to be able to buy some decent books (instead of the crappy free stuff) in iBooks and I'd be a happy chap.
An active paid download market is a good thing, right? I guess, they need to charge the same $.99 per song in every country? Considering the popularity of k-pop, it's rather strange.
Apple TV Warning!
If iTunes store just became available in your country/region, and you plan to purchase an Apple TV, make sure there are plenty of titles available in the library from the start! Do not assume the amount will increase over time! Movies became available in iTunes store Japan in November 2010 with very few titles available initially, the situation has not improved since then! I regret my purchase of Apple TV, and can definitely not recommend it to anyone here in Japan.
If iTunes store just became available in your country/region, and you plan to purchase an Apple TV, make sure there are plenty of titles available in the library from the start! Do not assume the amount will increase over time! Movies became available in iTunes store Japan in November 2010 with very few titles available initially, the situation has not improved since then! I regret my purchase of Apple TV, and can definitely not recommend it to anyone here in Japan.
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very limited number of data available for my country. -_-
tried using the search functionality in the itunes store and saw the movie and music i wanted to download but not available for me. -_-
seems i still need to wait.
tried using the search functionality in the itunes store and saw the movie and music i wanted to download but not available for me. -_-
seems i still need to wait.
Yup, we got the Apple TV in Singapore too 🙂
http://store.apple.com/sg/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv
The movie store has started out great with a nice selection of movies, I did a check with my movies archive here and didn't find all the mainstream films on it. Stuff like Bourne, Titanic, Avatar they don't have the entire Marvel film collection either with stuff like Iron Man, Spiderman, etc missing plus the entire Disney and Pixar catalogue of catroons is also missing. So lots still missing but I hope they add those titles soon. Additionally, what I'm hearing from a friend who uses the US iTunes store is the mature content here is filtered. The local version of 300 has a minute or so shaved off, so could be stuff like the sex scenes and battles got cut, I'm not too sure.
Music is a little better, and at least my faves are there like Eric Clapton, Carole King, Miles Davis, Eminem(even the explicit version songs). Their trance collection sucks though and major dance artists like ATB, Armin van Buren, Fatboy Slim are mising 🙁
So still a lot missing here. Lots of major US studios not committing yet I assume.
http://store.apple.com/sg/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv
The movie store has started out great with a nice selection of movies, I did a check with my movies archive here and didn't find all the mainstream films on it. Stuff like Bourne, Titanic, Avatar they don't have the entire Marvel film collection either with stuff like Iron Man, Spiderman, etc missing plus the entire Disney and Pixar catalogue of catroons is also missing. So lots still missing but I hope they add those titles soon. Additionally, what I'm hearing from a friend who uses the US iTunes store is the mature content here is filtered. The local version of 300 has a minute or so shaved off, so could be stuff like the sex scenes and battles got cut, I'm not too sure.
Music is a little better, and at least my faves are there like Eric Clapton, Carole King, Miles Davis, Eminem(even the explicit version songs). Their trance collection sucks though and major dance artists like ATB, Armin van Buren, Fatboy Slim are mising 🙁
So still a lot missing here. Lots of major US studios not committing yet I assume.