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• Google takes on iTunes store with Google Play

  Google has finally created the last missing piece that it needs to compete with Apple in the digital content retail space: a unified store for all forms of digital entertainment.

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  Apple speeding toward 25 billion app downloads

  Apple's running total of the number of app downloads made via its App Store is quickly approaching 25 billion -- which means that the winner of a $10,000 iTunes gift card for the landmark downloader should be chosen sometime today or tomorrow.

• Siri, when will Apple launch its iTunes Match music service?

  In a rare twist, Apple missed a self-imposed deadline to launch iTunes Match, an ambitious service that mirrors your iTunes music library in the cloud.

• Make sure all your Google Contacts sync to your iOS device

  My wife recently made the switch from a clunky old Android phone to a spiffy new iPhone 4S. When she asked if all her contacts could be moved from the former to the latter, I confidently replied, "Sure, no problem!" After all, Android phones sync with Google Contacts, and iTunes has the ability to do likewise. Easy-peasy, right?

• Apple's iPod turns 10

  Apple's iPod, which transformed the way music is sold and distributed and revolutionized the consumer electronics industry, turned 10 on Sunday.

• iTunes 10.5 is out: 3 reasons to get it now

  Version 10.5 of Apple's iTunes software is available now, just in time for the launch of iOS 5 on Wednesday. The latest version includes the first taste of iCloud and is required before downloading iOS 5.

• Apple iCloud: What it is, and what it costs

  With Apple revealing iCloud price details along with the beta version of iCloud.com, now seems like a good time to explain what the service is to anyone who missed Apple's announcement in June.

• Apple sued by iCloud

  Looks like Apple finds itself in the middle of another trademark dispute over a recently revealed product.

• iOS 5 may feature app auto-downloads

  Sure, WWDC is just around the corner, but that doesn't mean that the Apple rumor mill stops churning.

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  30 days with Ubuntu Linux, day 3: Where's my iTunes?

  OK, so Ubuntu Linux is all installed and ready to go. Now what?

• Apple iCloud: 5 burning questions

  Apple is set to unveil a sleeve of cloud services called iCloud. Apple boss Steve Jobs will make the long-awaited announcement June 6 at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

• Cloud-based iTunes version may be ready for WWDC

  Apple may have online music streaming deals in place with all four major U.S. music labels in time for the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 6, according to online rumors. The company recently signed a deal with EMI Music and is close to wrapping up deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, according to CNET. Previous reports said Apple signed a deal with Warner Music in April.

• Apple's iTunes In the Cloud to be Called iCloud?

  Apple's rumored iTunes-in-the-cloud service may be called iCloud, and the iOS maker may have paid as much as $4.5 million to acquire the new name, according to online rumors.

• Apple iTunes cloud service nearing release, report says

  The race for the cloud is on and Apple could beat Google to it. According to a Reuters report Google's unannounced cloud music service is said to be stalling, while Apple is already talking with labels ahead of release, fuelling speculation that Apple would beat Google to launching its service first.

• Google buys PushLife to challenge iTunes

  Google's acquisition of PushLife could make Apple's iTunes look like a digital music dinosaur.