From 79fafe2f44f5e31522dd93013950474342bfdfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:48:55 -0500 Subject: archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/ituneswidgets.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/ituneswidgets.txt (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/ituneswidgets.txt') diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/ituneswidgets.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/ituneswidgets.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c86f75 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/ituneswidgets.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Apple has launched three new [embeddable widgets][1] to display your iTunes purchases, reviews and favorites on your blog or social network profile. The widgets don't play the actual music, but they do list the artists and, of course, offer links back to iTunes so others can purchase them as well. + +In addition to music the widgets also list videos, TV shows and movies you've purchased from iTunes. The reviews widget displays your recent 4 or 5-star rated tracks and the favorites widget displays the artists/movies/etc that you've purchased most. + +The widgets are Flash-based and can be embedded in any page where you can paste the generated code. + +There are a number of color options for displaying the widgets though all are limited to the black and blue color spectrum. You can also choose different sizes to fit the layout of your page. + +In order to use the new widgets you'll need to login to the iTunes store and enable "My iTunes," which creates an RSS feed for the widgets to pull data from (naturally you can also subscribe to the address in your favorite reader). + +There are already several other widgets out there leverage iTunes itself to offer similar, and in most cases considerably more advanced, functionality -- both [iLike][2] and [MOG][3] come to mind -- but this is the first time Apple has offered anything of the sort, which is surprising given the free advertising that widgets like this offer. + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/itunes/myitunes/ +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/post.html +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/mog_relaunches_.html \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2