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April 28, 2006

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Happy birthday, iTunes+me

Authored by Dan Moren at 9:07 AM
Category | Music » iTMS
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R2-D2 cakeWhen I was younger, the most famous person I shared my birthday with was Saddam Hussein. Didn’t exactly make my birthday a high point, if you know what I mean.

That all changed three years ago today when Apple launched the iTunes Music Store. For a blast from the past, check out Macworld’s coverage of that momentous event.

Apple today introduced the iTunes Music Store, an online music store that Apple bills as “Downloads done right.” The service provides users with access to over 200,000 songs without any subscription fees.
Sadly, I couldn’t locate Macworld’s coverage of my birthday. Ahem.

Anyway, that bouncing baby music download service is toddling around now, with over 2 million songs, plus more than 35,000 podcasts and dozens of TV shows. All in three years. Impressive. When I was three I think I knew maybe a couple dozen songs; though at least a few of them were Beatles songs, so I’ve still got that on you, iTunes.

In the grand scheme of things, I’m glad iTunes and I share a birthday; it sure is a lot more rewarding than that crazy dictator guy. As for you, dear readers, feel free to get sugared up with a slice of the dope R2-D2 cake my friend made for me. It’s tasty and technological.


Comments

That's got to be the sweetest cake ever!

Posted by: Dan | April 28, 2006 11:21 AM

Happy birthday Dan! That's a pretty sweet looking cake. I hope there's not actually dope in there... ;)

Posted by: Scott Silverman [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 28, 2006 11:27 AM

It's also Jessica Alba's birthday....

Posted by: moksha | April 28, 2006 01:36 PM

True, though my youth was more of a before Jessica era.

Posted by: Dan [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 28, 2006 08:01 PM

Good ol' "This Day in History".

Posted by: Dan | April 28, 2006 08:05 PM

happy belated birthday!

Posted by: erica | April 29, 2006 11:19 PM

What she said. ;)

Posted by: Derik [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 29, 2006 11:28 PM

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