The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the ...

For example, having an iPod that didn’t have a spinning, unreliable hard drive was huge even if the size was measured in single-digit gigabytes, since iPods tended to not be treated with the ...

But does that same advice apply to an old iPod? You may have forgotten that early iPods shipped with custom hard drives — 1.8-inch HDDs for the iPod Classic and 1-inch HDDs for the iPod Mini ...

The study, which surveyed 2,000 U.S. adults, found that two-thirds of adults would pay more for their favorite childhood ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

When Apple cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, he famously called it "an iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator" all in one device. It was the first modern ...

In 2006 — just a year before the iPhone appeared — a slightly-under-the-weather Steve Jobs introduced the $349 iPod Hi-Fi. Jobs opened his pitch praising Apple for making music mobile with the iPod, ...

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In the world of Apple products, the iPod mini is an example of the latter. It’s perhaps the best example of Apple killing one of its darlings. The iPod mini was introduced at Macworld San Francisco in ...