Comments on: The birth of iTunes, Apple’s killer app http://www.dailyapplequiz.com/the-birth-of-itunes-apples-killer-app/ A new Apple trivia quiz question every weekday! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:17:34 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: aj http://www.dailyapplequiz.com/the-birth-of-itunes-apples-killer-app/comment-page-1/#comment-43 aj Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19:33 +0000 http://www.dailyapplequiz.com/?p=329#comment-43 The application that served as the basis for the first version of Apple's iTunes was SoundJam MP. Created by developers Jeff Robbin and Bill Kincaid, SoundJam MP was initially released by the company Casady & Greene in 1999. Prior to the SoundJam deal, Apple also had contact with another Macintosh software development company named Panic, the makers of Audion, another popular audio player on the market at the time. For a history of Audion and a story about Panic and Apple, check out this interesting article on Panic's website: <a href="http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/</a> The application that served as the basis for the first version of Apple’s iTunes was SoundJam MP. Created by developers Jeff Robbin and Bill Kincaid, SoundJam MP was initially released by the company Casady & Greene in 1999. Prior to the SoundJam deal, Apple also had contact with another Macintosh software development company named Panic, the makers of Audion, another popular audio player on the market at the time.

For a history of Audion and a story about Panic and Apple, check out this interesting article on Panic’s website:

http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/

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