Apple announces iTunes Plus - DRM Free songs - and iTunes U - free academic content
iPodPalace.com reports on Apple launching two new faces of iTunes:
- iTunes Plus - a DRM-free music store with tracks featuring high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings—for just $1.29,
- iTunes U - a dedicated area within the iTunes Store featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT.