Aretha Franklin’s music rise on charts following her death

NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin’s music quickly climbed the iTunes’ charts following her death on Thursday.

Her “30 Greatest Hits” album hit the No. 1 spot, replacing Nicki Minaj’s new album, while “Respect” reached No. 2 on the songs’ charts.

More songs from Franklin, including “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” ”Think,” ”Chain of Fools” and “I Say A Little Prayer,” were in the Top 40.


The iTunes charts tracks digital sales and is updated multiple times each day.

Franklin died pancreatic cancer at age 76. She had battled undisclosed health issues in recent years and in 2017 announced her retirement from touring. /ee

source: entertainment.inquirer.net

Apple rushes iTunes update to plug security hole

 

Apple has rushed an update to its iTunes software to fix a security hole, a security firm said over the weekend.

 

Sophos said iTunes 11.2 contained a "permissions blunder" that could allow anyone to modify local user accounts on a machine running Apple's OS X.

 

Citing Apple's security bulletin, Sophos' Paul Ducklin said in a blog post that a local user who exploits the bug "can compromise other local user accounts."

 

"Upon each reboot, the permissions for the /Users and /Users/Shared directories would be set to world-writable, allowing modification of these directories," it added.

 

Ducklin said this is particularly dangerous for iTunes users on Mac machines, adding iTunes for Windows does not seem to be affected.

 

On the other hand, Ducklin said the patch applies all the way back to Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News

 

source: gmanetwork.com

Candy Crush, Gravity, Despicable me top 2013 app store charts

What do Candy Crush Saga, Gravity and Despicable Me 2 have in common?

All of them are chart-toppers on Apple's iTunes and App Store for 2013, tech site Slashgear reported on Tuesday.

"Not surprisingly, 'Candy Crush' topped the free iPhone apps chart, beating out Google’s YouTube app and similar, while Macklemore makes a double appearance on the music charts, Gravity trumps all other movies, and Happy Tree Friends takes top slot in the podcast category," Slashgear said.

Duolingo was the iPhone app of the year while Ridiculous Fishing: A Tale of Redemption was the game of the year, Slashgear said.

For the iPad, BADLAND was the game of the year while Disney Animated was the app of the year.

By category, Candy Crush was the top free iPhone and iPad app, and was also the top paid iPad app.

Minecraft was the top-slot paid app for the iPhone, while those in the Top 10 included Temple Run 2, Netflix, Apple’s iBooks, Facebook, Google Maps, YouTube, and Pandora.

Media segments

Gravity was the year's best movie, while Despicable Me 2 was the best animated movie.

But Skyfall was the best-selling movie, while the list also included Wreck-it-Ralph, Argo, and Star Trek: Into Darkness.

For TV shows, Breaking Bad: The Final Season came out on top, while the third season of Scandal was the best breakthrough.

"(T)he first season of Orphan Black was the best discovery, and the fourth season of Duck Dynasty was the best reality TV show of 2013," Slashgear said.

Music

Macklemore's album The Heist was the album of the year, while “The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake” made Timberlake artist of the year.

Lord’s “Royals” was the song of the year, while “Good Kid, M.A.A.D.” was 2013's breakthrough album.

Books, podcasts

For books, Tenth of December by George Saunders was the best fiction of the year, while One Summer by Bill Bryson topped the nonfiction distinction list.

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson topped the young adult category, and Breaking Bad bagged the best “Made for iBooks” category. — TJD, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com