HelloAngel
ONE love, blood, life
Apple iTunes offers McCartney/U2 opener for Live 8 fund-raiser
By Jonny Evans
Within hours of London's opening Live 8 performance by Bono-led U2 and Apple Corps. founder Paul McCartney, Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store made the opening performance of The Beatles track "Sergeant Pepper" (sung by McCartney with U2 as the all-star backing band) available for purchase through its store.
All profits are to be donated to Live 8, "and the fight for the future of Africa", according to the iTunes website.
As the world considered the significance of this year's G8 meeting at Gleneagles on Wednesday July 6, the global series of Live 8 concerts took place, where music and technology companies joined individuals to lend their weight.
Global poverty - time to 'Think Different'
Microsoft co-founder and chief software architect Bill Gates took the stage during the London event to remind governments, musicians and the billion people watching the show that the solution to great problems is to throw resources and commitment at them.
Microsoft isn't the only major-league corporation committed to making the world 'Think Different': Apple reminds iTunes users: "100 artists, a million spectators, one billion viewers, and one message: stop extreme poverty in Africa".
30,000 daily deaths
As Will Smith reminded the crowd gathered for the concert in Philadelphia, every three seconds a child dies needlessly, Apple states: "Every single day, 30,000 children die needlessly, of extreme poverty."
Apple is making live performances from concerts in London, Paris, Berlin, Philadelphia, Rome, Barrie, Moscow, Tokyo and Johannesburg available through its service.
Meanwhile, Live 8 is appealing for signatures to a petition which will be presented to eight world leaders on July 6.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=11987&Page=1&pagePos=1
By Jonny Evans
Within hours of London's opening Live 8 performance by Bono-led U2 and Apple Corps. founder Paul McCartney, Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store made the opening performance of The Beatles track "Sergeant Pepper" (sung by McCartney with U2 as the all-star backing band) available for purchase through its store.
All profits are to be donated to Live 8, "and the fight for the future of Africa", according to the iTunes website.
As the world considered the significance of this year's G8 meeting at Gleneagles on Wednesday July 6, the global series of Live 8 concerts took place, where music and technology companies joined individuals to lend their weight.
Global poverty - time to 'Think Different'
Microsoft co-founder and chief software architect Bill Gates took the stage during the London event to remind governments, musicians and the billion people watching the show that the solution to great problems is to throw resources and commitment at them.
Microsoft isn't the only major-league corporation committed to making the world 'Think Different': Apple reminds iTunes users: "100 artists, a million spectators, one billion viewers, and one message: stop extreme poverty in Africa".
30,000 daily deaths
As Will Smith reminded the crowd gathered for the concert in Philadelphia, every three seconds a child dies needlessly, Apple states: "Every single day, 30,000 children die needlessly, of extreme poverty."
Apple is making live performances from concerts in London, Paris, Berlin, Philadelphia, Rome, Barrie, Moscow, Tokyo and Johannesburg available through its service.
Meanwhile, Live 8 is appealing for signatures to a petition which will be presented to eight world leaders on July 6.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=11987&Page=1&pagePos=1
