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The release of iOS 7 is undoubtedly the big Apple news of the day, but there’s another new product rolling out with it as well: iTunes Radio. The Spotify-like feature, which was announced during Apple’s iPhone event last week, is part of the new iTunes 11.1 and allows users to create custom radio stations based on their personal music libraries or musical proclivities (e.g., genre, artists, track, etc.). Naturally, the service, like its competitors, is freemium, so you’ll have to pony up $25/year for iTunes Match in order to keep the hits coming sans advertisements. The update should be hitting all Macs running OS X 10.6.8 and up now, so while you’re frantically hitting refresh on that iOS update, you may as well check for this — or head to the source below for the download link.

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iTunes 11.1 is out, bringing iTunes Radio to your desktop. To restore backed up data onto a a phone running the beta version of iOS 7, you needed the beta version of iTunes 11.1. It’s possible this will be the case for the live versions as well, so if updating is in your afternoon plans, you might as well hop to it. (DMG download)

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The iTunes Store has become the go to destination for millions of customers around the world who wish to rent or purchase TV shows and movies. Apple allows customers to either purchase episodes of a particular TV show one at a time, or pay up front for a Season Pass which guarantees access to every episode of that show, thus providing the entire season at a better price. Noam Lazebnik of San Jose, California, a fan of AMC’s insanely popular Breaking Bad TV show, has filed a class action suit against Apple, alleging that the company engaged in false advertising.

There are 16 episodes in the final season of Breaking Bad. The season has been broken up in two parts of eight episodes, iTunes is treating the second part as an entirely different season. Thus customers who had paid for the Season Pass when Breaking Bad’s final season was announced will now have to pay $22.99 once again for the second half. The fact remains though, AMC hasn’t marketed the final season as two separate seasons. It only announced the last season of Breaking Bad which consists of 16 episodes. Lazebnik alleges that since Apple only provided eight episodes even though Season Pass guarantees access to “every episode in that season,” it has engaged in false advertising. When big companies like Apple get sued, we often see the plaintiff’s claim millions of dollars in damages. There’s something unique about this lawsuit, the plaintiff, Lazebnik, only seeks a refund for the amount he paid while being under the impression that it would entitle him to all episodes of Breaking Bad season five through an iTunes Season Pass.

Apple Sued By Breaking Bad Fan Over Season Pass ‘False Advertising’ original content from Ubergizmo.

It may not be official, but with the start of September, summer is pretty much out the door. No one likes to see those sunny days fall by the wayside, so we’re sure there was a bit of gloom hanging over the workweek. Fortunately, we’ve got a whole slew of iOS apps for you to take your mind off your troubles. Just push ’em way deep down inside—it’s the healthy thing to do.

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Here’s a super easy way to make sure all the music you’ve recently acquired (however you’ve acquired it), shows up on your iPhone every time you sync. Set it up once, and never neglect a new band again.