Next Big iTunes Update to Be Social Web-Based Site and Not Cloud-Based Service? [ITunes]

Too many headlines have all in favour of iTV and new iPods for the approaching Apple event that the cloud-based iTunes has almost slid into obscurity. Almost. AllThingsD ‘s sources say to overlook a streaming service, and start thinking social.

Citing industry executives, Peter Kafka scribed today that while Apple hasn’t yet inked deals with a few of the record labels for brand new licenses for a streaming service, they still a great deal have iTunes on the brain. The truth is, what they’re supposedly working on now’s an online-based iTunes where users can share their love of choons with one another, but not actually stream songs or share songs.

In other words, it’ll be a social recommendation version of iTunes where you could possibly’t actually take heed to songs. It may pair up with Twitter, Facebook et al, making an allowance for pesky ” Kat Hannaford is listening to Copacabana by Barry Manilow on iTunes, download it here” type updates.

AllThingsD has also heard whispers of some variety of wireless-syncing of music and media, enabling even easier transfer of songs from MacBooks to iPhones. No cables? We’ve certainly heard that before . [ AllThingsD ]

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