Is Apple on the verge of merging two of their biggest applications in the future? The folks over at Three Guys and a Podcastposted a new rumor about iTunes and Safari becoming one application before the year is out. Apple hasn’t been doing well in the battle for web browser supremacy. Currently, Safari doesn’t even have a 5% market share while Google’s relatively  new web browser on the other hand has already surpassed Safari with a 14% market share.

iTunes is currently one of Apple’s biggest moneymakers. With billions of dollars in yearly revenue, it’s currently the world’s largest online music retailer in the world. So how might Apple bolster its flailing web browser? One of the many solutions may be to pair it with iTunes. Rumors have been circulating for some time now that Apple would be expanding iTunes into the cloud. So far, these rumors have not turned out to be true, but if Apple does plan on moving iTunes into the cloud, then the massive data center in North Carolina under construction will surely play a major role in the plan. It has yet to go online, but Apple obviously has plans for the site. The company also purchased the Lala music streaming site in 2009, but they have yet to use the technology.

If Apple does merge iTunes and Safari, it woul dbe an unprecedented event. iTunes and Safari are both valuable commodities individually and putting them together into one application doesn’t seem to make much sense. As of right now, iTunes already feels a bit overcrowded and overwhelming with so much content available. With music, videos, apps, books, and podcasts readily available. Merging all of that with Safari would just make for an even more cluttered application. For a company that seems to pride itself on minimalism, this would be countering that philosophy. Apple seems to have a good thing going with iTunes, hopefully they aren’t foolish enough to mess with something that is already working.

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[Source: Three Guys and a Podcast]

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