pastemagazine.com–
esterday, Steve Jobs announced Apple’s latest — Ping, a social networking site for iTunes users to keep tabs on what their friends are listening to.
Ping users can follow their favorite artists and find out what …
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Industry, Apple, Internet
mtv.com–
For Apple geeks, the sight of company CEO Steve Jobs is akin to a rock star encounter, because they know that whenever he takes the stage in his signature black turtleneck for the company's annual new-product-announcement …
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Pop, Apple, Rock
appolicious.com–
For years, Apple flourished by making its market-dominating music player smaller in size but bigger in storage. The pricing generally stayed flat for new models, but the feature set and storage capacity always offered …
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Handhelds, Music Tech, Apple
billboard.biz–
Sonos will release a free software update later this month that will enable users of the multi-room wireless music system to stream songs via Spotify.
Spotify will be available for Sonos in Finland, France, the …
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Industry, Digital Media
billboard.biz–
The Echo Nest and UK music service 7digital have teamed up to give music app developers a comprehensive technology and music sales platform on which to build new services.
The deal adds the ability to sell DRM-free …
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Industry, Digital Media
billboard.biz–
Beyond the big news about the Ping social network and the new lineup of iPods, here are the other interesting bits from the company's annual media event today in San Francisco:
- Apple has shipped 120 million …
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Industry, Computers, Apple
wired.com–
Notorious filesharing website The Pirate Bay is a long-standing enemy of the movie industry, but one Swedish filmmaker has plans to create a documentary called TPB AFK about the three founders of the site, and their …
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Industry, Internet
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news.cnet.com–
Song samples are no trivial matter, say researchers from Robert Morris University.
Consumers are more likely to buy songs if allowed to sample the music for about 60 seconds and if provided access to a "high …
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Industry, Digital Media, Apple
digitalmusicnews.com–
Food and water will always have the edge, but here are the top ten services that music fans simply cannot live without. Of course, few are fixing on all ten, but most are addicted to at least one.
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Industry, Digital Media
billboard.biz–
Will today's digital music fans invest in high quality audio the way movie fans shell out for flat screens and home theater systems?
Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine believe fans will indeed pay for sound …
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Hip-hop, Computers, Music Tech
billboard.biz–
Sony Electronics introduced a new digital music service called Music Unlimited during a presentation at the IFA technology conference in Germany today.
The service is part of the company’s new Qriocity (pronounced …
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Industry, Digital Media
billboard.biz–
Software giant Microsoft Corp is looking for a partner in China to help the company play a major role in China's Internet search market, Wall Street Journal said.
Simon Leung, Microsoft's chief executive for greater …
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Industry, Internet