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| Lawsuit over filming of Beyonce video settled
(AP)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:41:17 GMT
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| Summary Box: Review finds Ping handy iTunes add-on
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:05:57 GMT AP - THE OFFERING: Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, which lets you see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them. |
| Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:23:22 GMT
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| Amazon Acquires Online Music Site Amie Street
(PC Magazine)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:02:43 GMT PC Magazine - Indie music Web site Amie Street has been acquired by Amazon, and the site will re-direct to Amazon's MP3 store starting September 22, Amie Street announced this week. |
| Amazon buys online music retailer Amie Street
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:00:42 GMT AP - Amazon.com Inc., seeking to expand its position in the music download market against rivals like Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, has purchased online music retailer Amie Street for an undisclosed amount. |
| Coming soon to a car near you: Facebook status via OnStar
(Digital Trends)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:41:39 GMT Digital Trends - OnStar is due for a feature upgrade to match services offered by rival Ford??s Sync music and information system. According to Bloomberg, General Motors will be adding free services hooking into Facebook to its OnStar subscription service later this month. The service currently provides accident alerts, directions, vehicle diagnostics and roadside assistance in case of an emergency. |
| Rock around the block with iHeartRadio
(Appolicious)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:49:00 GMT Appolicious - For me, Internet radio and mobile phones go together like peanut butter and jelly. I've seen Internet-ready clock radios, but they never made much sense to me because a computer or laptop, also able to cruise tunes on the Web, was always nearby. But, when I'm out and about, there's nothing better than listening to music from a far-off station over your phone. iHeartRadio is a handy Android app that lets you take it on the road, so it's worth the download. |
| Amazon Acquires Online Music Store Amie Street
(Mashable)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:39:20 GMT Mashable - Amie Street, the online music community and store Amazon invested in back in August 2007, has now been acquired by Amazon for an undisclosed amount. Starting with September 22 this year, all AmieStreet.com pages will be forwarded to Amazon.com. |
| The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
(AP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:26:08 GMT
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| Announcing the 4th Annual Mashable Awards [Help Shape the Categories]
(Mashable)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:26 GMT Mashable - Mashable is proud to present the fourth annual Mashable Awards (formerly known as Open Web Awards). The Mashable Awards celebrate major innovations and achievements in the digital and social media landscape by companies, people and projects via an open, multilingual, international, community-nominated voting platform. Millions of votes will be cast in 25 categories ranging from ??Best New Gadget? to ??Best Music Discovery Service? to ??Must-Follow Brand.? Following three months of competition, the Mashable Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 International CES convention week on January 6, 2011 at Cirque du Soleil??s Zumanity stage in Las Vegas. The venue capacity is 1,200+ and the event will be streamed live. Tickets are now on sale exclusively through Eventbrite. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact sponsorships at Mashable. |
| Morning Brief: Google Music for Xmas, Mark Hurd to Oracle, Samsung Fascinate Available Tomorrow
(Mashable)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:32:05 GMT Mashable - This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology. |
| Harman Unveils Quincy Jones Headphone Line by AKG
(Digital Trends)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:49:04 GMT Digital Trends - Headphones used to be the realm of audio nerds and vinyl collectors, but the digital music revolution has brought headphones to the masses…and made the masses aware that most consumer headphones are pretty awful. Harman is the latest to jump on the celebrity-endorsed headphone bandwagon, but instead of banking on pop stars like Lady Gaga, Harmon is adding a touch of cool to the mix, announcing its Quincy Jones Signature Line of headphones by AKG. |
| Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit
(AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:53:27 GMT AP - A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones. |
| Google plans to sell music online
(Investor's Business Daily)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:31:00 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The search giant is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would let its mobile phone users play songs wherever they are. Google (NMS:GOOG) hopes to launch the service by Christmas, according to sources. Google is trying to compete with Apple, which dominates via its iTunes Music Stores, accounting for 70% of all U.S. digital music sales. It rose 1.5% to 470.30. |
| Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple's Ping, Company Claims
(PC World)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:12:00 GMT PC World - It's the kind of ironic story that news editors find irresistible. Apple makes big announcement about a social network for music lovers. When music lovers go hunting for the service, they end up in some Internet backwater. They like what they find there and the little guy gets a boost in business thanks to the big guy's big marketing budget. |
| Apple: The King of Digital Music
(PC World)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:39:00 GMT PC World - Behold the King of music, circa 2010. We aren't talking about Elvis here. Apple's iPod still reigns supreme. And judging from the impressive new crop of iPods announced this week along with an update to iTunes, Apple 's dominance of the digital music world seems solid -- at least for now. |
| iTunes Ping: The Missing Thing
(Mashable)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:01:19 GMT Mashable - Apple this week launched Ping, a new social network that runs within the iTunes software. |
| iTunes Ping's Latest Problem: Spam
(Mashable)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:38:44 GMT Mashable - iTunes Ping is apparently full of spam, yet another hiccup in Apple's road to establishing a legitimate social network. |
| Digital Trends' Top 5 Viral Videos of the Week, September 3, 2010
(Digital Trends)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:13:14 GMT Digital Trends - If Bill and Ted were able to jump back in time and convince John Logie Baird (the man arguably responsible for transmitting the first moving image back in 1925) to return with them to the present day in their telephone-booth time machine, Baird would likely be baffled and shocked by the long, strange, evolutionary twists to video that have resulted in the rise of the viral video clip. Then he would probably laugh himself sick when he saw his wonderful technology being used to capture that most personal and hilarious of moments when a guy gets hit in the junk, or a fat guy sings a techno song. |
| Bug found with Automator and iTunes 10
(Macworld.com)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:36:00 GMT Macworld.com - As you??re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes??both expected and not so. |
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