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If you wanna study at the Berklee College of Music, you have to own a Mac
If you wanna study at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, you best be getting a Mac. The Berklee Laptop Purchase Program states: Berklee College of Music requires all entering students to own an Apple Macintosh laptop computer that meets certain standards established by the academic and technology leadership of the college. To facilitate this […]
Continue reading...Enhanced iPad albums hope to succeed where iTunes LP failed
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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Launched in 2009, the intent behind iTunes LP was clear: get users to pay extra money for interactive albums that came with exclusive photos, artist interviews, videos, liner notes, and in some instances, bonus tracks. But for a variety of reasons, iTunes LP never took off. Not only was the selection of iTunes LP enhanced […]
Continue reading...LaLa CEO Bill Nguyen: Apple acquired us “for the people”
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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In December 2009, Apple purchased LaLa, a young startup company that let users purchase, download, and stream songs for as little as $0.10 a song. The LaLa acquisition naturally led to speculation that Apple was planning on using LaLa’s streaming expertise to set up a cloud-based version of iTunes where users would be able to […]
Continue reading...Google begins internal testing on Google Music
Thursday, March 24, 2011
CNET reports that Google has begun internal testing on its long rumored Google Music service, indicating that a rollout may be coming sooner rather than later. Two weeks ago someone writing at the XDA Developers forum claimed to have accidentally discovered Google Music after installing the Honeycomb version of the Android operating system on a phone. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs says Apple has no plans to kill the iPod Classic
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Earlier this week the Guardian published an iPod retrospective of sorts that breifly touched on the current state of the iPod Classic while insinuating that the iconic device may be on its way out. Indeed, the only iPod model that continues to exhibit growth from quarter to quarter is the iPod Touch. At other tables, as […]
Continue reading...First music video shot entirely with an iPad 2 – “Need” by Eddy
Monday, March 21, 2011
The advent of GarageBand and iMovie will undoubtedly change the minds of those few remaining skeptics who still irrationally cling to the idea that the iPad is solely a content consumption device. Not only is the iPad a content creation device, but its portability is having a profound affect on how content is created in […]
Continue reading...Algoriddim’s amazing Djay app now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Friday, March 18, 2011
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Algoriddim’s award winning Djayapp is an amazing iPad app that’s now coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app lets users make use of their full iPod library while giving them the tools to scratch, tempo match, loop, and record like a pro. The iPhone version of the app costs $9.99 and can be […]
Continue reading...Jon Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs is “personally responsible for killing the music business” – Here’s why he’s wrong
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
So many song titles to riff off of, it’s hard to know where to start. Well, here goes. Not only does rocker Jon Bon Jovi give love a bad name, he’s now taken to trashing iTunes and Steve Jobs as well. The Bon Jovi front man recently lamented the changing landscape of the music buying […]
Continue reading...Apple offers free artists downloads ahead of South by Southwest Music and Media Conference
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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This year’s South By Southwest Music and Media Conference (25 years and going strong!) is set to take place from March 11-20 in Austin, Texas. Music wise, the event will feature over one thousand musical acts from around the world. In celebration of the music portion of the festival, Apple has a SXSW page up […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to expand access to iTunes purchases
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Apple is reportedly engaged in negotiations with record labels in an effort to give iTunes users the ability to store backups of their purchases in the cloud and dowload them again should the originals get lost or destroyed. Bloomberg notes that Apple is currently in talks with Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, and EMI […]
Continue reading...OS X Lion beta lets users play songs from with in the iTunes album artwork screensaver
Monday, February 28, 2011
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As the subtle and not so subtle changes to OS X Lion keep rolling in, 9to5Mac relays a small but interesting change to the Apple screensaver. Apple users can currently adjust their settings so that their screensaver is comprised of album artwork pulled from iTunes. But with Lion, users will have the ability to hover […]
Continue reading...Forget subscriptions, Apple clarifies plans for iTunes/Cloud combo
Monday, February 28, 2011
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With Apple’s massive Data Center in North Carolina set to become operational soon, some feel that all the pieces are in place for Apple to offer streaming content from the cloud and to perhaps even offer subscription based music services. But is that really what Apple has in mind? The Financial Times clarifies Apple’s position: […]
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Friday, April 1, 2011
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