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Gorillaz next album to be created solely on an iPad
Well this is somewhat fitting. The musical band Gorillaz announced that their next album, which is scheduled to launch before 2011, will be created exclusively with an iPad. Created by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn, who also happens to be the lead songwriter and frontman for Blur, the Gorillaz burst onto the scene in 2001 […]
Continue reading...Apple and Twitter strike deal over Ping/Twitter integration
Thursday, November 11, 2010
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Twitter today announced that it would be integrating Ping, Apple’s social networking service in iTunes, with Twitter. Users will now be able to share musical discoveries, song previews, and links to purchased and downloaded music from iTunes right into their Tweets. On Ping you can easily link to your Twitter account to instantly find Ping users […]
Continue reading...CD album sales fell over 52% in last 9 years
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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With the rise of iTunes and fast proliferation of digital downloads, brick and mortar music outlets have been struggling to stay relevant while CD sales continue to decline. That, of course, isn’t too surprising, or even news really, but the following blurb colors just how fast CDs appear to be becoming a vestige from the […]
Continue reading...Make sweet harmony with Smule’s new Magic Fiddle iPad App
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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Make no mistake about it, Smule has the music category for iOS devices on lockdown. From Ocarina to the popular T-Pain app, Smule is constantly pushing the envelope and coming up with creative and exciting ways to create and experience music on Apple’s line of iOS devices. Their most recent creation is called “Magic Fiddle”, […]
Continue reading...Former head of legal affairs at Warner Music Group set to join Apple
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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Billboard reports that Elliot Peters, who previously worked as the senior VP and head of digital legal affairs at Warner Music group, is set to join Apple as the company’s corporate attorney director for iTunes Europe and Internet services group based out of Luxembourg. Peters first joined Warner Music Group in 2000 where he was involved in a […]
Continue reading...Length of iTunes song samples increased to 90 seconds
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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As Professor Farnsworth might say, “Good news everybody!” For those of you who find 30-second song previews on iTunes too short to accurately determine if a track is worth downloading, rejoice. Apple announced yesterday that song previews on iTunes will be extended to 90 seconds for songs that are longer than 2 minutes and 30 […]
Continue reading...Apple considering music subscription service for iTunes – Report
Friday, October 8, 2010
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Steve Jobs has stated time and time again that music subscriptions don’t work because people ultimately want to own their music. And while that may very well be the case, the music landscape is changing and Apple may soon be forced to adjust accordingly. According to a report today in the New York Post, Apple […]
Continue reading...Proposing in a movie theatre with an iPhone [Video]
Friday, October 8, 2010
There’s no magic formula to rely on when asking a girl to marry you, and while you can go the classic route and get down on one knee, today’s technology affords men a lot more room for creativity. And in that regard, the following proposal is hard to top. Earlier this September, an enterprising fellow […]
Continue reading...App downloads on iTunes on pace to surpass music downloads by end of the year
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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Asymco recently published some telling graphs comparing the rise of iTunes song downloads to the ever increasing number of app downloads. While the comparison isn’t exactly fair given the abundance of free apps available for download, the charts below still tell an interesting story. As can be seen, the App store has reached the same total […]
Continue reading...Why song samples on iTunes didn’t increase to 60 seconds
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
A few days before last weeks media event, CNET reported that the preview samples for songs on iTunes were poised to double in length from 30 seconds to 1 minute. All in all, such a move seemed like a no-brainer given that one can’t always discern if a song is worth purchasing after listening to a randomly […]
Continue reading...Jobs on why there’s no Facebook integration on Ping
Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Apple last week unveiled iTunes 10, and curious monochrome UI changes aside, the biggest new aspect of iTunes is Ping, Apple’s take on social networking for music. Ping, which has already attracted over 1 million users since the new iTunes became available for download, allows users to get details about their favorite artists, share musical […]
Continue reading...Ping attracts over 1 million users in first 48 hours
Friday, September 3, 2010
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Apple this evening issued a press release stating that iTunes’ new social network for music, Ping, has already drawn in over 1 million users. Apple today announced that in less than 48 hours since its launch on Wednesday, more than one million users have joined Ping, its new social network for music which lets users […]
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
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