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The new findings boasted that brand maturity is something of non-relevance. Simply because over 79% age 12 and older knew of Napster or have even used the legal downloading music service. More than half knew of or used Apple’s iTunes Music Store, another brand strong identifier in the still youthful digital music market. This goes …
Artists are looking at file-sharing technology as a new way to reach their fans.
Five years later, now heading San Francisco-based Snocap Inc., Fanning is touting a new technology designed to help the music companies who once sued him into submission cash in on file-sharing between computer users, also known as peer-to-peer. Shawn Fanning is once again trying to force the old corporate brains in the music industry to …
Songs in the Canadian version of iTunes sell for $0.99 Canadian cents, or about $0.83 U.S. That's 16% cheaper than the American iTunes.
One part soft vocals, one part acoustic guitar/piano melody, one part snapping drums – the unique alchemy of The Perishers generates an enveloping mellow pop. “Sway,” the free iTunes Single of the Week from the Swedish quartet, has an easy groove which cradles the gentle whispers of lead singer Ola Kluft. Piano accents match delicate …
The new Sony Walkman NW-HD1 comes in five colors, plays 2.5 times longer on one battery charge than iPod's 12 hours, and can contain 10,000 to 13,000 songs, at least twice as many as an iPod because of ATRAC's better compression technology. But will consumers embrace it?
Designed for extreme wear and tear, H2O Audio‘s new SV-iMini case for the iPod Mini includes H2O Audio’s durable waterproof housing featuring easy-to-use controls and a comfortable waterproof headset. Basically now you can surf through your songs…while you…uh, literally surf. Being the first underwater case for Apple‘s iPod Mini, the SV-iMini should attract a whole new subculture …
Like to listen to music on your iPod while working out? Too bad says the NBA. The National Basketball Association notified Toronto Raptors‘ shooting guard, Vince Carter, that he was no longer allowed to use his iPod during pregame warm-ups because it violates the league’s dress code. “Everyone has to be the same,” NBA spokesman, Brian McIntyre told C|NET. …
Do you remember Audion? Way back in 1999 and before the days of iTunes, Audion was (I dare say) the best Macintosh MP3 player/encoder on the market. Napster and Audion were the Mac MP3 power-houses of their day. Ahh, the late-nineties. Back when the record companies were ready to crap their pants because of digital …
Company executives think that is a Vodafone music app is done right, then content sales will escalate and they can beat Apple at their own game.
Grammy-nominated producer, Rich Tozzoli, breaks down the iTunes equalizer settings slider by slider so you can get the most out of your music.
What if you could talk into a cup, close the lid, shake it up and hear the result? Masters Students Tom Jenkins and Mark Hauenstein, from The Royal College of Art, took this concept and made it a reality with the Audio Shaker.
U2's new single "Vertigo" was first heard in an iPod commercial, marking the first time the band has licensed their music for commercial use, and highlighting the potential of digital music distribution and marketing.
Mercora, a pioneering company in peer-to-peer radio, has developed a system that allows millions of users to share their song collections online without cost or legal risk, offering a vast array of music and showcasing a diverse range of genres and artists.
A new 4-star Manhattan hotel called Dream is offering guests the use of an iPod during their stay. The iPods come preloaded about 2,000 songs, a variety or playlists and are available for all guests.
The iTunes Store just released a FREE 25-minute hip-hop mixtape called Street Official Mixtape Vol. 1 from Winta (aka Big Young) to help celebrate November's Hip-Hop History Month.
The Music are nothing if not confounding. Their second album, Welcome to the North would, based on its title alone, suggest that this quartet wear their Northern England roots on their sleeve. But rather than producing yet another tired Oasis or Stone Roses pastiche, The Music decamped to the distinctly un-Northern town of Atlanta, Georgia …
