A device billed as the “pocket personal sharing device” now has the capacity to grab songs, video and other content off of an iPod
Posted August 12th, 2009 by Jonny
Posted August 11th, 2009 by Jonny
Perhaps in preparation for the Apple invasion of China, leading aggregator The Orchard has inked a deal with China Telecom, releasing its catalogue through the carrier’s music service, to be dubbed, iMusic.
We know that China Unicom is the likely carrier to end up seizing Apple’s iPhone, which strongly suggests launch of an iTunes Store in China….now it looks like competing carriers are putting their own infrastructure together.
Posted August 11th, 2009 by Jonny
Radiohead
On file-sharing, Yorke says: “Right, and if you forget about the money issue for just a minute, if it’s possible to do that – because these are people’s livelihoods we’re talking about – and you look at it in terms of the most amazing broadcasting network ever built, then it’s completely different. In some ways, that’s the best way of looking at it. I mean, I don’t spend my fucking life downloading free MP3s, because I hate the websites. No one seems to know what they’re talking about. I’d much rather go to sites like Boomkat, where people know what they’re talking about.
Posted August 11th, 2009 by Jonny
OK, the iPod and iTunes refresh season is rapidly approaching, and there’s a whole selection of claims flying round for iTunes 9 - here’s your cut-out-and-keep assemblage of what to expect:
Posted August 11th, 2009 by Jonny
Apple’s on target to offer in excess of 100,000 applications through the App Store by the end of the year, a level of offering that matches brick-&-mortar store Wal-Mart in its diversity, according to a leading analytics company.
Posted August 11th, 2009 by Jonny
The Sonos Controller for iPhone 3.0 is now available as an update on the Apple App Store.
The free upgrade brings all of the features of the Sonos CR200 Multiroom Music System Controller
Posted August 10th, 2009 by Jonny
Apple’s forthcoming iTunes 9 upgrade’s already being touted as the best thing since sliced bread, with reports promising support for Blu-ray, and built in capability to output the music you’re playing to iLike and Last.FM.
Apple’s also meant to be working on Cocktail, a new album format in which music fans don’t just get the music, but also gain access to video, images and all sorts of interactive elements; a radical reinvention of the album format, possibly within an App. But the record labels don’t want Apple to have all the fun, and are developing their own similar mixed musical drink, conceivably to offer this to other digital music operators.
Posted August 10th, 2009 by Jonny
Fresh research from a UK Music research report shows music lovers are becoming less willing to pay for streaming music, because they want to own their tracks.
Conducted by the University of Hertfordshire and reported by PaidContent, it seems hope may be fizzling for operators such as Spotify, who hope to popularise subscription-based streaming music services.
There’s a host of stats in the report, but some highlights:
Posted August 10th, 2009 by Jonny
“Feargal Sharkey: ‘We need to change our business for young music fans’
“With 86% of under-25s admitting to illegally downloading music, Fergal Sharkey, CEO of UK Music, talks about the future of the music business with Sam Jones.”
Listen to this latest audio transmission from The Guardian here...
Posted August 10th, 2009 by Jonny
This cat and mouse jailbreak battle will continue for too long. Will Apple introduce a hybrid open source type iPhone/iPod touch OS to compete with Android in future? Offering fun to the crackers, hackers and geeks, while offering its slick mobile systems to those of us who don’t want the hassle?
