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  • 18 June 2013

  • News: Android has 99 handsets, but Jay-Z's on one

    Samsung Galaxy users will soon get supersized bragging rights to go with their supersized displays. They'll be given the opportunity to get their ears on Jay-Z's new album Magna Carta Holy Grail before it's released to the general public. And they'll get it for free.

  • News: Great gig in the cloud: Full remastered Pink Floyd discography lands on Spotify

    That didn't take long. Four days after Spotify promised to bring the Pink Floyd discography to its music service if--and only if--the classic track "Wish You Were Here" was streamed one million times, the company announced Monday that the milestone was shattered. All the Pink Floyd tunes you could ever want are now available to soothe your savage breast over on play.spotify.com or via the Spotify desktop application.

  • 14 June 2013

  • News: Pink Floyd is coming to Spotify, but only if 1 million people 'Wish' for it

    Pink Floyd's legendary tunes aren't exactly strangers to streaming music--Roger Waters' masterful lyrics have been gracing the likes of Pandora, Slacker, and Rdio for years now. But the band's catalog has been glaringly absent from Spotify, the 800 lb. gorilla in the streaming song arena. No more. At long last, the Pink Floyd brick is being added to Spotify's massive musical wall--but only if users wish for it.

  • 12 June 2013

  • News: Say hello to Jongo, the newest multiroom music system

    Sonos has a colorful new competitor on its hands in the form of Pure's Jongo multiroom music system. Unveiled at CES in January, the company announced Wednesday that it was now shipping several components of the system in the U.S. with an additional product coming later this year.

  • 11 June 2013

  • News: 10 fun summer movie releases to stream while the weather's hot

    In the world of movies, summer begins in early May, when the first superhero movie emerges, but in reality it doesn't really begin until June, when school lets out. (Or, more precisely, the summer solstice on June 21.) In any case, summer usually means big entertainments, with big stars, big explosions, big chases, big laughs, and big everything. So to celebrate, here's a selection of ten great (or at least fun) summer movies streaming on Netflix.

  • News: Yes, there's a trade show for augmented reality, and its demos are enchanting

    Across the street from the Great America amusement park, a small gathering of augmented reality enthusiasts were building an amusement park of their own. Armed with iPads, Android phones, and high-tech headsets, the people of the Augmented World Expo set about creating a more exciting reality.

  • News: Apple gets into the stream of things with iTunes Radio

    While introducing the remodeled Music app in the forthcoming iOS 7 update, Apple senior vice president of Internet software and services Eddy Cue also took the wraps off the company's upcoming streaming music service, iTunes Radio. Rather than an on-demand service such as Spotify, iTunes Radio has more in common with Pandora, where you listen to stations inspired by a particular track, artist, or genre.

  • 07 June 2013

  • News: Spotify speeds music delivery times with Fusion-io

    Spotify is souping up the music streaming delivery times from its data centres with application acceleration technology from Fusion-io.

  • 06 June 2013

  • News: Remains of the Day: Don't touch that dial

    Apple may broadcast ads up and down the dial, the carriers may be dialing down your speeds, and released Steve Jobs emails showed that he had publishing execs dialed in. Dial "R" for the remainders for Wednesday, June 5, 2013.

  • News: Apple releases minor updates for iTunes, Aperture

    Apple on Wednesday dropped two quick updates to two of its apps. Fire up the Mac App Store, and you'll find iTunes 11.0.4 and Aperture 3.4.5.

  • 05 June 2013

  • News: New HTML5 browser app brings Pandora to game consoles and smart TVs

    Instead of launching native apps for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Pandora hopes you'll jam to its tunes through the consoles' Web browsers. The streaming music service has just launched a new Pandora Web app, which is accessible through the two game consoles and other set-top boxes with browsers that support HTML5.

  • News: Get your streaming Dora fix on Amazon Prime Instant Video

    Amazon announces a new deal with Viacom to bring 250 TV seasons to its Prime Instant Video service.

  • News: Pioneer slashes AirPlay prices, aims at Bluetooth

    When customers in the Apple ecosystem shop for wireless speakers, the biggest consideration is whether to go with Bluetooth or AirPlay. And the argument has long gone that AirPlay's decided advantages--higher-quality audio and longer, Wi-Fi-based range--come with one significant disadvantage: AirPlay speakers cost substantially more than their Bluetooth counterparts. But it appears that Pioneer is looking to change that.

  • 31 May 2013

  • News: Personal Audio defends its podcasting patent

    The company that owns a U.S. patent for podcasting is confident the patent will stand up to a challenge initiated this week by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

  • 30 May 2013

  • News: Google's All Access music service coming to iOS 'a couple weeks from now'

    It's a good thing I'm hungry, because it's time for me to eat my words.

  • News: EFF targets podcasting patent for invalidation

    A 1996 podcasting patent is in the crosshairs of two digital rights groups, which are hoping the public will help them get the patent invalidated.

  • News: Apple reveals 16GB iPod touch with no rear-facing camera

    If the 32GB iPod touch had too much capacity for you, or just too many cameras, Apple's got a solution: the new 16GB iPod touch, now available at the Apple Store for just $229.

  • News: Justin Timberlake, Jack Johnson to headline 2013 iTunes Festival in London

    Since 2007, Apple's hosted an annual iTunes Festival in London, and 2013 will be no exception: The company on Thursday announced that Justin Timberlake, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Jack Johnson, Jessie J, and nearly 60 other bands will headline this year's incarnation of the festival.

  • 29 May 2013

  • News: Awesome new Discover feed adds personalized music recommendations to Spotify

    You can use Spotify to easily swap playlists with your friends, check out the top charts, and find new music releases, but the streaming service has always lacked a great way to get personalized music recommendations. To overcome that deficiency, Spotify on Wednesday rolled out Discover, an "endless scroll" news feed similar to Facebook and Google+ that replaces the current "What's New" section.

  • 28 May 2013

  • News: Seven free apps for finding stellar live sounds

    How often have you heard someone say, "I don't really like music"? Most people enjoy music, whether they're classical-concerto buffs or indie-rock megafans. And there's good reason for that--studies have proven that music can make you happy.

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