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- 27 June 2012
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News: Google I/O Keynote Overview: Android Jelly Bean, Nexus Tablet, Project Glass
Google kicked off its annual Google I/O developer keynote in a big way Wednesday announcing a new version of Android, a new tablet, a media streamer, and Google+ updates, along with news on the company's Project Glass. Here's an overview of what Google announced.
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News: Apple excludes China, India in Asian expansion of iTunes music and video
Apple announced Wednesday the launch of the iTunes Store in 12 locations in Asia, offering music and video downloads, but the two large markets of China and India were excluded.
- 19 June 2012
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News: Spotify Launches Mobile Radio Service for All Levels of Users
Music streaming service Spotify is moving into Pandora-style Internet radio with a revamped iOS app for iPhone and iPad that includes a mobile radio service for paid and free users.
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News: Remains of the Day: Super, man
Another iAd executive has been spotted leaving Apple, a tip shows you how to get the very most out of your Retina MacBook Pro, and iOS 6 could put podcasting front and center. The remainders for Monday, June 18, 2012 are faster than a speeding bullet.
- 13 June 2012
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News: Apple's Ping Social Network to Shutter, Report
Apple will soon shut down its music-focused social network Ping in favor of partnerships with Facebook and Twitter, according to an online report. Since its launch with iTunes 10 about 21 months ago, Ping has failed to gain much traction with users. Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted as much earlier in June during an interview at the D10 conference saying that most Apple customers have decided not to "put a lot of energy" into Ping.
- 12 June 2012
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News: Remains of the Day: Bring out yer dead
The new MacBook Air gets torn down (and not built up again), Thunderbolt is striking some machines with lightning, and the machine will no longer go Ping. The remainders for Tuesday, June 12, 2012 are not dead yet.
- 11 June 2012
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News: Apple releases iTunes 10.6.3 update
Alongside new MacBooks, an iOS 6 preview, and a Mountain Lion ship date, Apple also issued a minor update to iTunes on Monday.
- 01 June 2012
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News: Mouth-Mounted MP3 Player Lets You Hear Beats Through Your Teeth
Most people don't ever want to wear braces, a retainer, or basically put anything in their mouth unless it's a delicious snow cone. I, however, might make an exception for the Play-a-Grill, a mouth-mounted MP3 player that bounces sound waves inside of your head.
- 29 May 2012
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News: Samsung Music Hub launches on Galaxy S3
Samsung has launched its updated Music Hub with the Galaxy S III to rival iTunes and Spotify.
- 22 May 2012
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News: Sonos announces Sub subwoofer
On Tuesday, Sonos, maker of multi-room music systems, announced the Sonos Sub. Designed to work with all amplified Sonos components--including the Connect:Amp/ZonePlayer 120/ZonePlayer 100, Play:5 ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice ), and Play:3 ( Macworld rated 5 out of 5 mice )--the subwoofer features two force-canceling speakers positioned face to face and dual acoustic ports.
- 21 May 2012
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News: Supreme Court lets stand $675,000 fine for music downloads
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the petition of Joel Tenenbaum, a former doctoral student at Boston University who faces a fine of US$675,000 for illegally downloading 30 songs.
- 07 May 2012
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News: SRS introduces iWow Universal audio enhancer
On Monday SRS Labs announced the iWow Universal (iWow-U), a hardware adapter meant to improve the audio quality of sound coming from any device with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack.
- 02 May 2012
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News: Asking the iTunes Guy
Two weeks ago, a group of us gathered around the virtual table to grind iTunes into the dust. As much fun as it is to second-guess our betters, it's not always helpful. In this episode we once again look at iTunes, but this time from the angle of problem solving and oft-overlooked features. We do that with Macworld's Ask the iTunes guy, Kirk McElhearn.
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News: Spotify comes to the iPad
As of Wednesday, Spotify customers have yet another device they can stream their songs to: The music subscription service is now available as a native app for the iPad.
- 01 May 2012
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News: Three alternate iOS music player apps
While the Music app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch might be sufficient for you, there are plenty of other apps you can use to listen to music on your iOS device. Some offer unique ways of organizing and listening to music, and others focus on providing better sound. Here’s a look at three apps that you can use to listen differently to music on iOS.
- 26 April 2012
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News: Dutch developers win contest with Spotify cover scanner mash-up
A team of Dutch developers won a 30-hour hacking challenge at the Next Web conference Thursday with a service that uses a webcam to scan album covers in the database of online streaming music service Spotify.
- 13 April 2012
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News: iTunes 11 in the works at Apple
Apple has begun internally seeding iTunes 11, the next major release of iTunes for Mac and PC.
- 12 April 2012
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News: The Gadget Show Live 2012 in pictures
The Gadget Show Live 2012 has opened its gates to the public once again at the NEC in Birmingham.
- 11 April 2012
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News: Remains of the Day: Chasing the clouds away
The forecast for the next version of iTunes is cloudy; Apple's got stormy weather ahead in court; and Nokia and Microsoft could really use a ray of sunshine about now. The remainders for Wednesday, April 11, 2012 are no snow job.
- 29 March 2012
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News: Remains of the Day: The music, man
Tim Cook takes a stroll down the Foxconn production line, smartphones and feature phones meet halfway, and Spotify keeps pumping those tunes for free. The remainders for Thursday, March 29, 2012 are music to your ears.
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