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  • 26 March 2013

  • News: Windows 8 Music app update hits the right notes but gets no standing ovation

    The Windows app update parade keeps on marching. Mere hours after an update for Windows 8's Mail, Calendar, and People apps popped up in the Windows Store, the operating system's baked-in Music app is receiving a refresh of its own, though the alterations are subtle tweaks rather than a substantial overhaul.

  • 25 March 2013

  • News: Hands on with Audiobus and GarageBand

    In a recent update, Apple made the iOS version of GarageBand compatible with the popular audio-channeling utility Audiobus. Although Apple provides ways for some apps to communicate with others--Facebook and Twitter hooks built into iOS, for example--until Audiobus came along, moving sound between iOS music apps was a clumsy process that required saving and exporting audio files and then importing them into compatible apps.

  • 19 March 2013

  • News: Piracy doesn't hurt online music sales, according to EU study

    Illegal music downloads have negligible impact on digital music sales according to a new study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).

  • 14 March 2013

  • News: Music industry revenues climb again

    The music industry is "recovering" from the depredations long said to be due to illegal digital downloads, says a report by IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry).

  • 05 March 2013

  • News: Tesco to launch Blinkboxmusic to rival Spotify

    Tesco has announced it will launch a music streaming service called Blinkboxmusic later this year.

  • 04 March 2013

  • News: Music labels settle with Chinese Internet firm over piracy

    In another breakthrough for China's anti-piracy efforts, four major record labels have signed a deal to license music to a Chinese Internet firm in exchange for royalties, after the company had previously been accused of hosting links to illegal music downloads.

  • 13 February 2013

  • News: Mac Gems: Shush gives you a systemwide mic mute

    Between Google Hangout video conferences for work, Skype videos and calls for podcasts, and FaceTime chats with family and friends, I use AV-chat apps several times each week. But I'm not always an active audio participant: I'm a heavy user of the Mute button in every one of those apps and services. Sometimes it's because I'm typing and I don't want the clickety-clack of my keyboard to be audible on a podcast recording or to others in a meeting. Other times the maintenance folks are performing the day's noisiest tasks at the same time as my chat, right outside my office window. And it's not uncommon for family members to come into my home office while I'm chatting or recording.

  • 12 February 2013

  • News: Product snapshot: Sonos PLAYBAR Wi-Fi speaker

    As a general rule, we love Sonos speakers here at PC World. We’ve tried the PLAY:3, PLAY:5 and SUB -- each has impressed us, despite their universally high price tags.

  • News: Macworld/iWorld Video: Cool products on and off the show floor

    The Macworld/iWorld show never wants for cool products--just a glance at the winners of our 2013 Best of Show awards will prove that. But there are cool products that didn't appear on the show floor at Moscone West this month, and that's what this Macworld Live session focused on.

  • 06 February 2013

  • News: iTunes Music Store sells 25 billionth song

    Apple has sold its 25 billionth song through the iTunes Music Store, the company announced Wednesday.

  • 04 February 2013

  • News: The Cat Empire and more live and free from Internode

    As part of its sponsorship agreement with WOMADelaide, Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, will offer free, high definition live streams of key performances from the 2013 instalment of the event.

  • News: Google and Mozilla hail WebRTC interop between Chrome and Firefox

    Developers now can create audio and video communications applications that work across the Chrome and Firefox browsers without the need for plug-ins.

  • News: Expo Notes: Jam monkeys around at Macworld/iWorld

    If you ever thought the old Macworld Expo was a zoo, you should have seen the antics on the Macworld/iWorld 2013 show floor Saturday.

  • News: Expo Notes: Notable music products from Macworld/iWorld

    As with past Expos, the show floor at the 2013 edition of Macworld/iWorld was peppered with companies showing off wares that help Mac OS and iOS users make make beautiful music with their beloved Apple devices. And many of the products making headlines at Macworld/iWorld were fresh off their debuts a week earlier at the NAMM music industry show in Southern California.

  • News: Expo Notes: KaleidoPro opens possibilities for MIDI musicians

    In the Music Studio showcase at Macworld/iWorld on Saturday, Stefan Lipson gave the audience a look at KaleidoPro, a MIDI application that works with a drum controller or any MIDI instrument. With KaleidoPro, a musician can play not just a wide range of drum kits, but also other instruments.

  • News: Expo Notes: Jam for iPhone is karaoke with a twist

    If you're into karaoke, Jam for iPhone is karaoke with a twist.

  • News: Expo Notes: Fishman's TriplePlay makes guitarists a triple threat

    You can turn your favorite axe into a wireless midi controller with Fishman Tranducer's TriplePlay Wireless Guitar controller. The company gave me a look at the $395 package at Macworld/iWorld this week.

  • 03 February 2013

  • News: Spotify isn't music to their ears in the House of Representatives

    Spotify isn't welcome in the House of Representatives, but not because members of Congress should be working rather than streaming music.

  • 30 January 2013

  • News: File-sharing site Mega fields 150 copyright infringement warnings

    The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under indictment by U.S. prosecutors for running Megaupload.

  • 29 January 2013

  • News: Rdio now offering free music streaming

    Popular subscription music service Rdio has announced that Australian users can now stream free music on the Web, bringing the service in line with the US.

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