Tagged: Music
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BlackBerry to kill BBM Music – ushers users in direction of Rdio News
04.04.2013 BlackBerry is to kill its nearly two-year-old music service BBM Music and is instead ushering users in the direction of Rdio, with a voucher for a 30-day pass to the...Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
How the internet has made the world greener (infographic) News
30.03.2013 Going digital via the internet has saved millions of pounds in plastic and paper, an infographic reveals. -
Will Spotify make the move into streaming video? News
25.03.2013 Watch out Netflix, because rumour has it Spotify is looking to move into the video-streaming arena with exclusive, original content.Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Wake up call for music industry – the internet is not harming music sales News
21.03.2013 Music piracy on the web is not hurting but is enhancing legitimate music sales, a European Commission report has claimed. The research claims freely streamed music is actually...Categories: Multimedia, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Muzu.tv expands into Sweden via alliance with broadcast giant MTG News
15.03.2013 Dublin-headquartered Muzu.tv is to launch its online music video service in Sweden, opening up music lovers there to 130,000 videos.Categories: Social Media, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Games Fleadh 2013 captures restless spirit of a local industry in rapid growth mode News
16.03.2013 The momentum and skill of Ireland’s rapidly growing games industry – which grew 90pc in the past three to four years – was captured in Thurles, Co Tipperary, this week when...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Twitter introduces Windows 8 app, line breaks, allegedly working on music app News
14.03.2013 Busy bird Twitter is getting up to all sorts this week, releasing its app for Windows 8, introducing line breaks to tweets, and apparently working on a standalone music... -
Deezer announces developer reward scheme alongside API upgrade News
13.03.2013 Deezer has announced a number of changes and upgrades to its service aimed at encouraging more developers to create apps incorporating its music streaming platform and, overall,... -
Monster reveals stg£20,000 Diamond Tears headphones News
08.03.2013 Anyone in the market for a new pair of headphones with a spare stg£20,000 (about €23,160) lying around might want to consider the gold and black diamond Diamond Tears – Sally... -
Facebook expected to reveal new content-specific news feeds on Thursday News
06.03.2013 It’s been well over a year since Facebook last updated its news feed, and it seems a major one is coming tomorrow that will introduce content-specific feeds focused on photos... -
Apple CEO said to be in talks with Beats creators on music-streaming service News
06.03.2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly been in discussion with Beats Electronics CEO Jimmy Iovine on a possible partnership between the two on a digital music-streaming service. -
Spotify joins forces with Volvo to bring voice-controlled streaming music to cars News
06.03.2013 Car maker Volvo will today launch a new integrated, voice-activated music system brought about through a partnership with streaming music giant Spotify. The music service will... -
Will Google’s rumoured music streaming service come via YouTube? News
05.03.2013 Every day we hear fresh rumours on how tech giants like Google and Apple are trying to elbow their way into the already well-populated music streaming space, and it seems the... -
Miriam Makeba: 81st birthday celebrated with a Google Doodle News
04.03.2013 It would have been singer Miriam Makeba’s 81st birthday today, and Google has commemorated the day for the woman known as Mama Africa, who recorded and performed with the likes... -
Digital music sales growing, subscription services gaining ground over pirates News
28.02.2013 A report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released this week shows how the music industry is staying strong in the digital age. -
Google said to be planning launch of music streaming service in Q3 News
26.02.2013 It seems Google isn’t happy with just selling digital music to users via Google Play and is rumoured to be planning to launch a subscription-based music streaming service later... -
Deezer begins massive attack on the smart TV music market News
07.02.2013 Online music subscription service Deezer is to bring its catalogue of 20m songs to the living room via partnerships with big-name TV manufacturers Samsung, LG and Toshiba.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Apple claims a new iTunes record with 25bn songs sold News
06.02.2013 Apple has revealed that a new landmark of 25bn has been reached in terms of the number of songs sold on its iTunes music store.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
RIM reveals music and video storefront partners for BlackBerry 10 News
28.01.2013 The fightback for RIM begins with BlackBerry 10 and the smartphone maker has revealed major content alliances with major Hollywood studios, broadcast networks and record labels...Tags: Research In Motion, Universal, Warner, Sony, BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry, TV, RIM, Smartphones, Music, Movies