Tagged: Music
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Sony sells US headquarters building for US$1.1bn News
18.01.2013 Consumer tech giant Sony has sold its US headquarters in Manhattan, New York, for US$1.1bn, in a move to keep the company buoyant as it strives to return to profitability. -
Amazon goes to war with iTunes – music store optimised for iPhone and iPod touch News
17.01.2013 In a move that will surely infuriate Apple, e-commerce and cloud giant Amazon has optimised its music store for iPhone and iPod touch devices with a catalogue of more than 22m...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
It’s a rap – Google Translate vs Fresh Prince of Bel-Air goes viral (video) News
16.01.2013 In what its creators describe as the geekiest experiment ever, online music comedy troupe CDZA (short for Collective Cadenza) has pushed Google Translate to the limit in...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Facebook’s big reveal – it’s Graph Search – weaves a smart web within social News
15.01.2013 Facebook has launched a new search engine based on its social graph called Graph Search. It's a smart search engine built solely for within the Facebook 1bn-strong ecosystem of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Vevo is most popular YouTube channel in UK – ComScore News
14.01.2013 Video may have killed the radio star and MTV – one-time pioneer of music videos – might not play music any more but, online, music videos are still king (for UK viewers at... -
Amazon's AutoRip music service is a clever ploy to migrate more music lovers to the cloud News
11.01.2013 In a blend of technological nous and savvy online marketing, Amazon has turbo-charged its CD business with a new service called AutoRip that gives music buyers free MP3 versions...Tags: Amazon, Music, Cloud Computing, Kindle, Kindle Fire, iPhone, Android, iPod, Smartphones, Tablet Computers -
Viral videos of the week – 06/01/2013 News
06.01.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features an unexpected journey for The Office cast, the return of Charlie the unicorn,... -
Deezer reaches 3m subscribers and launches free music-streaming service News
20.12.2012 Subscription-based music-streaming service Deezer has announced the launch of a free, ad-supported version of its service in Ireland as part of the roll out of the service in... -
Nutcracker Ballet’s 120th anniversary honoured in Google Doodle News
18.12.2012 Today’s doodle marks 120 years since the two-act ballet, The Nutcracker, premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Though it was not an immediate success, the... -
Viral videos of the year - 2012 edition News
30.12.2012 More than 72 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute in 2012, with more than 800m unique user visits and more than 4bn hours of video watched each month. As a... -
Spotify adds Follow and Discovery tabs, and 30 years of Metallica to catalogue News
07.12.2012 Spotify has been busy in the past 24 hours having introduced an upgrade with added features for following users and discovering new music, plus the addition of Metallica’s... -
Viral videos of the week – 09/12/2012 News
09.12.2012 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features some road-worthy canines, a very honest look at The Dark Knight Rises, how to... -
UK student Richard O’Dwyer avoids jail in US over copyright infringement News
07.12.2012 Richard O’Dwyer. A 24-year-old UK student who faced extradition to the US over alleged copyright infringement through his website TVShack.com has escaped a 10-year jail term... -
Review: Beats Solo HD headphones News
07.12.2012 Beats by Dr Dre have taken the world by storm in 2012, with a celebrity following that has seen them become a much sought-after status symbol this Christmas. But forget about... -
SoundCloud slips out of beta, aims to become the YouTube of audio News
04.12.2012 Addictive sound sharing app SoundCloud has removed the ‘private beta’ tag and is now available to the public. The platform now reaches over 180m people and up to 10 hours of...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Internet, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Search, Social Media, Wireless Communications -
Review: HTC 8X - Windows Phone 8 OS News
04.12.2012 No messing around this year as Microsoft has finally hit the nail on the head in terms of operating system and hardware on which to showcase it. Compared to previous editions of... -
Radio-friendly Gotye beats Carly Rae’s viral hit in Spotify’s 2012 music charts News
30.11.2012 For many months this year you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing Gotye’s earwormy track ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’, and it seems that the radio-friendly tune from 2011... -
Gangnam Style video to hit 1bn views by mid-December News
30.11.2012 YouTube’s most-watched video of all time, Psy’s Gangnam Style, is on track to be viewed 1bn times by mid-December on the video-sharing site. -
Apple releases iTunes 11 – better functionality, iCloud integration, sleeker design News
30.11.2012 Apple has finally released iTunes 11, which features greater integration with iCloud and boasts a sleek new interface that emphasises album artwork. -
Deezer brings Other Voices to music-streaming masses News
28.11.2012 Worldwide music-streaming service Deezer has launched a new radio channel dedicated to the popular music television series, Other Voices, bringing recordings from the show to...