News tagged with digital music

Matching fans to music tops record industry agenda

After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM trade fair that ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rhapsody passes million US subscriber milestone

(AP) -- Digital music service Rhapsody has passed a million paying subscribers in the U.S.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Watches that compute are the next small thing in technology

The watch may be making a comeback - and it will do much more than just tell time.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Digital music lockers offer compelling bargain

If you've got a big digital music collection, you may want to consider signing up for a digital music storage locker.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google sells digital music in iTunes challenge (Update 2)

Google has opened a digital music store in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Pete Townshend brands iTunes a 'digital vampire'

(AP) -- The Who's Pete Townshend on Monday branded Apple Inc.'s iTunes a "digital vampire" that profits from music without supporting the artists who create it.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Apple's next big thing?

Along with revelations about his "thermonuclear war" on Google and funding of non-traditional cancer treatments, Steve Jobs' newly published biography drops a bomb about the next big thing he and Apple were working on.

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world

With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates, much as the music industry once did with illegal downloading.

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created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy

Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Key dates in Apple history

The following are key dates in the history of Apple, whose ailing co-founder Steve Jobs resigned as CEO on Wednesday:

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Walmart closing online music store

American retail giant Walmart will close its online digital music store, Walmart MP3 Downloads, at the end of the month, a spokesman for the company said.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Digital music service Spotify launches in US

(AP) -- Spotify, a digital music service already popular in Europe, is now available in the United States.

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created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon planning iPad rival by October: WSJ

Online retail giant Amazon plans to unveil a tablet computer before October in a bid to carve out a slice of a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Virgin Media to launch Spotify service for subscribers

Virgin Media said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Sweden's Spotify to offer music streaming services for the British company's television, mobile phone and Internet subscribers.

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created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US venture capitalists oppose 'rogue website' bill

A group of top US venture capitalists has written a letter to the US Congress opposing a bill aimed at cracking down on websites selling pirated and counterfeit goods.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0