Has DRM killed Nokia’s international music download plan? Digital Rights Management software is just one of multiple reasons the mobile producer is putting forward for the end of its bundling of free music downloads with cellphone purchases in 27 countries.
The cellphone company launched the program in Asian, African and European …
Here at Techland, we get tickled by quirky electronics that might not be the best at what they do but come up with a unique way to a taskt. We recently ran across the Soundwagon, a portable record player that you put on top of your vinyls and plays the record as it “drives” over it. Shaped like a Volkswagen bus, it might be the cutest …
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne is currently the most anticipated hip-hop album …
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. R.E.M.’s” Collapse Into Now” album isn’t due out until March, but they’ve been starting …
It seems that Pink Floyd will leave those record labels alone, for the time being at least. The group has struck a deal with industry giant EMI, and their songs will stay on iTunes both as individual tracks and albums. The new five-year contract will allow EMI to retain distribution rights to Pink Floyd’s music, which includes all 14 …
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new songs from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses, and show you where you can find them as free downloads or videos.
1. The terrific Swedish electronic pop …
If you’re a huge fan of the virtual band, you’ve probably heard the Gorillaz’s latest album The Fall, which was released on Christmas day. In their recent interview with Billboard, Damon Albarn dished on how he created the album and which apps he used, including Speak It!, SoundyThingie, Mugician, Funx Box Drum Machine, Gliss, AmpliTube …
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1. The ingenious …
San Diego-based mobile phone service provider Cricket introduced a new wireless rate plan for their customers which includes unlimited full track downloads of music tracks and ringtones via their partnership with the Muve Music Service. For $55 a month, subscribers will receive unlimited nationwide calling, 3G web, email, data backup …
Recent numbers show that iTunes accounts for about 66% of the downloadable music market, with Amazon trailing a distant second at around 13%. There are two big reasons Amazon should be kicking the bits out of iTunes, but Apple’s stubbornly immovable music service only seems to keep getting bigger and stronger.
Amazon beats iTunes in …
In a little less than Eight Days a Week, the Beatles sold two million songs and 450,000 albums on iTunes. While some, including myself, wondered if the band would need Help! selling digital copies to a fan base that kept saying It Won’t Be Long until the Beatles’ music could be downloaded, even seven years of negotiations couldn’t Slow …
By now you’ve probably downloaded Girl Talk’s latest album, All Day, for free. Or maybe you were one of those fanboy detectives who tracked down all 372 of the album’s samples and posted them to Wikipedia within the first couple of hours. (More on TIME.com: Are Girl Talk and Other Mashup Artists …
