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Car Audio 2.0: Listen to Pandora, MP3s and iPods in Your Car
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - For the past few years, car companies have jumped on the digital media bandwagon, offering USB ports to load music from your iPod Touch and Bluetooth streaming audio to play tracks right from your iPhone. Now, new music technology is emerging that goes a step further ? letting you play music from Pandora Radio or over a very high-speed wireless network.
99-Cent iTunes Rentals Could Transform TV Reruns
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Rent a TV episode for 99 cents on iTunes. That possibility is now being considered by industry watchers as the rumor mill gears up for an expected Sept. 1 Apple press event in San Francisco, Calif.
NAMM Update: iKey Plus Turns Audio Into MP3s
iKEY-Audio introduced the iKEY PLUS – a device that records live audio and converts it into high quality MP3 and WAV files and saves them directly to an iPod or another USB compatible storage device.
Griffin Intros 2007 Line Up
Griffin Technology today announced their 2007 lineup that will debut next week at the MacWorld Conference & Expo.
Mac Laptop Explodes Flames
Apple laptops are known for their tendency to run hot; apparently, they run hot enough that they sometimes burst into flames....
Otafuku Rex; Mix Them, Mash Them Up
The new band Otafuku Rex has debuted their music video, Do Me, I'm the Best, and is inviting fans to get in on the action and create their own remixes by mashing up the groups video and music, adding in their own music and video, and sending the results to friends.
The Eight Thousand Dollar Piano-Shaped ipod Table
The Concerto Table, a piano-shaped table designed by Nicholas Lovegrove & Demian Repucci, has to be one of the most expensive and exclusive iPod accessories yet.
Apple: More than 70 Percent of 2007 Cars will have iPod Support
More than 70 percent of 2007-model US automobiles will offer iPod integration.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Gadgetology 101: Changing Your Nook Battery; iPad Video Conversion Here's a "learning experience" that doesn't involve the potentially disastrous combination of a bad break-up, alcohol and a 3 a.m. phone message. (Uh-oh...) If you're the owner of a Barnes & Noble Nook eReader and ever wondered how to change the darned thing's battery, then you're in luck. That's because your always helpful portable electronics guide just put together a tutorial to help you do just that. Interested parties can check my all new Nook eReader Battery Replacement Tutorial. All I can say is, you better have strong nails.
Free Album Download: DJ Cat Hartwell - Cassole This week we're featuring ex-Fannypack singer Cat Hartwell. Now a member of Holy Hail (also featured a while ago), Cat is offering a free album to download. Her album, Cassole, is a compilation of 15 electronic / pop tracks.
Free Music Downloads This Week The free music downloads in our spotlight this week are:-=Grum=-
Genre: Electro / Disco House / French pop
Free Music Download: 1 Hour DJ Mix (1:02:44)
Music Video: Can't Shake This Feeling
Album: Grum's debut album, Heartbeats, featuring the Can't Shake This Feeling song, is now available digitally from leading digital music services.
Free Music Downloads This Week The free music downloads in our spotlight this week are:-=Blake Shelton=-
Genre: Country
Free Music Download: All About Tonight (Original Performance Series) (3:32) (free download available until August 24.)
Music Video: All About Tonight via Walmart Soundcheck
Album: The above track is an exclusive download taken from his new album, All About Tonight SIX PAK EP, (Reprise Records), that can now be downloaded from Amazon MP3 and other top online music stores.
Grooveshark Reaches Music Licensing Deal With Merlin According to an article by CMU, the US-based streaming music service, Grooveshark, has finally inked a licensing deal with the indie music company, Merlin. The new agreement will now enable Grooveshark to expand its indie music catalog and legitimately stream the artists and bands that are represented by Merlin.
New Digital Music Service Lets You Buy Songs on Your Radio UK-based DAB digital radio maker, PURE, has launched its FlowSongs service that enables consumers to buy songs directly from their radio. Owners of a PURE radio that supports Flow technology (Oasis Flow, Siesta Flow, Vanti Flow, Evoke Flow or Sensia radios) will now be able to, not only identify the songs they are listening to, but also purchase them with the click of a button.
eTalk: Google to Release Tablet on Verizon on Black Friday Google's much speculated tablet is apparently both real and spectacular — and coming out this year, according to DownloadSquad.com. The site reports that the Google tablet will sport the company's Chrome OS and launch on Verizon on Nov. 26. That would be Black Friday for early holiday shoppers.
Is Google Getting Closer to Launching its Digital Music Service? There's little doubt that the mighty Google is planning a digital music service, but the question is when? According to a recent report by the New York Post, the companies' highly rumored music service has possibly just moved a little closer to launch. Goggle's Vice President of engineering, and Android guru, Andy Rubin, is allegedly involved in talks with New York-based company, The Harry Fox Agency -- used by the music industry for mechanical license fee collection and distribution.
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