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Report: iTunes Users Want Cloud-Based Music
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - More than a quarter of Apple iTunes users have a "strong interest" in a cloud-based music option that would let them stream their iTunes library from a variety of devices, according to Wednesday data from NPD Group.
Live Concerts Come to YouTube and Vevo This Summer
(Mashable)
Mashable - VEVO and YouTube have taken another step to establish themselves in the online music space by announcing a partnership with American Express to launch a series of live-streamed concerts, “Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express."
Apple squashes bugs with iTunes 9.2.1 update
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - To kick off the start of the new work week, Apple has released a minor update to iTunes 9.2 to fix some bugs and keep iTunes trucking.
SpeckTone Retro Stereo Speaker System for iPod
The SpeckTone Retro is one of the few iPod accessories that has caught our eyes recently. The fifties look of the all-wood speaker cabinet is finished with a high-gloss lacquered piano finish, and is a surprisingly nice complement to the modern look of iPods.
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
(AP)
AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending July 19, 2010:
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Acer Wades into Android Tablet Mix As Acer steadily works toward its goal of catching up to Hewlett-Packard in PC market share (it eclipsed Dell for the No. 2 slot), there's another arena that HP might want to do some behind-the-shoulders peeking regarding its Taiwanese competitor.
HP Files Trademark for PalmPad Name Ooh, what do we have here? It looks like HP's WebOS-powered tablet is starting to take form as Hewlett-Packard just filed a trademark for the PalmPad name. Now I don't know about you, but the use of the word "Pad" in the name sounds like a dead giveaway to what kind of device HP plans to compete against -- and I don't mean the Lenovo IdeaPad. In fact, the use of the WebOS interface, which powers Palm's smartphone line, pretty much indicates that the PalmPad will be positioned against Apple's popular iPad. After all, the iPad's iOS interface used to be called the iPhone OS.
iPad Engraving on the Way for Holiday Season? Rumors are like raw oysters. Bite into a bad one and get ready to sit down. A lot. But get one that's just right and prepare yourself for silky, sensuous bliss. Which brings us to the latest unconfirmed iPad tidbit circulating around the Internets. Apparently, it involves the arrival of engraving for Apple's new magical and revolutionary tablet this holiday season. And if it's anything like the service available for iPods, it might even be free, which would be doubly delicious.
Free Music Downloads This Week: Human Life's Summer 2010 Mix Seeing that we are now in the season of summer music releases and outdoor festivals, it's a fitting treat this week to feature a band who have just released a mammoth summer mix -- so big in fact that it comes in two parts! Electro Pop / Disco House trio Human Life are a Los Angeles band who are celebrating the launch of their new EP, In It Together (view official music video) by releasing their Summer 2010 Mix which contains over two hours of non-stop dance music. To keep you going all day, Human Life have created separate daytime and nighttime mixes.
Free Music Album Download: Holy Hail - The Dying Party EP In our free music spotlight this week, we're focusing on the New York based experimental/hip hop band, Holy Hail. Following on from their debut album, Independent Pleasure Club, they are generously offering up a complete free music album to download. To grab your digital copy of The Dying Party EP, go to Holy Hail's official website.
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