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YouTube, RumbleFish Partner for 'Friendly Music'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Music licensing store RumbleFish and YouTube on Wednesday announced the launch of Friendly Music, an online store that lets users purchase copyright-protected tracks for $1.99 a pop.
Apple's iTunes 9.2 Fixes Bugs, Adds Features
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Forty security vulnerabilities in older versions have been fixed in iTunes 9.2, just released by Apple.
Apple Intros iPod Phone
Apple today introduced iPhone, a new device that combines a state-of-the-art mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps—into one small and lightweight handheld device.
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
(AP)
AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending June 21, 2010:
Apple Intros 8GB iPod nano Red
Apple today announced a new 8GB model of the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. The new 8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition holds up to 2,000 songs and is available for $249, joining the 4GB model priced at $199.
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Free Album Download: Catacomb Kid's Deep Sleep Album This week we're featuring Seattle-based electronic/hip hop artist, Catacomb Kid (aka Harrison Mills). His latest album, Deep Sleep is an ambient journey full of great sounding samples and electronic beats; this free offering can be streamed or downloaded via Bandcamp.
To get your free album download, simply go to Catacomb Kid's Deep Sleep album page and click the download button to choose your preferred audio format. Related Articles:
V-MODA Crossfade LP Review; Taking Screenshot with iPad After watching the A-Team movie with the boys, your guide was inspired to do some multi-tasking of his own by doing several updates on the site. Most of them were pretty ninjalike, including updates on some iPad sections and Slate PC articles. I did manage to wrap up my review of V-MODA's Crossfade LP full-size headphones so check that out if you have $249.99 to spare -- or wish you had $249.99 to spare on high-end headphones.
Apple to be Investigated Over Alleged Online Music Tactics As most people know, Apple is still the dominant force in the online digital music market -- but has the king of online music stores been playing fair? The Department of Justice are to look into Apple's involvement in the digital music market by examining the dynamics of the company -- is this simply another term for an antitrust probe?
Analyze This: iPad Sales to Fall, According to Report A report from Forrester Research made the rounds on the Internets this week, with many sites playing up its claim that tablets such as the iPad will pretty much deep-six the netbook market and overtake them by 2012.
Is Google Going to Launch a Digital Music Service? As we continue to twiddle our thumbs while waiting for Apple to reveal what it has done with its Lala acquisition, there have been mutterings in the blogsphere of what Google might be up to in the digital music world. According to an article by CNET, Google could have a cloud-based music service up and running as soon as this fall.
Stereomood: A Music Service That Tunes Into Your Emotions If you don't know what music to listen to, then why not use a music service that generates playlists based on your emotions? Stereomood is a streaming music service that can create different playlists depending on your emotional state -- or even your current activity. To use the service, you simply have to click on one of the moods or activities that are displayed in Stereomood's tag cloud. If you don't see a suitable tag, you can also create your own once you've got a free account. If you prefer to find your favorite artist, track, or album, then Stereomood's search facilities also comes in useful.
iPad Hacker Arrested On, Um, Non-Hacking-Related Charges Well, that was fast. A member of the security group that discovered a breach involving AT&T's network was arrested Tuesday — but not for the act you're likely thinking about. Instead, 24-year-old Andrew Auernheimer was arrested on drug charges after police found an assortment of illicit substances in his Arkansas home. No word yet on what caused police to search his home but the Web's denizens are already tilting their heads away from this figurative car crash and looking toward the direction of AT&T.
Free Music Downloads This Week The free music downloads in our spotlight this week are:-=Adam Franklin=-
Genre: Rock / Psychedelic
Free Music Download: Yesterday Has Gone Forever (3:35)
Music Video:Yesterday Has Gone Forever (recorded live at The Kennel / Brooklyn, NY)
Album: The above free promotional track is featured on Adam Franklin's third solo album, If I Could Sleep For a Thousand Years, which is slated for release June 29 (Second Motion Records).
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