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Weekly Download #28: Apple’s New King of Retail, Music Quality, Siri Reliability, Facebook, Tablets

This was a really great podcast discussing Apple’s new SVP of Retail; How music quality and streaming ability haven’t lined up; Siri’s (un)reliability during its “beta”; Facebook’s ability to make Spotfiy a booming success; Tablets as the new PCs. Enjoyed … Continue reading

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Link: Some Rich Guy →

Neil Young, during an interview at D: Dive Into Media: “Steve Jobs as a pioneer of digital music, and his legacy is tremendous,” Young said. “But when he went home, he listened to vinyl. And you’ve got to believe that … Continue reading

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Link: The Facebook Effect →

Spotify has 3 million paying subscribers, which is up from 2.5 million “64 days” ago. The reason?: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg highlighted Spotify’s success, saying that Facebook has helped add more than 7 million users of the service.

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Link: Google Music →

It uses Flash, and requires you to upload your music. Seems like a reach in unfamiliar territory.

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Link: Facebook Brings Media Front and Center →

Mark Smith, via USA TODAY, notes the recent shift in your news feed is a result of the clustering of alike sharing content based on what your friends are consuming. If two friends listen to a song on Spotify that … Continue reading

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Link: iTunes Match Allows Streaming →

The iTunes Match Beta was released last night and for the first time, confirmed that Apple will have streaming as well as the option to download the music.  MacRumors has some screenshots and video of the service in action. Remember, … Continue reading

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Link: Muve Music & Cricket Mobile →

Here’s an idea: Take a phone that can’t be as “smart” and allow users to opt-in to a 10/month subscription to an all-you-can-listen music service. Sounds lucrative on paper, but the question is how this service will do in practice. … Continue reading

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Link: Spotify Comes to the US →

Spotify is now officially available in the US.  This service may have people rethinking some of the other streaming services that are currently up and coming.  Spotify offers 15 million different tracks that can be played in an offline mode. … Continue reading

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Link: HP Launching iTunes rival →

With all of the discussion about music in the cloud lately it seems that HP wants to get in on the party..kind of.  HP has released HP Play, a music management service that will allow you to sync music you … Continue reading

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