Category Archives: Music

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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2012

Tarun makes 5 calculated predictions for the technology industry in 2012. Continue reading

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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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Weekly Download #15: Apple October Event – iPhone 4S, iPod Nano, Siri, iOS5

Tarun and Chris provide their reactions on Apple’s October Event: the new iPhone 4S, the iPod Nano software update, the white iPod touch, Cards, Find my Friends, Siri (the personal assistant in the new iPhone), and other tidbits are discussed. … Continue reading

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Link: David & Goliath →

After eight years in business, the Walmart Music Downloads Store located at mp3.walmart.com will close on August 28, 2011. All content in the Store will be disabled and no longer available for download from the store. (via Engadget)

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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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