Apple Hits One Billion With iTunesFebruary 24th, 2006 Apple users have downloaded over 1 billion songs from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched in April 2003. The magic number was hit at roughly 12:38am EST on Thursday morning, according to TUAW.
Google blocks music videos on YouTube in UKMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - Music lovers who are addicted to watching online videos on Youtube will not be able to do so anymore as Google has blocked viewings after a dispute over licensing. Google had started blocking UK viewers from watching "premium music videos" from the night of March 9.
Steve Jobs Advocates Abolishing DRMFebruary 7th, 2007 Steve Jobs in his Thoughts on Music article explores the alternatives to DRM going forward. He explores three options - 1.
Google Talk & GMail Now on Sony Mylo Handheld CommunicatorAugust 9th, 2006 The Sony mylo (short for "my life online") is a nifty handheld device that will allow you to access a fun set of features from a WiFi network. With 1GB of memory you can store music and photos, browse the web, or use email and IM (with QWERTY keyboard).
DRM Free MP3 From YahooJuly 21st, 2006 Yahoo for the first time is offering a popular song for sale unprotected by any anti-copying technology. It's a one-time deal with record label Epic that Yahoo mentioned as significant progress toward its goal of eventually selling all music downloads with no restrictions.
YouTube says Warner Music artists to return in the coming months; complete catalog by year-endSeptember 30th, 2009 YouTube says Warner Music videos back in monthsLOS ANGELES — YouTube says music videos from Warner Music Group Corp. will return to the video site in the coming months after a nine-month dispute over deal terms.
Norway Outlaws Apple iTunes for Fairplay DRMJanuary 28th, 2007 Fairplay DRM (an ironical name) actually restricts fair play by other music players. You are forced to buy an iPod if you want to listen to iTunes music.
Top 10 Car Audio SystemsMarch 19th, 2009 Car Music System is undoubtedly one of the most important ccessories of any Car. Unlike home entertainment systems, the car music systems have to be strong enough to absorb the shocks and vibrations in various road conditions and yet produce non-distorted sound when the automobile is in motion.
Free Online Store Setup Using Google Base & Google Checkout in 6 StepsAugust 17th, 2006 6 steps to setup your free online store using Google Base & Google Checkout. Click on the "Sign In" link on the Google Base homepage.
Google To Launch Database Web Service Using BigTable?April 5th, 2008 TechCrunch got it from a source that Google plans to launch their BigTable, their proprietary internal database which is used for Google Search, as a web service to compete with Amazon SimpleDB Web Service. Bigtable is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size: petabytes of data across thousands of commodity servers at Google.
Entire Music Theory OfflineFebruary 17th, 2006 For the music lovers and learners. Learn all about music theory and also train your ears in an awesome (free) offline package.
Google Down!January 8th, 2008 It has been several hours since Google search went down. Google services on google.com domain, including but not limited to GMail or Google Analytics, Google Adsense etc., are down too while blogsearch.google.com is up and running.
Amazon Will Target Apple's iPod With its Portable Digital Music PlayerFebruary 21st, 2006 Amazon is preparing to launch its own portable digital music player in direct competition to Apple's iPod. The plan is interesting for its business model.
Samsung SGH-i310 Smart Phone Comes With Digital Camera, MP3 player And 8GB Hard Disk (Kitchen Sink Not Included)March 6th, 2006 I am really missing the kitchen sink from this one. This beast of a phone can store about 2,000 songs.
Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, Joins Apple's BoardAugust 30th, 2006 Apple Computer said that Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, was joining its board. Eric was elected to the board at a meeting yesterday, Apple said.