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Pandora talks February 2013 audience metrics and fiscal 2013 financials

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Pandora announced this week new details on its audience metrics for February of 2013 and the results of its fiscal 2013 earnings. The company reported revenue for fiscal 2013 of $427.1 million. That number represents a 56% year-over-year growth. Read The Full Story

Bem begins shipping its boom box wireless speaker

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Bem is a company that makes a number of different wireless Bluetooth speakers providing audio in the home and on the go. The company has announced that it is now shipping a new wireless speaker called the boom box that reminds a bit of an old school 80s boombox. The boom box wireless speaker is designed to be portable, but can also be used in the home or office. Read The Full Story

Conexant unveils new ultra low-power Class H 2.8 V headphone amplifier

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Hardware maker Conexant has announced a new product that is now available for a number of gadgets promising to bring audiophile-grade headphone amplification to a number of devices. The new headphone amplifier is an ultra low-power Class H 2.8V amplifier called the CX3000. The amplifier is designed for smartphones, music feature phones, computers, portable media players, and audiophile grade portable headphone amplifiers. Read The Full Story

Beats Project “Daisy” spins off with independent funding (without Apple)

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just last night there was a bit of an interesting "leak" of information leading the public to believe Beats streaming music project "Daisy" would be joining forces with Apple - as it turns out, they're actually teaming up with a whole different party altogether. While it might seem like quite a stretch to think that the investment announced today would have had anything to do with Apple's Tim Cook, there still may be room for the company to be in on this deal - however unlikely. The announcement today is for a $60 million dollar investment "led by" Access Industries (the industrial group founded by Len Blavatnik), Marc Rowan, James Packer and "entities affiliated with Lee M. Bass". Read The Full Story

IK Multimedia launches AmpliTube Orange software for Mac and PC

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

IK Multimedia, a company that specializes in guitar and music software, has just launched a new piece of software for both OS X and Windows computers that emulates the style and sound of 17 different Orange amplifiers and cabinets. It's called AmpliTube Orange, and it's available now for the price of $99. Read The Full Story

Illegal music file sharing down 26%, free streaming services to blame

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

While downloading music illegally may seem like all the rage, it turns out that it's quite the contrary. According to a report from the NPD Group, the volume of illegally downloaded music from peer-to-peer (P2P) services declined 26% in 2012 compared to 2011. The number of users downloading music illegally also dropped 17%. Read The Full Story

Smart Eye Tracking Glasses offers more detail on what wearers look at

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Smart glasses have grabbed a lot of headlines since Google unveiled its Google Glass project for wearable computing glasses. SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) has unveiled their own augmented reality applications with a set of glasses that trigger information by observing the eye gaze of the user. These glasses offer more details on things that the user looks at. Read The Full Story

Billboard now takes YouTube views into account in its Hot 100 formula

, Feb 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Billboard has been offering up charts that show which songs are the most popular in the country and around the world for decades. The company has had its Hot 100 chart for 55 years and the formula used to determine which songs go on that chart has now been changed. Billboard has announced that it now takes a number of plays a song has had on YouTube into account when figuring Hot 100 rankings. Read The Full Story

Bem Wireless Mobile Speaker now shipping

, Feb 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Bem Wireless isn't exactly a household name when it comes to Bluetooth audio products, but the company offer some attractive and very simplistic products. In the past, we reviewed the company's Speaker Trio and found them to be a nice set up. The company is back and is now shipping its latest product called the Mobile Speaker. Read The Full Story

Audible updates iOS app to version 2.0, adds iPad support

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

It has taken quite a while, but Audible has finally released an update to its iOS app that adds support for the iPad. Previous to this, the app was iPhone-only and rather difficult to use regardless, with the most basic functions you'd expect in an audiobook app - such as the ability to track progress - pretty much absent. That changes with version 2.0, which both adds iPad support and introduces a new user interface that is altogether more intuitive. Read The Full Story

Logic3 Scuderia Ferrari R300 headphones debut

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Ferrari is one of the most famous sports car makers in the world and has one of the most popular F1 racing teams as well. Fans of Ferrari now have a new set of headphones made by Logic3 to wrap around their ears to celebrate the prancing horse. The new headphones are the R300 and fit into the Scuderia Ferrari Collection. Read The Full Story

Mad Catz unveils F.R.E.Q. 7 gaming headset

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Gaming accessory maker Mad Catz has announced a new surround sound gaming headset for Windows computer users and smart devices called the F.R.E.Q. 7. The headset has Dolby Headphone 7.1 surround sound and Multiple EQ settings. The headset can be pre-ordered right now for $199.99. Read The Full Story
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