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Apple developing ‘adaptive streaming’ audio format

, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple is reportedly working on a new audio file format that would enable "adaptive streaming" of music accessed via the iCloud and iTunes Match. This feature will allow music quality to automatically adjust between high and low to accommodate the bandwidth or storage constraints of a user's portable device. Read The Full Story

President Obama posts his Spotify 2012 Campaign Playlist

, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [2]

As the 2012 election season for the President of the United States comes down upon is in a hailstorm of advertisements and pushes to do the right thing, so too do the brand collaborations begin - right here with Spotify. Though we've already seen the President go on Google+ to do a fireside chat after his State of the Union address just a few days ago, this is the first real place, I'd say, we're seeing Obama really jam on the youth-tip to get back in touch with the citizens of the United States so they can vote for him in 2012. While Barack Obama has never been one to get too far away from this environment, you're going to see one whole heck of a lot more of this tech-related business as the elections come up - what better way to start than with some Spotify music? Read The Full Story

Spotify reaches 3 million paying subscribers

, Jan 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Spotify has reached a new milestone, hitting 3 million paying subscribers, up from 2 million in September and 2.5 million in November. The conversion ratio of paying subscribers has also increased, with the new figure representing 20 percent of Spotify's active user base, whereas that ratio was 15 percent last March. Read The Full Story

iTunes Match launches in 19 more countries

, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [1]

Apple is expanding its iTunes Match music service to 19 new countries throughout Latin America and Europe. The service first launched in the US last November, spreading to a few other countries, including Australia, Canada, and the UK, in December, and most recently launching in the Netherlands. Read The Full Story

Sony Music Unlimited app heading to iOS

, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sony today revealed plans to roll out an iOS version of its Music Unlimited app, which has so far been available to Android, PCs, and other connected devices such as Sony's PSP, PS3, and BRAVIA TVs. Sony Entertainment Network president Tim Schaaff made the announcement, saying that being a Sony customer doesn't necessarily mean every device you own will come from Sony. Read The Full Story

SOUL intros Party In A Box AirPlay and Bluetooth wireless speaker system

, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

SOUL Electronics is introducing its new lineup of Ludacris audio products at CES 2012, which includes a wireless speaker system called Party In A Box that sports three different wireless technologies. You can also dock your iPad, iPod, or iPhone to the system. The company also introduced several new colors for its SOUL by Ludacris premium headphones. Read The Full Story

Rhapsody music service claims top paying customers spot in the USA

, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

There's a site out there folks by the name of Rhapsody, one that's been around for 10 years now, averaging now more than 10 million songs running through its halls per day, and this week they've claimed their spot as the number one premium music service in the USA. Their other big claim to fame this week is that they've now got over one million paying subscribers, no small feat in itself. All this of course makes us not forget their recent acquisition of the infamous Napster back in November of this year. Read The Full Story

Spotify Platform apps start with LastFM, TuneWiki, SongKick

, Nov 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

This week Spotify was revealed by CEO Daniel Ek as being ready to expand with what they call a brand new Music Platform, and with this came a set of new apps made by developers ready to work with Spotify right out of the gate. What Ek had to show off was Spotify working with the first set of apps developed with their streaming music service integrated including LastFM, TuneWiki, and SongKick. What we're finding here is that while these applications are connected with Spotify to stream music, they retain their original abilities to work with music in a variety of ways. Read The Full Story

Spotify introduces Music Platform

, Nov 30th 2011 Discuss [4]

This week Spotify stepped out from the streaming music business into the greater world of the music industry as a platform – third party developers streaming in to work with Spotify to continue to change the world from one where piracy is king to one where people’s options to get to that music easily reigns supreme. Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of Spotify stepped to the stage with a plan to outline Spotify’s backround and mission, their move into social, and their big announcement for the day. What his and Spotify’s mission was and is, Ek said, was to find the best solution outside of piracy for getting music to people’s ears in as “good for everybody” a way as possible.

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Spotify closes 2.5 million paying subscribers

, Nov 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Spotify has closed 2.5 million paying subscribers for its online music streaming service. While there weren't details released by the company about its subscribers' geographical locations, how long it took, or how many free users there were, it’s nonetheless an impressive feat, especially in this era where music can be easily attainable for little to no cost, well, pretty much, free. Spotify has done a good job persuading customers to actually pay for it. And they do so by providing a seriously killer music service. Read The Full Story

MOG music streaming comes to Mini and BMW vehicles

, Nov 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you are into streaming music to your PC or other devices like the Logitech Squeeze box you might be familiar with MOG. The music streaming service was recently added to the Squeezebox line and if you are already a Primo member at $9.99 a month and own certain BMW or Mini vehicles, you can get a new source of in car entertainment on demand from MOG. Read The Full Story

AirGo is first outdoor speaker to house AirPort Express for AirPlay

, Nov 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

Russound announced today its AirGo Outdoor Sound Station that's the first outdoor speaker system to tout Apple's AirPlay music streaming technology via the attachment of an AirPort Express device. Usually we see speaker docks with AirPlay integrated, but the AirGo has, instead, a weatherproof compartment where an AirPort Express unit can be stowed. Read The Full Story
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