Tag: Music
UPDATED: RUMOUR: Apple music subcription service – iTunes Unlimited
This is interesting – Apple have never operated a subscription service before, and Steve Jobs has gone on record saying that he didn’t like the idea of “renting” music. However, three prominent Apple blogs are all reporting that they’ve had an email from a tipster suggesting that an iTunes subscription service might be announced in late September…
An iPod to iPod Transfer Gadget – NOT for the iPhone.
A new gadget called the 'iPod® to iPod® Transfer Device' is on the market which allows you to 'quickly and easily transfer music, video, and pictures from one iPod to another, without the use of a computer'. You simply hook the two iPods up bottom to bottom (like a couple of mating mayflies), and as long as you have already pre-set your iPod to 'disk drive' mode, the crazy gadget allows your iPods to talk to each other and shift over it's content from one t' tother..
HoffSpace – Hasselhoff rolls his own social network
MySpace is over. It’s official. David Hasselhoff has declared that he’s abandoning the world’s second biggest social network in favour of HoffSpace – a social network of his very own…
Google launches ad-funded music search service in China, to battle local piracy
Google is trying to succeed where all have failed, by stemming the impact of piracy in China.
Its latest venture, an ad-funded music search service, hopes to go some way toward making a bit of money out of flogging music in China, a country where it’s believed 99% of all music distributed has been obtained illegally somewhere along the line.
Google’s music search service will lets users browse “tens of thousands” of songs…
Nokia to use Zune Marketplace? "Maybe", says grapevine
An interesting rumour has appeared on the “that’s a pretty logical move now you think about it” pile – apparently Nokia and Microsoft are looking for a tie up between Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace and Nokia’s mobile phones.
This makes a lot of sense for two ugly kids for whom prettyboy Apple is the bane of their lives – Microsoft doesn’t make phones, having repeatedly denied that they’re planning a “Zune phone”, and Nokia doesn’t make dedicated music players…
Popularity of buying digital goods via mobile phone set to soar
New research suggests that, globally, two billion mobile users will have bought digital goods using their phones by the year 2013.
“Digital goods” means anything that can be delivered directly to the phone over the cellular network or Internet, including ringtones, music, videos, electronic tickets, TV programmes, and games…
Moderately important men say Radiohead's "Pay what you want" gimmick for In Rainbows was successful.
A shocking new report out today has sent shock waves through the music industry after the revelation that giving away stuff for free is actually really popular.
Will Page, an economist for the MCPS-PRS alliance (perhaps the world’s longest acronym) and Eric Garland (boss of Big Champaign – a company who apparently do “online media measurement”) have taken a look at Radiohead’s In Rainbows album that they released last year with the gimmick of “pay what you want to pay”, and have come to the conclusion that it was actually a pretty good idea…
Gibson creates its own island on Second Life
Legendary guitar maker Gibson has created its own island in Second Life, making it the first major music manufacturer to do so.
The island launched last Wednesday with an exclusive live performance by Bob Welch…
Nokia signs up Warner Music Group to Comes With Music
No sign of the Nokia Comes With Music devices as yet, but Nokia is continuing to sign up the labels to its new service – the latest of which is the Warner Music Group…
Ministry of Sound still going – launching Ibiza-themed blog, social network and live music portal
Although dance music has turned from something good into a series of abysmal high-pitched reworkings of old songs sung by horrendous blonde slappers, nightclub “lifestyle” chain Ministry of Sound is still going. We really thought it had closed in about 1998.
But not only is MoS still going, it’s expanding – opening up a new web presence based entirely around the goings on and party scene of Ibiza. It is, of course, a social network, offering live TV presented by attractive ladies, blogging…
