News tagged with digital music

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Apple's restriction-free music downloads create pause

When Apple Inc. announced in January that it would sell restriction-free music files, that was supposed to mean consumers could buy songs and play them on the portable gadget of their choice.

Technology / Other

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 9

Google sells digital music in iTunes challenge (Update 2)

Google has opened a digital music store in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy

Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Google to launch online music service: report

Internet giant Google could launch an online music service as early as Tuesday to rival Amazon's "cloud" service, which allows users to store digital music online, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Technology / Internet

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Virtual possessions have powerful hold on teenagers, researchers say

Digital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, email threads and other immaterial artifacts of today's online world may be as precious to teenagers as a favorite book that a parent once read to them or a t-shirt ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Amazon puts music in the 'cloud' (Update)

Beating Apple and Google to the punch, Amazon unveiled a service on Tuesday that allows users to store their digital music online and play it on a computer or an Android device.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Sony launches subscription music streaming service

(AP) -- Sony Corp. on Wednesday launched a music streaming service in a bid to boost sales of its consumer electronics and break Apple's dominance of the online music business.

Technology / Internet

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Muve service includes unlimited music downloads

(AP) -- Recording companies fed up with people illegally downloading music have a possible solution: Add the cost of music to monthly phone bills.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

1.5-million-dollar verdict in US music piracy case

A US jury has ordered a Minnesota woman to pay 1.5 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 68

Google pitching online music service to labels: Billboard

Internet search powerhouse Google is trying to put together an online music service that would take on Apple's market-ruling iTunes, according to a report at Billboard.com.

Technology / Internet

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10 billionth song downloaded from Apple's iTunes

The 10 billionth song was downloaded from Apple's iTunes on Wednesday, seven years after the launch of the online store which provided a lifeline to the struggling music industry.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple tablet could write a new chapter for e-books

(AP) -- The company whose CEO proclaimed in 2008 that people don't read anymore may now be poised to sweep in and school the electronic book reader market.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?

Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New Sony e-book reader $100 cheaper than Kindle

(AP) -- Electronic books are often mentioned in the same breath as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle digital reader. Now e-book rival Sony Corp. is determined to recapture consumers' attention with a smaller reader ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen

So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1