Dirac HD Player can improve the Apple headphone and EarPod experience
# 2013-06-18 14:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Thinking of buying new headphones for listening to music on your iPhone or iPod touch? You might want to try the Dirac HD Player or the Lite version instead to see if it can improve the sound from the headphones that came with your iOS music player. Dirac is a Swedish company that does all kinds ...Show of Hands: Did You Buy, Stream, or Pirate Yeezus?
# 2013-06-18 09:50:37, Gizmodo
Today was the official release date for Kanye West's latest album Yeezus, but in spite of the great lengths the Louis Vuitton Don went to keep it out of the wrong hands, it leaked on Friday. So did you download it right away or wait to obtain it by the legal means? (Yeezy haters to the left for this...A Model Train Music Box Is the Perfect Toy For Young Conductors
# 2013-06-18 07:20:26, Gizmodo
Quirky might be the world leader in developing crazy kitchen contraptions, but the company that helps turn regular people's ideas into actual products focuses on other markets too. Such as educational toys that kids will actually want to play with, like the Sound Track: a brilliant mashup of a music...Shazam for iOS updated with Pulse discovery feature, redesigned tab bar on iPhone
# 2013-06-17 18:38:00, Engadget
It's been a mere few weeks since Shazam introduced those new location-based and tagging features for the tablet version of its iOS app, but the music-driven service isn't stopping there. Reaching version 6.1 on Apple's platform, today Shazam's universal application is bringing a few more tidbits...If You Watch One Daft Punk Remix Performed By Robots (And Jack Conte) Today, Make It This One
# 2013-06-17 15:40:56, TechCrunch
Jack Conte, musician and founder of Patreon, has been on a tear lately with a set of unique music remixes performed by him and a group of pneumatic robots that fire off audio sequences to create some amazing music.Samsung's Giving Away a Million Copies of Jay-Z's New Album
# 2013-06-17 02:36:00, Gizmodo
Jay-Z's modestly entitled Magna Carta Holy Grail drops on the similarly nondescript Fourth of July. But despite his clear lowering of expectations for the album, he's somehow found it within his heart to muster up some publicity by letting Samsung give away a million copies for free three days earl...How One of the World’s Most Recognizable Band Logos Got Its Shape
# 2013-06-14 06:20:00, Gizmodo
The Black Flag logo is sort of like the Coca-Cola script: it’s been subverted and remixed so many times, it’s become bigger than its original intended use. Now, thanks to a mini-documentary produced by Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art, we know the fascinating story behind the creation o...Songbird Sings Its Last Tune As Music Service Runs Out Of Money And Plans To Shut Down June 28
# 2013-06-14 02:35:17, TechCrunch
Songbird, an early digital music service that aimed to compete against the iTunes, Pandoras and Spotifies of this world with an open source platform, is shutting down on June 28, after running out of money and failing to find a buyer. The startup, backed by Sequoia, Atlas Venture and Phillips, had r...Music licensing group BMI sues Pandora, deems radio station purchase a 'stunt'
# 2013-06-13 18:59:00, Engadget
Music licensors didn't waste any time in characterizing Pandora's acquisition of an FM radio station as an underhanded attempt to cheat performers out of royalties, but the rhetoric has now hit the courtroom, as Broadcast Music Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the streaming service in the New Yo...Rdio announces expansion to seven new countries, reaches Asia for the first time
# 2013-06-13 11:40:00, Engadget
Rdio may not be available in as many places as, say, Spotify, but the relatively popular music service is certainly doing all it can to get there. As such, Rdio today announced that it has now arrived in seven additional markets, bringing its total presence to 31 countries and making this the fi...Remember Paul Vo?
# 2013-06-13 11:15:00, Gizmodo
Remember Paul Vo? He's the genius who invented a little black box that makes acoustic guitars sound otherworldly by changing the physics of how strings vibrate? Well his Kickstarter succeeded, and 100 units of the Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesizer are on sale now. Read more...Google Play Music for Android updated to address data usage complaints
# 2013-06-13 09:58:00, Engadget
Mobile data caps have been the enemy of Google Play Music for quite some time, but a new update, available in the Play Store today, might provide a quick fix. By default, the service streams music at the highest quality possible on a given connection, so it wasn't always friendly to users dealin...MTV iOS app relaunched with full-episode streaming, more video content
# 2013-06-13 07:50:00, Engadget
While MTV has had a presence on Apple's mobile platform to some extent, its parent company, Viacom, is now approaching things differently by increasing and improving the video content found in its iOS apps. MTV is renaming its WatchWith app as, well, MTV, and it's adding on some new functionalit...The Effects Pedal For Effects Pedals Might Turn the Universe Inside Out
# 2013-06-12 08:40:00, Gizmodo
Scott Matthews, the son of Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews, not only pointed me towards my favorite (Brooklyn-made) bicycle, but also once took me on a tour of the Electro-Harmonix guitar and effects pedal factory. Not only is it in the United States, when just about everything these days is ...Why Pandora Just Bought an FM Radio Station in South Dakota
# 2013-06-12 05:54:52, Gizmodo
Late in the day on Tuesday, news emerged that Pandora had acquired an FM radio station in South Dakota for an undisclosed sum. Yes, you read that right. The world's largest internet radio station is getting into the terrestrial radio business, and it's not because Pandora's trying to build out its a...Pandora isn't afraid of iTunes Radio
# 2013-06-11 08:30:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
After years of speculation, Apple on Monday finally released iTunes Radio, Cupertino's take on a streaming music recommendation service. iTunes Radio, of course, is entering a market already populated by some heavy-hitting competition, namely Pandora and Spotify. While Spotify is unique (and amaz...Left of the dial: Independent radio in the digital age
# 2013-06-11 08:00:00, Engadget
"This room is, to a certain extent, a trophy room," Jason Bentley admits, his morning DJ voice rendered even smoother than usual following an in-studio set by local downtempo electro-soul group Rhye. The host of Morning Becomes Eclectic is seated slightly uncomfortably on a stepladder in KCRW's ...iTunes Radio to feature dedicated Twitter #music station
# 2013-06-11 07:30:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
As was mentioned in the WWDC 2013 keynote, the forthcoming iTunes Radio will feature a dedicated Twitter #music station. The Twitter #music station will allow users to listen to trending songs that are shared on Twitter with an option to buy the songs via the iTunes Music Store. But as The Verge ...Native Instruments Makes a Portable Controller for Its Hot iOS DJ Apps
# 2013-06-11 05:00:00, Gizmodo
We're quite fond of both the iPhone and iPad versions of Traktor DJ. Rather than mimic the turntable rigs of yore, they're DJ apps admirably designed with interfaces tailored to touchscreen interfaces. Today, the app's developer, Native Instruments, announced small piece of hardware designed to cont...Rhapsody Concerts lets iOS users keep track of music tours, find shows nearby
# 2013-06-11 03:00:00, Engadget
Back when SongMatch for Android was introduced to the public, Rhapsody said that its Shazam-esque offering was only the first of many "companion" apps to come. Today, as part of its plans to expand the suite of Rhapsody applications, the streaming service is introducing Concerts. The moniker say...Music app gets a new design in iOS 7
# 2013-06-10 14:33:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple updated the big things as well as the little things in iOS 7. One of the smaller features is a fresh new look that'll grace the Music app. Cover flow is phased out and replaced with a new album art-driven UI. You'll be able to tap on an artist and view all their songs from your library, whet...Streaming iTunes Radio service will be part of iOS 7
# 2013-06-10 10:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple has introduced a music-streaming service called iTunes Radio that'll be found natively in the upcoming iOS 7. For now, the service will be right in the Music app on iOS, and will offer up a series of featured stations (including, for the demo, a station playing the music heard at WWDC). Ju...Apple debuts music streaming service, iTunes Radio
# 2013-06-10 08:50:00, Engadget
Granted, this one felt like a bit of a wild card in the lead up to WWDC, but ultimately the rumors have proven true: Apple's just taken the wraps off of a brand new music offering, iTunes Radio. The service is built directly into iOS 7's music app, featuring easy access to radio based on your mu...Sustainable Wooden Speakers For Ethical Audiophiles
# 2013-06-10 01:59:13, Gizmodo
If you're just as concerned by the origins of your technology as their quality, then these speakers could be just the thing you're after.Read more...How One Man Is Turning the Eiffel Tower into a Song
# 2013-06-08 07:23:19, Gizmodo
If you want to make music, you've got a plenty of different instruments to choose from. But if you want to make really unique (or weird) music, you've got to find something off the beaten path. That's why Joseph Bertolozzi chose the Eiffel Tower. Read more...Reuters: Apple to show off iRadio streaming service next week
# 2013-06-06 10:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Reuters is reporting that among the announcements we'll see at next week's WWDC keynote, Apple will introduce a new music-streaming service called iRadio. The service will be free and ad-supported, Reuters says those in the know claimed, and will feature ads from the iAds team. The service is de...Then there were three: Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and the evolution of the Electronic Entertainment E...
# 2013-06-06 06:17:00, Engadget
In mere days, the ESA will host the 18th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, a multimillion-dollar event that serves as a soapbox for industry leaders, game developers and peripheral manufacturers as well as a focal point for video game enthusiasts. The show is a driving force f...Slacker Radio Wants to Redefine Top 40 Music Charts by "Engagement"
# 2013-06-06 03:30:00, Gizmodo
The Billboard Charts used to mean something. Today, they still carry a measure of cachet, but they're not really a good reflection of what's popular and interesting in music these days. We can obviously do better. Read more...Twitter Redesigns #Music To Further Highlight Charts, Offering A Hint Of What's To Come Site-Wide
# 2013-06-04 08:01:55, TechCrunch
As we noted a few weeks ago, Twitter introduced charts for its #Music product. The company's intentions for the service aren't known, and it seems like they're taking somewhat of a public beta approach with it. Having said that, before the service launched, I noted that it could be the next "Top 40"...Hey Spotify, Just Show Me the Album I Want to Listen To
# 2013-06-04 07:20:00, Gizmodo
I pretty much never ever want to hear the edited version of any album. But for some reason, that 's exactly what Spotify wants me to hear. Or it least that's the way it seems. In most cases, the cleaned up version is what Spotify shows you by default, and you have to do extra work to find the real d...
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