music

Swedish headphone maker Jays to be present in the US with its a-Jays Four

Published on: 15th January, 2011

Swedish headphone maker Jays has announced that it would be soon present in the United States with its headphones, more precisely with the a-Jays Four, its latest creation dedicated to iPhones as well as other smart phones. Jays’ in-ear earphone sports a fully compatible keypad and a high-quality microphone as well as a tangle-free flat [...]

iTunes has 66.2 percent of digital, while Amazon MP3 is at loss

Published on: 30th December, 2010

The NPD Group said that iTunes had continued to increase its share in the US digital music market, while Amazon MP3 could not keep the pace. Amazon grew 2.3 percent on a year-to-year base, to 13.2 percent of the download market in the United States last summer, while Apple grew even more, 3.0 percent, to [...]

iTunes extends previews to 90 seconds

Published on: 15th December, 2010

Apple has begun to extend the previews available for users who sample songs. Previews are now 90-second long instead of 30 seconds. As previews are longer now, customers will get a better sense of the musical pieces. The implementation of longer previews has been delayed due to hesitance from some smaller labels and also due [...]

iTunes Store to get Beatles discography on sale

Published on: 23rd November, 2010

After many years of waiting, Apple has succeeded to secure the rights and get the Beatles discography for its iTunes Store. All the major studio albums of the band, such as Sgt. Pepper, Revolver and Abbey Road are present. Three compilation albums are also present, as well as a comprehensive box set, priced at $149. [...]

Cassette Walkman players stopped from selling by Sony

Published on: 31st October, 2010

After thirty years of production, Sony announced the end of sales for its Walkman portable cassette players. The final batch was made in April in Japan and no other unit will come when the current stock is finished. Since its introduction in 1979, over 200 million cassette Walkman players were sold over years. Sony will [...]

Zune Marketplace has expanded beyond US and ahead of WP 7

Published on: 25th September, 2010

Microsoft, for the first time in the run-up to its WP 7, has expanded the Zune Marketplace services beyond the United States. The unlimited Zune Pass music, video sales, MP3 downloads and movie rentals will become available in Germany, France and the United Kingdom this fall. Meanwhile, Spain will get all these services excepting video [...]

Spotify still missing US deals

Published on: 20th September, 2010

It seems Spotify still has problems in getting deals in the United States if information from sources of the music industry is accurate. There is no deal signed with major labels and the time is too short until the end of the year to make such contracts. Spotify has however insisted that it was close [...]

Nike+ GPS to give Nike+iPod experience with no adapters needed

Published on: 9th September, 2010

In a Labor Day twist, Nike has posted a special stand-alone version of its application Nike+iPod. Nike+ GPS can be found in the App Store and costs $2. It uses a built-in accelerometer and location finding of an Apple device, which could be an iPhone’s GPS or even an iPod touch player. The goal is [...]

Victory for Eminem producers in iTunes royalty case

Published on: 9th September, 2010

FBT Productions, producers of Eminem, have scored an important victory in a case against Universal Music, regarding iTunes royalties. An earlier court decision has been rejected by a court of appeals. The former decision suggested that ringtone and song sales at iTunes should be treated similarly to CD sales, returning only 12 percent in revenue [...]

Google Music – some labels yet to sign, ready for the end of this year

Published on: 6th September, 2010

A recent report shows that Google Music is still on track for this year’s end but also faces some difficulties. The Android head of Google, Andy Rubin, has been contacted labels with the intention of launching it before the holidays, but none of these labels have agreed so far the terms of the proposed deal. [...]

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