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What’s The Future for Music Streaming Services?

by Jeff Weisbein December 11, 2011

Here’s an interesting question: can independent music services such as Spotify, Pandora, and MOG survive long-term? Or are they doomed for failure? That is a question many people (and investors) are wondering.

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Apple to Acquire Hulu?

by Mike Mansell July 22, 2011

Just yesterday I discussed the recently released Roku 2, the second generation of the somewhat popular streaming media device. When going over the third-party services that the device utilized, I even went as far as to say that I myself have been “pondering dumping my satellite provider in favor for the Roku XS along with [...]

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Spotify Review: Can Spotify Replace iTunes?

by Mike Mansell July 18, 2011

When news broke earlier this month that Spotify, a music service that has become incredibly popular in Europe, would become available in America I instantly became eager to try the service. Finally I would have the opportunity to use the service that I had envied my European friends over. So on Friday of last week when I had a chance to get online during my vacation I signed up for a Spotify Premium account.

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iCloud Is Magical. There’s No Doubt About It.

by Jeff Weisbein June 26, 2011

When Steve Jobs announced iCloud at the WWDC earlier this month I thought it sounded great. I liked the feature set and the price tag (free). I even told you that I plan to pay for one of the non-free features called iTunes Match. However, it wasn’t until yesterday afternoon that I experienced the true magic of iCloud first hand. Let me explain.

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Priced At $25/Year iTunes Match Is Genius.

by Jeff Weisbein June 7, 2011

If the record labels haven’t bowed down to Steve Jobs and Apple yet, they should because Apple has just created a way to monetize on illegally downloaded music. Apple’s iTunes Match announced yesterday at WWDC is an additional service you can purchase which will allow you to scan your music library, match it with songs available on the iTunes Music Store, and then offer the option to download them.

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iOS Goes PC Free

by Mike Mansell June 6, 2011

When the second generation release of Apple’s famed iPad tablet came around a couple of months back, I must admit that I was somewhat tempted to buy into the phenomenon at the time. The device seemed very much improved in comparison to the first generation, and for the first time the iPad seemed like a [...]

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$99/Year for iCloud. Will You Buy It?

by Jeff Weisbein May 28, 2011

Recently, BusinessWeek published an article which discussed some new details of Apple’s iCloud which is supposedly launching at WWDC. So what did they learn? Well, according to BusinessWeek, Apple has acquired licenses from the major labels and is now prepared to launch iCloud. The question that remains is how much will it cost? And how much are you willing to pay?

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At $99/Year Could Streaming Music Save MobileMe?

by Jeff Weisbein May 8, 2011

There have been a lot of rumors lately about the next iteration of MobileMe, potentially called, iCloud or apparently known internally at Apple as Castle. All of this got me thinking. We all know that MobileMe has been somewhat of a flop for Apple. According to a recent report, Steve Jobs was so angry by [...]

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Could Piracy Be On The Decline?

by Mike Mansell April 5, 2011

Back in the medieval days, everyone associated the term “pirate” with crooked and drunken sailors – often with creative names such as “Redbeard” – sporting swords, peg legs, hook hands, parrots, and repulsive breath. In more modern society, however, the terms “pirate” and “piracy” have taken up quite a different meaning. Modern day piracy – [...]

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iTunes Improves Ping Integration. Now Works Within Your Music Library.

by Syndicated Posts September 25, 2010

The latest update of iTunes 10 was released earlier today. The update (iTunes 10.0.1) included many bug fixes, but most importantly, it improved the integration of Ping within iTunes.

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