Tag archive: song

Connection service Airbiquity is introducing a new song tagging service that can make purchase of that great tune you hear when driving a lot easier. It utilizes the song tag, an encrypted digital code identifying a specific song, to single out the song. When a song is tagged, the Airbiquity technology stores the song’s metadata code including title, artist and year. When the user presses the “Save Tags” buttons, the… Read More

There is a lot of speculation here in the Silicon Valley that Apple will be launching its low-cost netbook early in 2009, possibly to eclipse CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, next year. I figured it would be fun to imagine what an Apple netbook might look like and, given that a number of us are speculating that Google is on a similar path, contrast it with the anticipated Google offering. Think of this as an interesting, and relatively… Read More

The Recording Industry Association of America may be running into resistance in Oregon, but further up in the judicial system, the organization’s pursuit of small-time file sharers is being viewed favorably. In a brief filed Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice sided with the RIAA in a file-sharing case where $220,000 in damages had been racked up against one person. Specifically, the case was that of Jammie Thomas, a single… Read More

Guitar Hero III may be the franchise's latest star as far as fans are concerned, but in headlines, it's Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s that's stealing the spotlight – and allegedly a song. The Romantics, an 80s rock band featured in the game, have filed a lawsuit against Guitar Hero publisher Activision, claiming that the game infringes on their image and likeness. The battle is over the song “What I Like… Read More

The Music Genome Project’s popular Pandora radio will finally break free of the desktop, now that AT&T has enabled the music service on many of its 3G phones. Although AT&T has long offered streaming music for subscribers, Pandora is unique in the way it allows users to select songs. Using an enormous database, Pandora catalogs the attributes of each song it carries, and can create an entire radio station of similar songs with just one… Read More

If you’ve ever heard a song you liked, only to miss the name and never hear it again, Verizon has a solution for you with its new V Cast Song ID feature. On certain phones, users can record a 10-second clip of a song, have it automatically identified, and optionally buy a copy of it for playback on a phone or computer. Print and television have been saturated with advertising for the novel new service, but ads have mostly been short… Read More

Song, the low cost arm of Delta Airlines which, among other features, offered flyers a high tech in flight entertainment system for their viewingpleasure, is set to be folded back into its parent company. Delta made this announcement on Friday.   Delta, whichaccording to Reuters is currently operatingin bankruptcy, is doing this in what seems to be a move by the company to correct mistakes of the past as it seeks to reorganize. Song was… Read More

Do you have what it takes to be Apple iTunes' 500 millionth song downloader? The popular computer and iPod manufacturer thinks so, with a cool giveaway going on to motivate people to help cross that mark. Apple, in a press release from today, announced they would grant the 500 millionth song downloader a grand prize of 10 iPods of their choice to share with others, an iTunes gift card for 10,000 songs and a trip for four to see… Read More

Local Moscow police have recommended that prosecutors charge Allofmp3.com with criminal copyright infringement. The site is known for providing high-quality song downloads in multiple formats, where users pay for 2 cents per megabyte of download instead of a per song charge. Prosecutor's have until March 7th to decide to act on the recommendation from Moscow's Police department. Read more at CNET.

The Mobile Music Solution resides directly on the user's wireless phone, allowing consumers to quickly and easily shop, preview, purchase/download over the air, and play and store full-length musictracks. “We're thrilled about Melodeo's peer-to-peer functionality, because it is secure and all parties are compensated when music is shared. This makes it a huge win for artists, music publishers, record labels, operators… Read More

Quote from the review at HardExtreme: “The Neuros Audio Computer is not only an mp3 player. It is an MP3 player on a high dosage of caffeine. One of my favorite features on the Neuros is the HiSi(HearItSayIt). You may hear a tune on the radio while listening to the Neuros that you can't get out of your head. You must find out the name of the song. The Neuros comes to your aid. Click the orange button on the unit and it will… Read More