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Pyle Street Blaster X

Pyle’s 1,000-Watt Street Blaster X is a Bluetooth speaker on steroids

Many Bluetooth speakers sacrifice volume for portability, but Pyle’s new 1000-watt Street Blaster X portable speaker takes a different approach.
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Spotify launches in Japan, its mobile lyrics feature makes global debut

Spotify is now available in a total of 60 markets worldwide, as it has finally been made available in Japan via an invite-only beta.
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iPlaylist: Apple Music is using your iTunes history to make playlists for you

Apple Music's new playlists -- My New Music Mix and My Favorites Mix -- are created based partly on each user's iTunes history.
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Forget discovering new music; Spotify’s latest feature plays only songs you love

Instead of focusing on music discover, Spotify’s latest feature, Daily Mix, takes a different approach, building playlists of songs you already love.
The Vamp Stereo

The Vamp Stereo turns any two old speakers into a wireless speaker system

The team behind The Vamp, which adds wireless connectivity to older speakers, is heading back to Kickstarter for the Vamp Stereo and Vamp Speaker.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook rewards Drake for reaching one billion streams

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Eddy Cue presented Drake with a plaque commemorating his album 'Views' with amassing more than one billion streams on Apple Music.
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Music made with Alan Turing’s massive computer restored after more than 50 years

The earliest known recording of computer-generated music has been restored by researchers from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Listen to this AI-composed song in the style of The Beatles

The team’s Flow Machines project successfully created entire pop songs composed by artificial intelligence, after learning musical styles from a database.
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Chance the Rapper, Tidal to live-stream his Magnificent Coloring Day festival

Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day music festival, featuring performances from Lil Wayne and John Legend, will stream exclusively on Tidal.
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Apple calls on James Corden for comical Apple Music ad

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Pandora renames $5 subscription service, adds offline playback and other features

Pandora has upgraded its ad-free, $5-per-month streaming tier, adding the ability to replay more songs, and letting users save playlists for offline plays.
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Spotify is growing rapidly, announces 40 million paid subscribers

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced early this morning that the company has over 40 million paid subscribers, 10 million more than it had in March.
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Can Tidal stay afloat? Streaming service reportedly owes big bucks

Tidal might be gaining subscribers, but that doesn’t mean the it's doing well: It reportedly lost $28 million in 2015 and has more than 100 unpaid bills.
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Pandora’s upcoming Spotify killer has one major problem

Pandora has signed key licensing deals with two of the big three major labels, still needs to ink a deal with Warner for a successful on-demand option.
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Netflix to release Justin Timberlake concert film in October: Watch the trailer now

Netflix acquired exclusive rights to the concert documentary Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids, directed by Silence of the Lamb's Jonathan Demme.
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Uber now lets you stream Pandora as the soundtrack for your ride

Uber added Pandora integration into its app so riders can seamlessly play Pandora stations and playlists straight from the Uber app.
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From rumor to reality: Kanye West and Drake to collaborate on album

Talk of a joint Kanye West-Drake project is going from rumor to reality. West has confirmed that they'll team up for a collaborative album.
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Apple Music’s iOS 10 update includes new personalized playlists to compete with Spotify

Apple Music has launched two new personalized playlists aimed squarely at competing with Spotify's popular Discover Weekly feature.
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New Beatles documentary wouldn't look the same without footage from social media

The new Beatles documentary, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week -- The Touring Years contains rare live performance footage from crowdsourcing on social media.
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Decades-old machines turn used CDs into playable vinyl at Afropunk music fest

At the 2016 Afropunk Music Festival in Brooklyn, Toyota Music showcased an installation where vinyl records were cut from used CDs in front of concertgoers.
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Justin Bieber crushing the awards game, earns massive number of Guinness Records

Pop star Justin Bieber has racked up eight different world records, setting high water marks for everything from streaming music plays to Twitter followers.
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Solar tents, growing furniture, a beer pong bot

Stroll through Kickstarter or Indiegogo and you’ll find no shortage of weird, useless, and downright stupid projects out there -- alongside some real gems.
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Spotify reportedly punishing artists who release exclusives on other streaming services

A Bloomberg report claims "Spotify has been retaliating against musicians who introduce new material exclusively" on other services like Apple Music.
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The Apple Music Festival has some big names this year, but you’ll have to subscribe to watch it

Looking forward to the 10th anniversary of the Apple Music Festival? Then you better make sure you're an Apple Music subscriber.
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FCC pics offer a scoop on the Samsung Scoop, a portable Bluetooth speaker

FCC filings appear to have prematurely revealed the Scoop, a Samsung-made portable Bluetooth speaker with a built-in microphone.
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Amazon’s music streaming service may be a lot cheaper than Spotify

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Our massive playlist of the catchiest songs ever will get you humming

We've assembled a seriously ear-infesting list of 80 of the most catchy songs of all time, for those who enjoy classic pop and singing in the shower.
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Put the needle on the … pizza? Pizza Hut introduces playable DJ box

Pizza Hut is really aiming to be the life of the party with its new box, which doubles as a control surface for use with DJ software.
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These Master & Dynamic headphones will make the exquisite Aston Martin DB11 come alive

Barack Obama Summer Playlists

President Obama shares awesome summer playlists for the day and the night

President Barack Obama has published two new playlists of summer jams, providing fans an opportunity to share in his favorite jams for hot days and nights.
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The Smiths and PETA team up to release 8-bit ‘Meat Is Murder’-themed video game

The Smiths have partnered with PETA to release an 8-bit Meat Is Murder-themed clicker in which users click to save animals from the blade.
Release Radar

Hear the latest from artists you love, those you might like with new Spotify feature

Spotify's latest new feature, Release Radar, highlights new releases from artists you love, as well as those you might want to check out.
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Undead: Bob Weir announces first album of all-original material in 30 years

Founding Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir will release Blue Mountain, his first full solo album in 10 years, and first of all-new material in 30.
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Watch: Jack White’s Icarus takes vinyl to new heights, plays first record in space

Jack White's Third Man Records has made history, successfully launching and playing the first vinyl record in the stratosphere.