Album sales rose ever so slightly in the first half of 2011, driven by digital purchases. Recording artists probably aren't singing any more sweetly, but ways to purchase and store music digitally are improving, which prevents piracy and encourages legitimate sales.READ»
"We're going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device," said Steve Jobs in his keynote address at Apple's WWDC today. "We're going to move your hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud."READ»
In a cunning move, Amazon is selling Lady Gaga's new album for 99 cents, and giving the people who download it free access to its cloud-based music locker. Your move, Apple. READ»
China may be wising up to international condemnation of its lax copyright protection standards, as the Ministry of Culture has revealed it will "punish" local search giant Baidu for facilitating illegal music downloads.READ»
iTunes music streaming has been rumored for a long while, but has never actually surfaced... But if you read between the lines of two pieces of news at the moment, it seems the time is finally ripe.READ»
The songs remain the same? Yes, but the way you can hear them is different. The champion of free streaming music is cutting the chord to mobile service on smartphones and tablets.READ»
It's deadline day for those who "didn't want it good" but "wanted it Wednesday," but before you buckle down to work, here's the early news digested:READ»
What do MP3s and light bulbs have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out, when the bulbs are attached to a LumiSmart Intelligent Lighting Controller. READ»
Behind the scenes of Nokia's shift from global cellphone dominance to entertainment giant lies a dark little secret: The company's losing its grip on the tech. Case in point is the new X2 music phone, part of its Comes With Music ...READ»
LCD Soundsystem played a secret gig in New York the other day, and the band used the event as an opportunity to make an unusual plea, direct to their fans: Please don't leak our upcoming album on the Web. It fell on deaf ears.After ...READ»
The Interwebs are ablaze about Apple's plans to acquire Lala. Among the rampant speculation, there's one amazingly important nugget of information: iTunes might be cloud-bound. It's the future of digital music.READ»
There are rumors abounding that MySpace is in advanced stages of trying to social-network music system iMeem, and they set us thinking. Looking at Facebook's tie-up with Lala, and even MySpace's with iLike, is this all to outsmart ...READ»
In the digital music arena, it often seems like there is iTunes, and then there is everybody else. (A spoof of an iTunes ad pictured left.) While Apple cornered the market early by dropping the iPod on the world and then shrewdly ...READ»
Always a caring bunch, E.U. lawmakers have just mandated that MP3 player makers remind their users of the risks of hearing damage from prolonged, loud headphone use. Their ruling is based on some sensible science, and it's aimed at ...READ»
Remember when I said Apple probably wouldn't let the Pre sneakily connect to iTunes for media syncing? I was right. And now, after some to-and-froing, the USB's regulatory body has sided with Apple, effectively agreeing it can block ...READ»
Microsoft's Zune HD rolls out today, but as part of its launch Microsoft's spinning it with an interesting angle--the Zune 4.0 software makes it into a cloud-based, central component of your home-media system.
As Microsoft puts ...READ»
