David Emery OnlinePalm Pre syncs with iTunes on a Mac just like an iPhone
“Plug a Pre into a Mac and it syncs, seamlessly, with Apple’s iTunes,” the financial publication reports. “In fact, the iTunes Store treats the Pre just as it would an iPod or an iPhone with one exception: it can’t handle old copy-protected songs.”
This is smart. Very smart. The Pre is the first credible contender to the iPhone, but the first thing that went through my head was ‘what about my music?’. Don’t forget that half of the success of the iPod is down to iTunes and the ease of use when it comes to device management it brings with it. I would assume though that if the Pre turns out to be a serious threat – personally I think there’s room for the both of them – Apple will make it start not working.
Visit ➔Spotify Music App for Android
If I were Steve Jobs, the video to the right would scare me senseless. It shows a Google Android phone running a Spotify app that appears to succeed in porting the full Spotify experience — still not available to most Americans – to a mobile phone.
On the contrary – I think the reason that we’ve seen this running on an Android based phone is that the iPhone app is embargoed until the WWDC keynote in a week and a half’s time, where it’ll get some stage time. Don’t forget that Apple has been featuring the Last.fm app – which has similar streaming music capabilities – on its TV adverts. A Spotify app is a great addition to the app store.
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We are hiring again at work, so if you’re a web dev in London and would like to work with bands like Radiohead, Jarvis, Sonic Youth, Bon Iver and many many more get in touch.
Visit ➔Dizzee Rascal Driving U.K. 'Bonkers'
Dizzee Rascal is set to score a big-selling No. 1 single in the U.K. on Sunday (May 24) with “Bonkers” (Dirtee Stank), his collaboration with DJ and producer Armand Van Helden.
…and it’s self released on his own label. Who says indie record labels are a dying breed? There’s still plenty of money to be made selling recording music, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise (just don’t count on selling as much as Dizzee).
Visit ➔Twitter - An application would like to connect to your account
Why on earth would I want universalmusic.com (I was signing in to Eminem.com) to be able to update my information on Twitter?!
At the very least make sure you have it coming up as the artist, as opposed to the big corp name, but also why are they asking for so much access? Of course, it’s because they really do want to spam your twitter given half the chance, which is why I’m inherently untrusting about using Twitter as a 3rd party site log-in system. My Twitter account is too important to be giving out to people willy-nilly, I might as well be logging in using my email account details…
Visit ➔'Photoshop Handsome' by Everything Everything
This is pretty darn awesome, in all sorts of ways:
Via Abeano.
Visit ➔Music is not like water
Well, it turns out every generation gets its own version of flying cars—a certain-sounding vision of future technology based on a vigorously embraced present technology, which passing time eventually reveals to be both laughable and impossible. At the end of the 21st century’s first decade, the internet seems particularly susceptible to the flying car syndrome, with all sorts of zippy schemes gaining traction within our net-addled culture.
With the music industry in conspicuous disarray, it’s no surprise to see flying cars promised as inexorable destiny. There are three particular models of flying car most prominently advertised these days by the music industry’s loudest and most insistent hucksters. These are: 1) The “Free Music” model […] 2) The “Access” model […] 3) The “Music-Like-Water” model.
A very interesting – albeit long – article on potential music revenue models. I’m not sure if I agree 100% with the conclusions – I imagine that most of these models will, while probably not becoming the dominant music consumption model, carve out a decent sized niche – but it’s well worth a read.
Visit ➔The Horrors - Primary Colours
Certainly a contender for album of the year, now in handy embedable form:
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