Music

In 1996, people in the U.S. bought about 2.3 albums per year. Today, thanks to services like Spotify and Rdio, some of us listen to that many albums a day. Last-minute concert ticket app WillCall wants to make live music just as accessible. This week it released version 1.5 of its iOS app, which delivers Continue Reading →

Griffin sells cool stuff, and lots of it — like the app-controlled, HELO TC Assault helicopter.  While you here, check out the Beacon, which turns your phone into one of the most powerful, easiest-to-use universal remote ever. Powered by Dijit, the Beacon lets your phone or tablet control everything in your home entertainment system without Continue Reading →

Facebook and Apple deepened their alliance on Monday, as Facebook Gifts is starting to sell iTunes digital gift certificates. Upon purchase, Facebook users can suggest what music, video, or apps their friends should spend their $10, $15, $25, or $50 credit on. By adding one of the world’s most popular presents to its Gifts store, Continue Reading →

The digital music world is a bit louder Monday morning. AC/DC, the Australian hard rock band whose heavy metal thunder has never been available for legal download, has stepped into the 21st century and released its music through iTunes, the band announced Monday morning. After years of stubbornly arguing that iTunes was, in the words Continue Reading →

If you’ve been looking for a way to stream Spotify tracks without having to use the standalone app, that day may come sooner than later: Spotify has confirmed with us that they have begun testing the feature with a small audience. A web-based version of Spotify has been a rumor for awhile now, and rumblings Continue Reading →

Google Play Music unveiled the latest version of its app, adding gapless audio playback and automatic “instant mixes.” The app, which lets users store and listen to music online, is currently in v4.4.811H. Users can now enjoy smooth, uninterrupted playback of tracks on devices with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or later, auto-generated instant mixes based Continue Reading →

Remember how long it took Spotify to end up in the States? The issue? Music rights, of course. Before it could make its way to our shores, the service had to strike deals with a bunch of record labels, making sure the artists, the executives and EMI janitorial staffs all get paid. Whyd, a new Continue Reading →

In-ear headphones? Over-the-ear headphones? How about none of the above? AfterShokz sit comfortably in front of your ears and bring patent-pending bone conduction technology to everyday sport headphones. They function in a similar way to how we hear our own voices – through vibrations carried directly to our inner ear. Also, it’s how whales hear, Continue Reading →

In-ear headphones? Over-the-ear headphones? How about none of the above? AfterShokz sit comfortably in front of your ears and bring patent-pending bone conduction technology to everyday sport headphones. They function in a similar way to how we hear our own voices – through vibrations carried directly to our inner ear. Also, it’s how whales hear, Continue Reading →

Straight out of Google’s Creative Lab comes Jam with Chrome, an experimental, interactive Web app that lets friends jam together from different locations…directly from their (Chrome) browser. Tapping the latest Web tech, including HTML5-based features such as the Web Audio API, Websockets, Canvas and CSS3, Jam with Chrome lets you select nineteen different instruments, including Continue Reading →