Music

Twitter’s #Music app is out at last for the Web and iOS, following an extensive rumor cycle. If you are behind the times, head here for a detailed explanation of the service. Data from the launch of #Music and the popularity of the various music services that it supports was recorded by the fine folks Continue Reading →

You no longer have to be Ryan Seacrest, Ne-Yo or Jason Mraz to play with Twitter’s new music discovery app. After testing the app with music artists and influencers, Twitter #Music will be available starting today at https://music.twitter.com and as a separate app for the iPhone through the App Store. So what does the service Continue Reading →

Google made some news earlier this week when it announced that it was bringing its high-speed Internet service, Google Fiber, to Austin sometime next year. AT&T also announced that it would follow in Google’s footsteps and bring Fiber Internet to Austin. Google Fiber made the news because it is going to offer speeds of up Continue Reading →

Want to play with Twitter’s new music app? You can get it today — if you’re really famous. If not, you’re going to have to wait a week. Here’s the deal: As we wrote yesterday, Twitter is launching its new music discovery app for iOS devices, timed to the start of the Coachella music festival Continue Reading →

The war on smartphones at concerts and other live events seems unending. In the latest salvo, the art-punk trio called the Yeah Yeah Yeahs tried to keep smartphone-using fans at bay at a recent New York City Webster Hall concert, according to a report first carried by Spin and later the L.A. Times. “Please do Continue Reading →

Movie fans can vote using Instagram photos and hashtags — for the first time ever — in the MTV Movie Awards’ Best Hero category leading up to and during the April 14 ceremony. TV launched the Best Hero category last year, but the live social voting only accounted for votes coming from Twitter. This year, Continue Reading →

Want to buy a new song or video from iTunes even though you’re offline? A new Apple patent envisions a way, at least sometime down the road. Granted to Apple today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, the patent appropriately named “On-device offline purchases using credits” describes a system of using credits to purchase Continue Reading →

YouTube’s takeover of the pop music landscape appears to be going global. Music Weekly reported Wednesday that France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) and worldwide publishing powerhouse Universal Music Publishing have both reached international agreements with YouTube, the newest power player in the major music market. The agreement allows for YouTube Continue Reading →

Rdio streaming music subscribers with Unlimited accounts will get access to new video service from the company called, appropriately, Vdio. (It had previously been in a closed beta.) It’s a rental and purchasing platform—not a subscription service—but it incorporates the social and content discovery features you’ve been missing for eons from basically every other video Continue Reading →

Twitter has taken down eight Vine videos associated with the artist Prince, after his record label sent a letter warning of copyright infringement. The notice, posted on Chilling Effects last week and noticed by The Next Web today, described the Vines in question as “unauthorized recordings” and “unauthorized synchronizations.” The label, NPG Records, requested that Continue Reading →