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The Beatles and (an) Apple: Together at Last!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

This is…odd. The Beatles are finally releasing their remastered catalog in digital form–both high-quality FLAC files and 320-Kbps MP3s. But they’re not selling it on iTunes or any other online music merchant. They’re releasing it as a limited edition of 30,000 16GB USB drives that fit into an “exquisitely crafted” commemorative apple. The box set includes [...]

5Words: Can’t Stop the Google Music

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Google search launches music feature. Once again, Google-FCC correspondence. Google navigation for iPhone, maybe. Netflix coming to the Wii? Windows 7 as Wi-Fi router. Apple Stores to dump Windows. Color e-ink in the works. Sneak peak at iPhone Lala. Surprisingly sensible dual-screen laptop. Windows 7-XP battery tests. ________________________ Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS.

Lala for iPhone: Soon, Hopefully!

Friday, October 23, 2009

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A little over a year ago, I wrote about Lala’s extremely nifty music service and mentioned a version for the iPhone which the company said would be available soon. I couldn’t wait to use it…but “soon” never arrived. But it sounds like “soon” may come…soon. Wired’s Eliot Van Buskirk reports that Lala expects its iPhone app [...]

More About Google Audio

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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This morning’s rumor about Google launching a music service is gradually getting rounded out. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch has blogged about a LaLa and iLike press event scheduled for next Wednesday that he says involves the incorporation of those companies’ music services into Google results. Search for an artist on Google, and you’ll be able [...]

Google Audio on Its Way?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Google takes its mission of organizing the world’s information and making it universally accessible and useful really seriously. But music’s one great big area of information that it hasn’t done much to organize to date. That might be about to change: TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington is reporting that the company is striking deals with the major [...]

Sonos’s All-in-One Connected Speaker System

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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I’ve been talking to the Sonos folks for years. And everyone I know who owns their connected music system absolutely raves about it. Yet, I’ve never joined in given the steep price of entry (starting at ~$1000) and BYOS (bring your own speakers) requirement. Fortunately, Sonos has been listening and their new all-in-one S5 ($400) [...]

DoubleTwist Adds a Music Store

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Here’s what DoubleTwist was talking about in its Steve-Jobs-is-an-evil-overlord ad from last week: The company has released a new edition of the Mac version of its media-management software with Amazon’s MP3 Downloads store built in. That makes it a more formidable alternative to iTunes–and DoubleTwist’s key attraction remains the fact that it supports hundreds of [...]

Squeezebox Embraces App Store Phenomenon

Thursday, October 1, 2009

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I’m a long-time fan of the Squeezebox and have been continually impressed by feature additions over the last three years. Today an email popped up in my inbox announcing another firmware update and some major feature upgrades. Most importantly, Logitech is introducing an App Gallery that will organize all of the Squeezebox service options in the [...]

Fifth-Generation iPod Nano: The Technologizer Review

Friday, September 11, 2009

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Weird but true: For Apple, 2009 has turned out to be the year of inner beauty. Most of the company’s new products, including the iPhone 3GS and the latest MacBooks, are virtually indistinguishable from their predecessors, but which pack meaningful improvements inside. The trend continues with the fifth-generation iPod Nano. For the first time, Apple’s [...]

Rhapsody for iPhone: It’s Live

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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When Real said that it had submitted a version of its Rhapsody music service to the iPhone App Store, I was still smarting from the Google Voice Voice debacle and feared the worst. Would Apple decide that Rhapsody would confuse users and reject it, or send it into limbo? But the news tonight is good: [...]

Fifteen Questions Prompted by Today’s Apple Event

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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It seems to be a mandatory component of the kabuki that is Apple press events and coverage thereof: Nearly every such product rollout is initially dismissed as a disappointment. Despite the welcome return of Steve Jobs, this morning’s one certainly is certainly getting lukewarm reviews, in part because it failed to involve even such relatively [...]

Your Predictions For Wednesday’s Apple Event

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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Twelve hours from now, Apple’s music event will be underway, and I’ll be sitting in the audience providing liveblog coverage right here. The big news won’t quite have come yet, but by noon we’ll know all. For now, though, it’s still predictin’ time–and here are some from you guys. Yesterday night, I posted a quick survey [...]

The Beatles (Not) For Sale. Again!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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It looks all but certain that the longest-running soap opera in digital music will run at least a little longer. The obligatory annual rumors that Apple was about to announce the availability of the Beatles on the iTunes Store have given way to disappointing sound bites from some pretty knowledgeable sources. Sir Paul McCartney told NME, [...]

What Will Apple Announce on Wednesday? You Tell Me!

Monday, September 7, 2009

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Last time Apple had a big product rollout, I asked you to make some predictions. Collectively, you did better than some of the big-time Apple pundits. Now we’re just hours away from the company’s music event, which Technologizer will cover live beginning at 10am PT on Wednesday. So let’s try this again, with another quick survey. [...]

Join Us for Live Blog Coverage of Apple’s Music Event Next Wednesday

Saturday, September 5, 2009

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If it’s September in the world of technology, one thing is pretty much a given: Apple will release some new iPods and update iTunes. I’ll be in the audience at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens next Wedneday at 10am as the company does that–I’m assuming–and maybe tells us other stuff of interest, too. (If you [...]

Sonos Does Twitter

Friday, September 4, 2009

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The Twitter Everywhere meme is popular this week, and Sonos joins in by announcing (via Twitter) that soon owners of the multi-room music streaming experience will be able to tweet from their Sonos controllers. The new feature empowers listeners to share artist tracks with one click, or edit automated tweets before publishing. I love this experimentation phase [...]