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  • Best iPhone music apps

    Best iPhone music apps

    FEATURE The download sound 2 January 2012 13:00 GMT

    Take one iPhone, add a decent data connection, a pair of headphones that didn't come free in the box and all you need to bring yourself 24/7 music wherever you go is a well chosen set of apps and services. As ever, this is where we come in at Pocket-lint...

  • Microsoft tunes in Last.fm for IE9 HTML5 scrobbling

    Microsoft tunes in Last.fm for IE9 HTML5 scrobbling

    Funky new section makes music 'appy 14 December 2011 9:00 GMT

    Microsoft has teamed up with music streaming radio service Last.fm for a new online portal to its "three million up and coming unsigned artists."

    Pocket-lint was invited to a demo of the HTML5-powered site at the tech giant's offices in London...

  • Last.fm no longer free on connected devices

    Last.fm no longer free on connected devices

    Only selected platforms escape premium tag 7 February 2011 15:08 GMT

    If you love listening to Last.fm on the go, or via a connected audio device in your home, then we're afraid that we've got some bad news - the music streaming service has decided to go pay only for its non-desktop offerings.

    Apart from the...

  • Revo AXiS

    Revo AXiS review

    4.0 REVIEW Going global 2 December 2010 12:24 GMT

    It looks like a simple bedside clock radio, but underneath the AXiS’ soft black plastic shell are more features than you’ve a right to expect in a gadget aimed at bedside tables.

    Inside are tuners for FM and digital radio - both...

  • Last.fm adds festival recommendations

    Last.fm adds festival recommendations

    Based on your music taste 10 May 2010 17:08 GMT

    Music tracking and personalised radio service Last.fm has rolled out a new page on its website that allows you to see which music festival lineup is best suited to you, depending on your music taste.

    If you use Last.fm's "scrobbling" system...

  • Last.fm abandons on-demand streaming

    Last.fm abandons on-demand song streaming

    In favour of partnerships with other streaming sites 12 April 2010 16:36 GMT

    Personalized music radio service Last.fm has announced that it's dropping the on-demand section of its offering in favour of a number of partnerships with other sites that offer on-demand streaming music.

    In most of Europe, that's Spotify,...

  • MOG.com plans UK expansion

    MOG.com plans UK expansion

    Spotify and Last.fm in the cross-hairs 26 February 2010 11:03 GMT

    US-based music service MOG.com could be planning an entry to the UK market, if reports are accurate (see update below). The site, which is rumoured to be taking a round of investment to finance the move, offers both personalised radio like Last.fm...

  • BlackBerry 7Digital app gets Last.fm support

    BlackBerry 7Digital app gets Last.fm support

    MWC 2010: Allows scrobbling from your handset 15 February 2010 16:52 GMT

    Music download site 7Digital has announced an update to its BlackBerry application which permits users to send their listening data to Last.fm from within the application.

    The release - version 2.1 - lets you link your Last.fm account to...

  • Shazam updates with Last.fm functionality

    Shazam updates with Last.fm functionality

    Create radio stations with your tagged music 11 February 2010 14:00 GMT

    Music recognition service Shazam has updated its iPhone application to add Last.fm personalized radio functionality and the ability to get touring information and gig tickets.

    You can select an artist you like, and then choose to build a station...

  • Warner Music to quit Spotify, Last.fm?

    Warner Music to quit Spotify, Last.fm?

    CEO: "Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry" 10 February 2010 17:46 GMT

    Major record label Warner Music, who own recordings from artists as diverse as Muse, A-Ha, Dragonforce and the Monkees, has threatened to stop licensing its music to free streaming services like Spotify, Last.fm and Pandora.

    Warner's CEO, Edgar...

  • Spotify update revamps related artists

    Spotify update revamps related artists

    First step towards a recommendations system 3 February 2010 12:16 GMT

    Spotify has rolled out a small update to its desktop client - the first in a few months. Bringing the version number up to 0.3.23, the update adds a "related artists" tab to artist pages which allows you to see what bands sound similar to whatever...

  • Five music hacks from the future. Software, Music, Audio, Websites, Hacking, Features, Five things, Spotify, Lastfm, Echo Nest, Soundcloud 0

    Five music hacks from the future

    Experimental audio mashups straight outta Stockholm 2 February 2010 17:33 GMT

    What did you do last weekend? Cleaned the house? Watched some football? Had a few friends over? In Stockholm, a group of coders were far too busy for any of that. Instead, they hunkered down and built the future of music at Stockholm Music Hack Day.

    The...

  • Get your Last.fm recommendations in Spotify. Software, Websites, Audio, Spotibot, Lastfm, Spotify, Music, Online 0

    Get your Last.fm recommendations in Spotify

    Spotibot updates its functionality 18 January 2010 17:34 GMT

    Another improvement has been rolled out to Spotify recommendations engine Spotibot. The service, which aims to help users find music they like, but just don't know yet, has added Last.fm integration.

    What that means is that instead of having...

  • Last.fm reveals 2009 statistics

    Last.fm reveals 2009 statistics

    Scrobbles scrutinised 29 December 2009 14:00 GMT

    Last.fm has announced the release of its annual Best of 2009 web "featurette" of what users of the social music service have been listening to the most in 2009.

    With one big artist list (instead of artists/albums/tracks) expanded to a Top...

  • Deck your Halls with Christmas music

    Deck your halls with Christmas music

    How to get all the festive tunes you could want for free 24 December 2009 9:00 GMT

    It's Christmas. The season of eating, drinking, making merry, and - most importantly - giving. So here's what we're giving you this Christmas - the gift of music. The gift of Cliff Richard, Mr Blobby, and Rage Against the Machine. We're giving you...

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