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7Digital: Coming to a mobile platform near you
Official music hub provider for the Galaxy Tab, and mobile apps announced too 19 October 2010 13:27 GMT TweetBusy, busy times at 7Digital.
Following the announcement back in August that the online music store would be providing the engine for Pure's Flow Songs service - CEO Ben Drury has revealed a whole host of new partnerships - and it's obvious...
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ESSENTIALS: Software to improve your life - doubleTwist
Ideas for the digital desktop 1 May 2010 13:00 GMT TweetIt's easy to get you computer clogged up with software. You buy a camera and Nikon wants you to install a program, you get a camcorder and Flip tells you how wonderful their desktop application is, Nokia's requiring something to get mobile images onto...
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We7 Premium Plus to launch on 1 March
iPhone app passes Apple approval process 24 February 2010 15:01 GMT TweetWe just had word from We7 that its iPhone application has made it through Apple's labyrinthine approvals process, paving the way for its mobile music streaming service to finally launch on the handset on 1 March.
As previously detailed, the...
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Spotify issues Symbian update
And adds support for more Nokia handsets 17 December 2009 9:15 GMT TweetIf you've been using the new Spotify app on your Symbian phone and found it a little buggy, then good news as the music streaming service has announced an update.
Spotify has released the update - Version 0.3.22 - that's said to "fix a... -
Alicia Keys' new album to debut on Spotify
"The Element of Freedom" streaming a week early 3 December 2009 14:14 GMT TweetSpotify has announced Alicia Keys' new album is to debut early on the online streaming service.
Keys' fourth studio album, "The Element of Freedom", will be exclusively on Spotify from 7 December - a week before its official UK release... -
Apple intros online iTunes Preview
For those without the application installed 16 November 2009 13:29 GMT TweetApple has introduced a new iTunes feature called iTunes Preview that lets those without the application, or those that don't want to launch the software in full, view some content.
Currently limited to music, it's a big change from Apple's... -
Shazam launches new paid-for "Encore" iPhone app
Premium version gets a price tag 9 November 2009 9:45 GMT TweetShazam has announced the launch of the previously promised "premium" version of its iPhone app called Shazam Encore.
A paid-for download, as opposed to the previous free offering, Shazam is promising new functionality including improved... -
Sony offers 1000 Ringtones for the iPhone
Music, sound effects and spoken word files on a DVD 5 November 2009 10:19 GMT TweetSony Creative Software has announced the launch of "1000 Ringtones", a DVD containing ringtones designed for the Apple iPhone.
As well as music, the ringtones include sound effects and spoken words and users can select tones for incoming... -
VIDEO: Spotify debuts improved MP3 purchases
No longer launches external browser window 15 October 2009 10:17 GMT TweetSpotify will shortly be launching an improved MP3 purchasing experience for tracks on its streaming service. It's always been possible to buy MP3s through a right-click menu, but clicking that just opened a browser window that took you to 7digital's...
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Spotify CEO: Advertising devalues music
Company earning "millions of euros" in ad revenues per month 9 October 2009 10:55 GMT TweetSpotify is continuing celebrations of its 1-year anniversary and as part of the jamboree, the company's founder and CEO, Daniel Ek, has taken some time out to pen a blog post about the future of Spotify, and his thoughts on the state of the global...
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Zune services considered for iPods, other platforms
Meanwhile, "next step is mobile phones" 7 October 2009 12:17 GMT TweetSeemingly giving up on the bigger picture as far as hardware goes, Microsoft is considering offering its Zune software and services to other platforms, ZDNet reports.
The whisper is a credible one - it comes direct from Jose Pinero, director... -
Spotify brings offline playback to desktop
Only for Premium users 1 October 2009 13:16 GMT TweetSpotify has announced that Premium users will shortly be able to access on their desktop the same "Offline mode" that exists on mobile versions of the streaming music company's software.
Subscribers will be able to right-click their playlists... -
VIDEO: doubleTwist parodies Apple's 1984 ad
Choice is coming... 1 October 2009 10:51 GMT TweetdoubleTwist, DVD Jon's media-syncing software company, is generating lots of publicity for a new version of its "media platform" product with a cheeky video that uses Apple's famous 1984 advert against it.
In the clip - shown above - drones... -
Spotify adds PayPal payment option
First non-credit-card choice 30 September 2009 17:49 GMT TweetSpotify has finally caved in to popular demand and added a PayPal payment option to its subscription services. Until now, the site only accepted Visa and Mastercard, meaning that many people without credit cards weren't able to switch to Premium.
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Shazam launches for O2 customers
Dial-in music identification service available 29 September 2009 12:01 GMT TweetShazam has announced that it has done a new deal with a mobile phone operator and teamed up with O2 to offer its music discovery service to O2 customers.
The agreement means that anyone on O2 can use the Shazam service by dialing 2580 on...
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