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Category Archives: wireless
Google vs Apple = Happy Major Music Labels
Google is talking with music labels on their plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its Android-based mobile users to play songs wherever they are. The music industry hopes to benefit from the competition … Continue reading
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Kindling without the Kindle
In a move similar to Apple using the iPod on Windows users to get people to consider a Mac, Amazon is offering the Kindle app as a free download for Windows desktops, along with free content, plus the ability to … Continue reading
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ASCAP loses royalty claim on ringtones
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have successfully rebuffed an attempt by ASCAP to categorize a ringtone as a public performance. In separate summary judgments issued by US District Court judge Denise Cote and filed October 14th, a ringtone was firmly … Continue reading
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Future of Newspapers: Profitless? Go Wireless
By Douglas Wolk for Wired| 07.14.09 It’s undeniable that the going rate for information on the internet is “free.” That’s meant big trouble for newspapers, which have seen nearly all of their traditional roles usurped by better, faster, free online … Continue reading
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Canadian Government ready to lean on ISPs
Edited from the Toronto Globe & Mail Police will have sweeping new powers to collect information about Canadian Internet users without a warrant, and activate tracking devices in their cellphones and cars under legislation proposed by the Conservative government yesterday … Continue reading
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Better late than never – IBM sees the mobility light
IBM has decided that it wants to become influential in the world of mobile computing. The company has announced a $100 million investment pool to develop new services for mobile phones. With few details about its research goals, IBM indicated … Continue reading
SanDisk, Labels promote another hardware music format
In 2008, 750 million mobile phones sold worldwide had microSD card slots. SanDisk, one of the creators of the Security Digital (SD) card format, believes that there is a future for SD micro cards as a music album format. The … Continue reading
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Major Label Artists to sell MP3s on their Own Sites
Artists sell most of their digital music through the iTunes Store. However, the most dedicated fans are often found on artist homepages and fan clubs – a well defined niche sales opportunity. While indie artists have offered MP3s on their … Continue reading
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Internet, cellphone: ‘the new essentials’
Belt-tightening consumers more likely to cut back on movie tickets, DVDs and top-tier cable, study finds GRANT ROBERTSON – Globe and Mail October 23, 2008 Amid the threat of tough economic times, Internet and cellphones have become almost like heat … Continue reading
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Apple’s iPhone – features, winners, losers
Ok, so this is one of 2.5 Million Google web page references to Apple’s new iPhone. It’s hard not to get caught up in the hyperbole and breathless adjectives – one thing for sure: this device going to have a … Continue reading
Digital Chocolate and EMI Music Canada to Cross-sell Mobile Game and Music
Digital Chocolate, Inc., a software publisher for mobile phones, and EMI Music Canada are joining forces to deliver a mobile entertainment experience that merges mobile music and gaming. The first joint offering – a mobile game called Club k-os – … Continue reading
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MTV goes Bananas with subscription service
MTV Networks has launched a cross-carrier, direct-to-consumer mobile subscription service called “Bananas,” which will deliver content from MTV, mtvU, MTV2, and other channels. Major labels are on board as well, and music-related content is an important and complementary part of … Continue reading
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Musiwave and SFR Speed Ahead With Fastest Mobile Music Offering
This announcement is notable for the number of fronts that are covered in one press release: – download speed cut in half – mobile download fees cut in half, bringing mobile downloads more in line with wire-line pricing – better … Continue reading
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Cingular Launches Mobile Music Subscription Service
Wireless network operator Cingular has launched Cingular Music, a new mobile music service that will include subscription-based offerings from Napster, Yahoo Music and eMusic as well as XM Satellite Radio. The service will allow users to transfer WMA tracks from … Continue reading
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Melodeo Powers First True Mobile Music Download Service in North America
Rogers Wireless, a part of the Rogers media empire in Canada, launched on Tuesday the Rogers MusicStore, the first music service in North America that delivers full-fidelity music tracks directly to mobile phones. Melodeo, a mobile music distributor based in … Continue reading
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