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Google Denies That It 'Sold Out' on Net Neutrality

Source: PC Magazine
August 13, 2010

Google on Thursday defended its recent net neutrality proposal with Verizon, denying that it “sold out" or that it teamed up with Verizon to boost its Android platform. The search engine giant also shot down assertions that the proposal is a step backward for the open Internet or that it would entirely eliminate net neutrality for wireless. “On balance, we believe this proposal represents real progress on what has become a very contentious issue, and we think it could help ...

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Behind the Blogs: Digital Music Trends

Source: We All Make Music
August 12, 2010

Welcome to version 2.0 of our series Behind the Blogs, in which we interview the bloggers and thinkers who are following the music business changes that affect us all. Everybody knows the music business is changing, and everybody knows that things move especially quickly in the digital world. So it stands to reason, then, that the digital music business must move really, really quickly, right? According to Andrea Leonelli, the founder of the Digital Music Trends podcast, it's even faster ...

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Better Than iTunes: The New Age of Torrenting

Source: HypeBot
August 12, 2010

I remember between 04-05 when BitComet started making its way around file-sharing circles; they embraced it almost with a sense of arrogance. You still download single files? Don't you know that people are being sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars for file-sharing on Kazaa and LimeWire? After all, they downloaded an entire discography in the matter of a few hours, given enough seeds. But file-sharers, doing it one song at a time, what losers. I think the cultural industries ...

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It's Official: Mobile is the Future of Music

Source: HypeBot
August 12, 2010

It's a trend to important to ignore. Smartphones adoption is soaring. Pandora, MOG. Spotify, Rdio and almost every other music service is rushing to release and improve their mobile apps. In fact, any artist, label or music company that lacks an aggressive mobile strategy may soon be left in the dust. According to Nielsen, smartphones were currently used by 25% of the US mobile phone audience and will overtake other cell phones by the end of 2011.  By 2013, penetration ...

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Songkick Partners with Vevo and Youtube

Source: HypeBot
August 12, 2010

Live music database Songkick has partnered with Vevo and YouTube; fans browsing for music videos will now be automatically updated about shows happening in their area. I'd like to think I keep pretty good tabs on the local music scene and even I was surprised to see a few concerts listed that I had missed. It's a no frills, text-based listing, but for as long as it drives fan awareness, this should prove to be helpful for concert promoters. “When ...

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Google and Verizon's Version of Net Neutrality Offers Little Protection for Music Industry Innovation

Source: HypeBot
August 11, 2010

Yesterday, Google and Verizon, announced a private agreement between the two internet powerhouses that they believe should serve as a framework for  U.S. public policy on net neutrality. The announcement comes on the heels of reports that FCC talks with internet stakeholders recently collapsed.

The joint Google and Verizon agreement does promise equal access to the current internet and proposes punishment for ISPs that restrict or “throttle" certain services. But the pair  would also create a “fast lane" for premium ...

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The Beatles Influence on Music Recording

Source: All About Jazz
August 10, 2010

This article is taken from the Wikipedia page on The Beatles' Recording Technology

The Beatles influenced the way music was recorded in several ways.

We would say, 'Try it! Just try it for us. If it sounds crappy, OK, we'll lose it. But it might just sound good.' We were always pushing ahead: ' Louder, further, longer, more, different.' Paul McCartney

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There were enormous changes in the technology of recording during the 1960s. In the ...

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Top 7 Reasons Why Artists Resist Social Media

Source: HypeBot
August 8, 2010

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