Technology News

Hewlett Packard Pays $30m for Music Streaming Service Melodeo

Source: HypeBot
June 24, 2010

Is HP Music In The Cloud Coming Soon?

Just as when Apple recently bought Lala.com, yesterday's purchase of music streaming service Melodeo by computer giant Hewlett Packard points straight towards a cloud based media offering. But unlike Steve Jobs, HP executives were not so silent:

“Melodeo is one of the only companies which possess the technology to aggregate a consumer's digital media, manage it in the cloud and stream it to the user on any device, along with additional ...

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Broadband Availability to Expand

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2010

The Obama administration is seeking to nearly double the wireless communications spectrum available for commercial use over the next 10 years, an effort that could greatly enhance the ability of consumers to send and receive video and data with smartphones and other hand-held devices.

President Obama will sign a presidential memorandum on Monday that aims to make available for auction some 500 megahertz of spectrum that is now controlled by the federal government and private companies, administration officials said Sunday. ...

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Got an iPhone 4 and Want to Try FaceTime? Just Call 1-888-FaceTime

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2010

One of the iPhone 4's most heralded new features is FaceTime video calling. For the time being, however, this only works for calls from one iPhone 4 to another, so if you don't know anybody with an iPhone 4, you can't really test it.

Thankfully, though, Apple just set up a phone number for you to call: 1-888-FACETIME (1-888-32238463).

A friendly Apple representative will answer your call, initiate a video chat with you and explain all of FaceTime's features to ...

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ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

The association representing 380,000 composers, songwriters, lyricists and others associated with the music industry has begun a fund-raising campaign to stifle groups that support free culture and digital rights.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is urging the membership to donate money to battle the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge and even Creative Commons. In a letter sent to members this week, ASCAP said those groups and unnamed technology companies are mobilizing to promote Copyleft in order to ...

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10 Stellar iPad Apps That Will Blow You Away

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

The iPad is less than three months old, and already programmers have whipped up 9,000 apps for the fancy tablet. But, just as with the iPhone, there's a problem: Its hard to navigate the App Store for quality wares because its just too crowded.

Right before the iPad launched and after it came out, we rounded up some apps we found intriguing. After diving into this media-savvy device, we've added a few more apps we consider to be gems, ranging ...

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Subscription Hulu: Beginning of the End for Cable, Satellite TV?

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

Hulu, which currently showcases free content from NBC, Wired.com and other video providers, will try charging for a premium version soon, according to reports.

The stage is set for a showdown between television networks and cable/satellite TV services, thanks to the internet. It won't happen overnight, but your monthly cable or satellite bill could eventually be replaced by a monthly bill from Hulu, an online service that streams TV shows on demand.

For $10 a month, viewers will reportedly have ...

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Biggest Tech Industry Apologies of 2010 (So Far)

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

While apologies from BP to the world regarding its environmental disaster and even from a U.S. Congressman to BP have stolen headlines of late, the tech industry has not been without its fair share of apologies during the first half of 2010 either.

Google: Sorry about Buzz, Street View Privacy Issues Google acknowledged in February that it blew its rollout of the Buzz social network and issued a slew of changes to address privacy concerns, in particular an ...

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The Making of America: Thomas Edison

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2010

We're surrounded by the fruits of his genius, from electric light to recorded sound, while the example of his “invention factory" at Menlo Park lives on in Silicon Valley. So who was this tireless man, and what are his lessons for us today?

Movies Lights, Camera ... Edison! Though Edison didn't invent the Vitascope, his company manufactured and marketed it

Toward the end of MGM's 1940 biopic Edison, the Man, starring Spencer Tracy, an honor roll of Thomas ...

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