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It Could Be Long Wait For iTunes in the Cloud as Labels Argue Multiple Use and Demand More $'s

Source: HypeBot
May 4, 2010

When a fan buys a legal DRM-free MP3, they can listen to it anywhere, right? We'll maybe, say the major labels, as long as they don't store it in or play it from an online music locker.

News last week that Lala.com was shutting down at the end of the month, led to increased speculation that an iTunes.com cloud based music service would launch soon. Last week, my sources admitted that Apple has made the rounds to discuss options, but ...

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New Study Examines U.S. Twitter Usage

Source: HypeBot
May 4, 2010

A new report from Edison Research/Arbitron Internet details Twitter awareness and usage of Twitter, as well as, demographics, behaviors, and preferences. Highlights of the online presentation (below): Awareness of Twitter grew from 5% of Americans 12+ in 2008 to 87% in 2010 Twitter still trails Facebook significantly in usage: 7% use Twitter while 41% maintain a profile on Facebook. Two thirds of active Twitter users access social networking via mobile 51% of Twitter users follow brands on social networks ...

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iPad Sales Top 1 Million in Just 28 Days

Source: HypeBot
May 4, 2010

Not sure if creating special content for the iPad is worth it? Apple today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction. iPad users have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, but purchased just 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. “One million iPads in 28 days--that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone," said Steve Jobs, ...

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Concert Simulcasts Increase in Popularity

Source: HypeBot
May 4, 2010

The Met Tops 2.2M Season Tickets To Broadcasts

The Metropolitan Opera has proven that simulcasts of concerts have a future. The company this season sold 2.2 million tickets for 9 HD telecasts to theaters this season, an increase of 400,000 from 2008-2009.

Last Saturday's broadcast of Rossini's was seen by an estimated audience of 105,000 in North American and 84,000 in Europe and Latin America. With delayed telecasts in Asia and other markets plus repeats, the Met expects its total"Armida" ...

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Jailbreak App Turns iPhone into 3G Modem for iPad

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2010

Data-hungry iPhone owners eager to grab iPads can forgo paying for a 3G model altogether and save a good buck. That is, so long as theyre willing to take a risk. MyWi, an app available for hacked (i.e., jailbroken) iPhones, turns the handset into a wireless 3G modem that can be tethered to an iPad. That means you can skip paying the extra $130 on a 3G-only model, along with the $15 or $30 fee for data, and get internet ...

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New HTML5 Tools Make Your Browser Sing and Dance

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2010

HTML5s tag gives you a way to embed audio files directly into a web page without requiring a plug-in. But the audio element could do a lot more than just offer Flash-free inline audio players on your favorite MP3 blogs. The audio player element could end up fueling a whole new class of web applications online audio editing suites. Some online audio editors written in Flash already exist, and people are using them to creative ends. But were just now ...

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Stolen Facebook Accounts for Sale

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense division tracking the digital underworld say bogus and stolen accounts on the Facebook are now on sale in high volume on the black market. During several weeks in February, iDefense tracked an effort to sell log-in data for 1.5 million Facebook accounts on several online criminal marketplaces, including one called Carder.su. That hacker, who used the screen name kirllos and appears to deal only in Facebook accounts, offered to sell bundles of 1,000 accounts with 10 ...

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May 3, 1815: Blown Away by Horn with Valves

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2010

1815: A Prussian composer reports a new contrivance. A local chamber musician has modified his brass concert horn, adding valves that allow him to play all the notes in the chromatic scale deftly and with total precision. Brass instruments were exceedingly limited at the time, and the invention put the concert horn technically on par with the rest of the orchestra. Gottlob Benedikt Bierey of Breslau (now the city of Wrocaw, Poland) was bowled over. In fact, he was so ...

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