Technology News

YouTube Offers New Features

Source: HypeBot
September 22, 2009

YouTube has added a number of features in recent weeks that offer new opportunities for musicians and music markters using the popular viral video site:

Friend suggestions: An ongoing “find your friends" project kicks off with a module on the homepage that makes friend suggestions based on the email addresses of people with whom users have shared videos with in the past.

Trending Topics: When there is a spike in searches on a given topic, YouTube are beginning to tease ...

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Variety to Start Charging for Online Access

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

Less than three years after opening up its website for free, Hollywood trade paper Variety is closing it back down to admit subscribers only.

Starting early next year, most content on Variety.com will be available only to those who subscribe to the Daily Variety newspaper or weekly Variety magazine, or those who pay for a digital subscription. Variety's iPhone application and other means of digital access will also cost money. Publisher Brian Gott said executives are still considering whether some ...

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FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2009

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowskis unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-eat, flat-rate internet access are probably over. Net neutrality sounds like a good idea. After all, its the internets openness to any and all users, applications and content that gave it such a resounding victory over closed networks like AOL, CompuServe and Prodigy. And theres no question that as a ...

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Internet 'Net Neutrality' Endorsed by FCC Chief

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission today called for more aggressive action to keep online traffic moving freely, proposing two new government policies to prevent telecommunications companies from restricting websites and other services on the Internet.

The two new FCC rules would govern how Internet service providers such as AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. manage their networks, enshrining so-called “network neutrality" into the agency's policy. Under the proposal from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, network operators would be ...

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FCC Expected to Announce Support of Net Neutrality Monday

Source: Allegro Media
September 20, 2009

Federal regulators next week are expected to seek to turn controversial “net neutrality” principles into formal rules intended to give the nation’s computer users the right to use whatever services and devices they like without interference from their ISPs.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is widely expected to announce during a speech on Monday at the Brookings Institution that he will ask the Commission in October to start a formal rule making process. The FCC currently relies on the so-called Broadband ...

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MySpace Music's Homepage Gets a Makeover

Source: HypeBot
September 19, 2009

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Mike DiRubbo Quartet Live Ushers in HD Live Concerts.com

Source: Two for the Show Media
September 18, 2009

Mike DiRubbo and his Quartet will be performing at The Kitano in New York City on September 25th and 26th, 2009. This concert is being featured on a brand new Web Site Concert experience called HDLiveConcerts.com. HD Live Concerts ("HDLC") was established to bring consumers the thrilling experience of watching their favorite performers’ live concerts when they can’t be there in person. HDLC events are professionally produced using the latest audio/visual technology and broadcast in stunning, high definition, high quality ...

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I'm Sorry, but It Was Never Just About the Music

Source: HypeBot
September 16, 2009

“Musicians should concentrate on being musicians."

“How can I make music when I'm expected to spend all my time on Twitter and Facebook?"

I'm sorry if this comes as a surprise, but it has never been enough to just make great music. Every generation of musicians has had to face their own challenges which forced them to go beyond creation and recording.

Frank Sinatra made movies to reach a bigger fan base. Elvis's hips and haircut ...

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