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Indaba Enables Online Collaboration from Recording to Remix

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2009

Indaba enables online collaborative music creation and with the release of its new online console that means from the recording basic tracks to the the final mix. For prices ranging from free to $25 per month, musicians can meet and record privately or open their mixes to the wider Inadaba community creating unique and spontaneous overdubs and remixes . Johnny Legend, Yo-Yo Ma, The Roots and Derek Trucks are among the better known artists that have ...

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5 Reasons You Can Ditch Your DSLR for an iPhone

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

If you want high-quality photos, a responsive and full-featured DSLR is the only way to go. But sometimes you dont want to carry that bulky box around with you.

With a couple of accessories, and a few megabytes of applications, you can turn the iPhone in your pocket into a rather capable replacement.

Interchangeable lenses Photographers have a mantra: Its all about the glass. It doesnt matter how good the camera is if you mount a junky lens ...

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Romplr Makes Music Interactive

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2009

In an age of interactive media, how to do same for music has become an increasing part of the music creation and marketing discussion in recent months. Online collaboration and remix sites meeting like Indaba are part of the answer. But for less tech savvy yet no less engaged fans there have been fewer options. Into that void comes Romplr, a new smartphone app from Moderati, which debuts this week with Soulja Boy Tell 'Em that ...

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Apple Blocks iTunes Sync on the Palm Pre

Source: PC Magazine
July 16, 2009

We feared this day, and yet here it is: Apple has blocked the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes 8 with its latest iTunes 8.2.1 update, according to Engadget Mobile. Apple's Software Update says in the install dialog that the new version “provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices." That's about as pointed as it gets without saying it straight out. It's up to the individual Palm Pre owner how much ...

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CD Baby Grows up with New Design and Features

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2009

CD Baby, the indie music child that Derek Sivers skillfully birthed and took into its teens, is now growing up under the guiding hands of new owners Discmakers. The compeltely revamped site which went live a few days ago offers a much sleeker experience for both artists and fans of indie music. In additon to a new design, new features include: artist pages that house multiple releases single song downloads at variable prices direct ...

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Amazon Sued over Cracking Kindles

Source: PC Magazine
July 16, 2009

Perhaps it's a bit much to ask, but I'd expect that a protective cover purchased for an expensive device like the Amazon Kindle would, at the very least, not damage the product. Matthew Geise shelled over the extra $30 for his wife's ebook reader; 3 months later, the Kindle started cracking where the cover fastens via metal clips. When he reported the problem to Amazon, a company rep told him that it was a common problem and that he'd have ...

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Twitter Ponders Legal Options After Hack

Source: PC Magazine
July 16, 2009

Twitter executives are still pondering their legal options after a hacker gained access to sensitive files and shopped them around to various blogs and news sites, but none of that data compromised the security of Twitter users, according to co-founder Biz Stone. “The stolen documents which were downloaded and offered to various blogs and publications are not Twitter user accounts nor were any user accounts compromised," Stone wrote in a Wednesday blog post. TechCrunch reported this morning that a hacker ...

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Yahoo Allows Users to Opt out of Mobile Ads

Source: PC Magazine
July 16, 2009

Yahoo has unveiled a new mobile feature that lets users opt out of interest-based advertising from the company right from their mobile devices, in an effort to make each user's privacy choices more accessible and transparent. “We believe we are among the first of our major competitors to offer an opt-out choice of this kind directly from a mobile device," the company said in a blog post. Yahoo took the opportunity to point out that it already does several things ...

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