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Maximizing Your Music Experience (Part 1)

Source: HypeBot
January 27, 2009

In part one of his three part essay, our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Bylin was inspired by Barry Schwartz's book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less.

In recent years the coming of age for a music fan has been a fundamentally different experience than it was for the previous generation. Technology has given the digital natives access to abilities that they have since embraced and claimed as their 'birth right.' These social trends that they display have ...

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Google Purges Obama 'Failure' Links

Source: PC Magazine
January 27, 2009

It didn't take very long into Barack Obama's presidency for a group of users to declare him a “failure"--or for them to assert such feeling by way of Google. Following in the footsteps of the much publicized “miserable failure" Googlebombing of George W. Bush, the “group" greeted the new president during his first days in office by assuring that searches for the world “failure" brought him to the top of the list of results (a sunnier version of the move ...

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The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2009

I honestly don't think we're bad people. Brian Roberts-- Comcast CEO

Comcast appeared to be blocking file-sharing applications by creating fake data packets that interfered with trading sessions. The packets were cleverly disguised to look as if they were coming from the user, not the ISP.

Robb Topolski couldn't stay awake. All he could manage was three hours at a stretch before passing out. At first, his doctors were baffled, though they would eventually diagnose his condition ...

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YouTube Click to Buy

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2009

YouTube has refurbished the click-to-buy links that help sell music on their video site, Coolfer reports. The site’s new, cleaner overlay makes it easier for users to purchase music via iTunes or Amazon MP3.

As evidenced by the still image from Beyonc’s “Single Ladies” above, the link pops up around the bottom of the video, but only for about 15-20 seconds. The new click-to-buy link is both less intrusive and more visible and “should help even more people take advantage ...

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Replace Google Notebook and Move Your Data Elsewhere

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2009

There are a multitude of way to store clipping of interesting things you find on the web - - bookmark services like Delicious, clippings tools like Evernote and more. But one popular place to store your notes and bookmarks is headed to the garbage bin of the web.

Google recently announced it will be shutting down its Google Notebook service. There are some other Google tools that can handle some aspects of Notebook, such as Google Bookmarks, the notes feature ...

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Google Ready to Pursue Its Agenda in Washington

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2009

Reporting from Washington -- Another inauguration took place in Washington this week -- Google Inc. officially became a political power player.

The executives and employees of Google Inc., whose headquarters is in Mountain View, Ca., overwhelmingly supported Obama's candidacy. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is now as likely as any corporate chieftain to get his calls to the White House returned. Its employees supported Obama, and four Googlers served on his transition team. Now the Internet giant hopes to win ...

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Origin Records at Midem

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
January 25, 2009

John Bishop and Matt Jorgensen just finished attending the 2009 MIDEM show in Cannes, France. The annual convention consists of over 9,000 music industry professionals gathering for meetings, showcases and lectures. Origin Records spent three days meeting with foreign distributors from Asia and Europe. “For our first trip to MIDEM I think things couldn’t have gone better,” said Bishop. “It was great to see all the international interest in Seattle musicians and we’re looking forward to finalizing a few of ...

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White House Tech More Tired Than Wired

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2009

Prior to his inauguration, Barack Obama was, without a doubt, eagerly anticipating taking his seat in the Oval Office. What he likely wasn't looking forward to was time-traveling backward into a workplace riddled with obsolete technology.

Any tech geek recognizes that modern technology is far more than a means to an end: Whether we own iPods, Zunes, MacBooks, iPhones or BlackBerry smartphones, our gadgets have become intimately integrated into our lifestyles. So you have to feel the pain of Obama ...

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