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EMI Artists Join iPhone Apps Game

Source: PC Magazine
December 9, 2008

You've played the iPhone app. Now get the soundtrack. EMI Music has become the first major label to line up multiple artists for an edition of Tapulous' popular iPhone game application Tap Tap Revenge. The new version of the rhythm game, called Tap Tap Dance, features songs by five EMI acts—Moby, the Chemical Brothers, Digitalism, Daft Punk and Basement Jaxx—as well as independent acts Justice, Junkie XL, Soul Magic Orchestra and Morgan Page. Tapulous will release all 10 tracks included ...

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Obama: Broadband Essential for Economic Recovery

Source: PC Magazine
December 9, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his call for nationwide broadband access as well as more connected schools, libraries, and hospitals. “It is unacceptable that the United States ranks fifteenth in the world in broadband adoption," Obama said during his weekly address, which was posted to YouTube. “Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online, and they'll get that chance when I'm president – because that's how we'll strengthen America's competitiveness ...

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Youtube, Rumblefish Sign Music Licensing Deal

Source: PC Magazine
December 6, 2008

YouTube is awash in homemade videos featuring copyrighted music, and while much of that content is protected by fair use or is so infrequently viewed that it flies under the radar of copyright holders, some uses have resulted in legal action. Want to focus more on your video skills than crafting a defense of fair use? YouTube announced this week that it has partnered with independent music branding and licensing agency Rumblefish to let YouTube users add Rumblefish content to ...

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RealNetworks' Rhapsody Cuts 130 Jobs

Source: PC Magazine
December 6, 2008

Streaming media company RealNetworks on Thursday eliminated 130 jobs, or 7.5 percent of its global staff. The layoffs, not surprisingly, are being chalked up to the floundering global economy. Still, Real insists that it has not been as hard hit as other companies. “The layoffs, in addition to other cost cutting measures, are part of a budgeting process that is intended to bring expenses in line with current and prospective economic realities," Real vice president Bill Hankes wrote on the ...

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Pandora Tops iPhone App Store with 2m Users

Source: PC Magazine
December 4, 2008

Since its launch earlier this year, the iTunes App Store has boasted all manner of success stories, but none come close to that of Internet radio generator Pandora. While the Web-based version of the site has, by some accounts, fallen behind more feature-rich sites such as Last.fm and Slacker, Pandora's iPhone counterpart, which lets users stream free music on their iPhone and iPod Touches, has been going gangbusters. Pandora is now the most popular iPhone app, having registered 2 million ...

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FCC Considers Free Internet Access with Program Censors

Source: Michael Ricci
December 3, 2008

Kevin Martin, the agency's chief, wants to provide free wireless access, but he wants it filtered for porn and other objectionable material. That's not the job of the government.

Universal Internet access sounds great. But not the way the head of the Federal Communications Commission envisions it.

FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin is proposing that free wireless Net access be made available to everyone as part of a sale of public airwaves. At the same time, he wants filters put ...

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The Less Sex, the Better Youtube Likes It

Source: PC Magazine
December 3, 2008

Are you wearing sheer clothing and doing a provocative dance in your latest YouTube video? New policies on the video site might mean that your video could be slapped with an age restriction and demoted on the main page. Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday announced that it will be enforcing stricter standards for what constitutes mature or sexually suggestive content. Videos that earn this label will also be demoted on the site's “Most Viewed" and “Top Favorited" lists. Pornographic images and ...

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Rembrandt @ All About Jazz Virtually

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2008

Rembrandt in Southern California is a virtual exhibition of 14 paintings by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) on view in five Southern California museums.

This collaborative presentation offers a unique guide to exploring these significant holdings and provides information and suggested connections and points of comparison for each work. Southern California is home to the third-largest assemblage of Rembrandt paintings in the United States, with notable strength in works from the artist's dynamic early career in Leiden and Amsterdam. ...

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