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Toshiba Funds Store Kiosks for Downloading Content
Several days after SanDisk announced plans to sell a microSD card pre-loaded with music, Toshiba and NCR Corporation said Thursday that they will invest $35 million in MOD Systems, which produces in-store kiosks that allow consumers to download content – including music and more – directly to portable devices. NCR will work with MOD Systems on ...
Myspace Music Megasite Launches Thursday
MySpace will launch its long-awaited MySpace Music Thursday, an offering that will combine audio streaming with download functionality powered by Amazon. MySpace Music will feature songs from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and indie rock aggregator The Orchard. “Music's been a pretty important part of MySpace since the beginning; it's a ...
Music, Tech Groups Join to Promote Legal Content
In the wake of a Tuesday royalty payment deal regarding interactive music streaming, the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) partnered Wednesday with several leading technology and entertainment companies for a coalition that intends to educate consumers about how to best access legally provided content on the Internet. SGA will work with AT&T, Viacom, NBC Universal, Cisco, ...
Sony Ericsson to Launch Unlimited Music Service
Sony Ericsson will launch a mobile phone service with unlimited music downloads within weeks, the company said on Tuesday, as it competes with Nokia in expanding business beyond the sale of handsets. Sony Ericsson's Play Now Plus, which will be available solely through telecoms operators, will provide subscribers access to millions of songs, and users can ...
Amazon Confirms Music Store for 'Google Phone'
Amazon said Tuesday that it will preload a version of its Amazon MP3 store on the T-Mobile G1, the so-called “Google phone" running Google's Android OS, which launches Tuesday in New York. The T-Mobile G1 comes pre-loaded with an Amazon MP3 application, giving customers a phone-optimized version of the Amazon MP3 store, Amazon said. While the ...
Is Internet Radio Saved? Not Exactly
The recording industry and a group representing digital media reached an agreement Tuesday regarding royalty rates for certain online music services, but the controversial issue of rates for Internet radio stations like Pandora has yet to be settled. Under Tuesday's deal, sites offering interactive streaming and limited downloads will pay 10.5 percent of annual revenue as ...
Kuwait Orders ISPs to Block Youtube
Kuwait has ordered local Internet service providers to block online video-sharing website YouTube over clips that could offend Muslims. “Since the website displays the Koran in the form of songs sung with the oud (stringed instrument) ... and displays disrespectful pictures of the Prophet Mohammad ... please proceed with immediate effect in blocking the website www.youtube.com," ...
Gogimon Launches Aggregated Web Search App
Israel-based Gogimon wants to change the way you search, with its new desktop app that combines results from all three major web-search engines—Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Live Search. Since it's a locally installed program, the tool can learn your search habits and personalize results without requiring you to send your search history to the company's servers, ...
SanDisk Launches New Music Card Format
Can't find enough ways to access your music? SanDisk announced Monday that it will soon release a microSD card for phones, MP3 players, and computers that will come pre-loaded with DRM-free music. The slotMusic card will feature artists from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music, SanDisk said. The format will debut later ...
Aerosmith Earned More from Games Than Records?
Activision says Guitar Hero: Aerosmith has earned the band more royalties than any of their albums. Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick was quoted by MTV Multiplayer at the company's analyst day as saying that the band is enjoying more than just exposure to new fans and renewed interest of loyal rockers thanks to the videogame tie-in. ...
