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Apps Are Like Babies
My favorite line from Midem came in a tweet from @amandapalmer: “apps are like babies... easy to conceive and hard to deliver". Apps were the talk of MidemNet and Midem. Music discovery and delivery apps, streaming apps, artist apps and more. But Palmer is right, apps are easy to conceive and hard to deliver - particularly ...
3 More Rumors from Midem
Several strong sources point to the release of a Zune phone. This article from ars has evidence seems to confirm it. Subscription music service MOG's goal of licensing via ISP's and mobile company's is getting closer to reality. Nothing is firm yet, but both sides see promise. Then again, a growing number of competitors are ...
From the Archives: A Revealing Interview with Steve Jobs
In 1994, Apple's kingpin sat down for a free-ranging session with Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell. As he introduces his latest revolutionary product, a rare glimpse into the mind of a true visionary So Steve Jobs is rocking the world again with the introduction of the iPad, a device that takes another step closer to Jobs' ...
Ten Things Missing from the iPad
The iPad was supposed to change the face of computing, to be a completely new form of digital experience. But what Steve Jobs showed us yesterday was in fact little more than a giant iPhone. A giant iPhone that doesnt even make calls. Many were expecting cameras, kickstands and some crazy new form of text input. ...
Topspin Ups Game with Partnerships, UK Expansion
(Cannes) #Midem #Topspin - At MIDEM this week, direct artist to fan platform Topspin announced a major expansion to its growing list of content partners. Topspin will showcase its first annual Topspin Content Partner Day on February 25th in Santa Monica. The company has also opened an office in the United Kingdom which will be led ...
Interview: Jeff Gomez of Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age (PT. 1)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Recently, I spoke with Jeff Gomez, who is the author of Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age and currently the director of online consumer sales and marketing for Penguin Group USA. In this interview, Jeff shares his thoughts on the role of publishers in the digital age, the emergence ...
Spotify Starts to Look Serious
(Cannes) #Midem -- We7 To Launch Paid Premium Service Feb 1st For more than a year streaming music service Spotify has been the darling of the music press and it appears that fans agree. Some tidbits dropped from various company sources at Cannes point to a good year for the company: 250,000 paid subscribers At very ...
Apple Event to Focus on Reinventing Content, Not Tablets
The teaser for Apples press event, Come see our latest creation, has a double meaning. Content creators, not gadget freaks, will be the biggest target of Apples Wednesday press conference. Although most of the speculation has centered on a tablet device that will likely be announced at the event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs probably has bigger ...
Forget the Tablet-Apple Needs to Rebuild iTunes
The time is ripe for a reinvention of iTunes, which has grown into a sort of micro-Microsoft within Apple in terms of its bloated size and slow operation. And its not even making money, according to Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, who said on Monday of the iTunes Store, were running those a bit over break even, ...
Apple Announces iPad
New tablet splits difference between smartphones, laptops. Today Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, the company's hotly rumored tablet device. Demonstrating the iPad at an event in San Francisco, Jobs showed how it could be used for e-mail and Web browsing, viewing photos, managing calendars and contacts, listening to music, viewing video, and more. Senior ...
