mp3s
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Just When You Thought Sony’s Quest To Revive The Walkman Couldn’t Get More Ridiculous
High-resolution audio purportedly provides a vastly superior listening experience to the highly compressed MP3s we’ve all been downloading for years. Convincing people to ditch their massive music collections and carry around a separate high-res player hasn’t been easy for Sony, but surely high-res audio adoption will now skyrocket thanks to this new $US3680 ($4869) gold-plated…
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Where Does The iPod Go From Here?
Once upon a time, new iPods were the event for Apple. Yesterday, Apple talked iPods for all of 10 minutes. No radical new features. No surprises. If yesterday was any indication, all iPods — not just the Classic — have nearly reached the end of their innovation cycle.
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Calm Down, Apple Isn’t Starting A Real Streaming Music Service
There had been earlier reports that Apple was starting their own streaming music service to compete against the likes of Rdio, MOG and Rhapsody. But anonymous industry sources are telling the Financial Times that Apple has no plans to “cannibalise” their iTunes download service, and that the technology they acquired in their 2009 purchase of…
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You Can Now Buy DRM-Free MP3s From eBay… But Don’t
There’s a new digital music store in town, and it’s got some serious backing… eBay. But neither Apple or Telstra will be shaking in their boots just yet…