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WSJ: Google Planning AirPlay Killer

12:45PM Today | Sam Biddle

According to the usual band of invisible anonymous sources, the Wall Street Journal says Google’s cooking up its own AirPlay rival. Are they? Probably! More »


Software

The Top 7 Android Music Apps For Apple AirPlay

3:30AM Today | Wren Leader - Evolver.fm

Apple’s AirPlay lets people watch movies, looking at photos, and of course listening to music wirelessly, zapping the content from their iPhones, iPod touches or iPads to their televisions and home speaker systems with a variety of popular iOS music apps. More »


Entertainment

Behind The Scenes Of OK Go’s Crazy New Desert Stunt Drive Video

2:00AM Today | Jamie Condliffe

Earlier this week, we gave you an exclusive first look at OK Go’s new video for “Needing/Getting”. When a music video’s that complex, you can bet a behind-the-scenes glimpse is going to be interesting — so here’s one to get you started. More »


Entertainment

Nature’s Greatest Predator Reduced To Blaring Your LMFAO

1:00AM Yesterday | Andrew Liszewski

It was once considered nature’s most fearsome predator, and made us afraid to go back in the water. But now the great white shark has been reduced to a passive iPhone amplifier, blasting out your Nicki Minaj and MIA. More »


Entertainment

I Will Buy Your USB Shot Glass, Rad Power Hour Girl, And Then I Want To Marry You

8:00PM February 8, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Musician Ali Spagnola tours around the country righteously promoting collective binge drinking with her Power Hour Concerts. Then she got sued. Now she’s selling Power Hour USB Shot Glasses to pay her legal fees. Will you marry me, Ali? Or can we at least drink together? More »


Gadgets

DigiTech’s iPhone Guitar Pedal Lets You Shred Without Your Phone

4:00PM February 8, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

The Digitech iStomp isn’t the first iPhone-controlled guitar effects pedal, but it’s the first one that feels more like a legit guitar accessory than an iPhone toy. More »


Mobile

Why Lady Gaga Deploys A Sound Only Your Smartphone Can Hear

1:45PM February 8, 2012 | Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Audio tags are looking more and more like the new QR code — not only are they way less ugly than those jagged black-on-white squares, but you don’t need to take a picture of anything in order for them to work. (See also: Shazam and the Super Bowl.) More »


Entertainment

‘Used’ Music Service Won’t Shut Down Because Of Lawsuit… Yet

12:30PM February 8, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Capitol Records failed to halt the operations of ReDigi, a service which sells “used” digital music, in advance of their looming legal battle. And even if you’ve never heard of ReDigi, this case holds important consequences for digital media of all kinds. More »


Entertainment

1980s MTV Australia Presents A Guide To Sampling And The Music Business

9:30AM February 8, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Long before the Today Show, Richard Wilkins brought MTV to Australia as a program on Channel 9. This video from around 1988 is as charming as it is naive. It’s the early days of electronic music when sampling was considered theft. Beastie Boys, Ice T, Fresh Prince — sorry, Will Smith — Jazzy Jeff, Cold Cut, De La Soul and even Debbie Gibson try and get to the bottom of the question “is sampling art or stealing?” More »


Entertainment

Shure SRH-940 Headphones Review: Serious Bang For The Buck

2:30PM February 7, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Shure has been killing it for years with their line of professional in-ear monitors. In 2010, they turned their attention to full-sized headphones. Does the SRH-940, their latest and greatest closed-back model, earn its keep? More »