Telepresence for classical music
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008First ever professional international orchestra auditions for Southbank Sinfonia take place over high quality audio, ultra high definition video technology from British Telecom & Cisco. Southbank Sinfonia (SbS), Britain’s best known orchestra of young professionals and the country’s leading orchestral academy, is for the first time using a unique, immersive “in person” collaboration technology to [...]
Operators can win from mobile music
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008If mobile operators make music easy to access, playback and manage on a variety of mobile devices and the PC, then they will maintain their position in the mobile music value chain, Eric Mallia, director of marketing for SmarTone-Vodafone, told GSMA Mobile Asia Congress Show Daily this week. “Its a winning formula and if we [...]
MP3 players hurt ears
Monday, October 13th, 2008European Union tells music lovers to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels. EU scientists reported that between 2.5 million and 10 million Europeans could suffer hearing loss from listening to MP3 players at unsafe volumes - over 89 decibels - for [...]
MySpace Music, the newcomer
Friday, September 26th, 2008MySpace has launched its own music site, MySpace Music, which gives users free streaming access to songs from major recording labels. The songs are free because they can only be accessed via personal computers that are connected to the Internet and feature a host of ads.
Free music: download DRM-free classical music
Friday, September 12th, 2008Passionato free music dowload service was just launched, giving classical music lovers the opportunity to browse, sample and download single tracks, works or albums from its catalogue of classical music recordings. Tracks are available from its Store at www.passionato.com in superior audio quality (320kbps MP3 or lossless FLAC). All of the music is DRM-free, which [...]
New digital audio format: MX4
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Musinaut, a Paris-based company, today unveiled MXP4, a new digital audio format that transforms an artist’s recorded music into an interactive, multi-sensorial experience that can be creatively varied and individually adapted for greater personal listener enjoyment. Musinaut’s MXP4 technology enables amateur and professional musicians and record labels to provide listeners with more enriching and engaging content [...]
Vodafone Soundbites, it’s MTV on your phone
Friday, August 8th, 2008Vodafone and MTV announced the launch of a new multi-platform programme. Vodafone Soundbites explores every aspect of the global music scene. Featuring international artists’ interviews at gigs and festivals, bands’ fantasy group line-ups, pre-show rituals and performers describing their first time on stage, Vodafone Soundbites brings an authentic behind the scenes insight into the world [...]
Stephanie Lenz, you already won
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Our hearts that is. Stephanie Lenz is accused by Universal Music of intellectual rights breach and the moguls attempt to force her to take down a YouTube video of her toddler learning to walk with the Prince song “Let’s Go Crazy” blaring in the background. I mean how greedy, how meanfull, how EVIL they can [...]
Navman: take your GPS to your music festival
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008GPS pioneer Navman shows festival goers how they can make the most of their Navman sat-nav device when hot-footing it to this year’s music festivals. With many festival sites not associated with a post code, often appearing in obscure locations, Navman’s unique and exciting NavPix technology allows users to navigate direct to the festival site [...]
Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Nokia officially launches new music phones Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220. These are for active people, music fans. The accent is on sporty design and multimedia. The price is 220 euro and 160 euro before taxes or subsidies.
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