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RIAA: Digital beats out physical for first time in 2011, streaming services gain 300,000 subscribers

By Dante D'Orazio on March 27, 2012 05:18 pm + 32 comments

The RIAA has released its statistics on digital and physical music sales for 2011, and it has c Continue reading…
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They Might Be Giants fans recreate 'Apollo 18' track by track — as text adventures

By Jeff Blagdon on March 27, 2012 08:37 am + 2 comments

If you were to draw a Venn diagram including fans of They Might Be Giants and those of interactive Continue reading…
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Logitech UE Air Speaker officially unveiled with AirPlay support and Ultimate Ears branding

By Bryan Bishop on March 27, 2012 04:00 am + 9 comments

A mysterious AirPlay speaker from Logitech first surfaced briefly on Amazon UK back in October, but Continue reading…
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'Multiplayer Piano' lets you make music with strangers over the web

By Dante D'Orazio on March 26, 2012 04:01 pm + 13 comments

If you miss the days when being a kid gave you a license to bang away incessantly at every piano you Continue reading…
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MOG for iPad quietly makes its debut

By Bryan Bishop on March 25, 2012 03:26 am + 34 comments

It would appear that MOG's not the sort of company that lets some sales chatter stop it from Continue reading…
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MOG purchase price reportedly still in flux, will likely be dwarfed by Spotify's latest valuation

By Bryan Bishop on March 24, 2012 02:17 am + 8 comments

We've been hearing multiple reports that MOG has been purchased by Beats Audio, but as of yet Continue reading…
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MOG releases native application for Windows PCs

By Bryan Bishop on March 23, 2012 08:51 pm + 11 comments

The rumors are flying that streaming music service MOG has been bought by HTC's Beats Audio, but Continue reading…
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Nokia Play To beta brings DLNA streaming to Lumia Windows Phones, Music updated to 2.0

By Bryan Bishop on March 23, 2012 03:44 am + 17 comments

Hot off releasing a new Windows Phone photo effects app dubbed Creative Studio, Nokia is at it Continue reading…
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BBM Music beta adds favorites, better shuffling, and an imaginary friend

By Jeff Blagdon on March 23, 2012 03:06 am + 2 comments

A beta release for the BBM Music app on BlackBerry adds some welcome new features to RIM's peculiar Continue reading…
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Rdio iOS app updated with Retina display graphics for new iPad

By David Pierce on March 22, 2012 06:44 pm + 25 comments

The high-resolution on Apple's new iPad is a perfect way to show off Rdio's new graphics-heavy Continue reading…