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  MSN Visualizer mixes music and Flickr images in a mesmerizing HTML5 display

  By Jamie Keene on January 30, 2012 08:42 am + 20 comments

  MSN has released the Visualizer, a music showcase developed by Swiss design house Hinderling Volkart Continue reading…

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  The Flaming Lips 'Now I Understand' featuring Apple's Siri on vocals

  By Ross Miller on January 30, 2012 01:07 am + 20 comments

  Wayne Coyne and his group The Flaming Lips this weekend are previewing a "sound construction" piece Continue reading…

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  Milkshake does music visualization with WebGL

  By Dieter Bohn on January 28, 2012 06:18 am + 13 comments

  One of the great hopes for a web app future is WebGL, a software library that can enable immersive, Continue reading…

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  Spotify now has over three million paying subscribers

  By Sam Byford on January 26, 2012 09:41 pm + 12 comments

  The debate goes on as to how good subscription-based streaming services are for the music industry, Continue reading…

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  Google Music now lets you download MP3 copies of your stored tunes

  By Sean Hollister on January 26, 2012 07:42 pm + 41 comments

  Google Music is a "music locker" service, where you can upload your songs to the cloud, and then Continue reading…

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  SoundCloud makes HTML5 widgets its default option, will continue supporting Flash

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 26, 2012 04:56 pm + 7 comments

  Back in November, SoundCloud launched its first HTML5 widgets, saying that it was the second most Continue reading…

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  Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save the music industry

  By Paul Miller on January 26, 2012 04:34 pm + 143 comments

  For the conscience-laden music consumer, streaming music services present an interesting quandary. Continue reading…

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  Rhapsody acquires Napster service in UK and Germany

  By Tom Warren on January 26, 2012 03:50 am + 8 comments

  Rhapsody has acquired Napster International in a move to expand its music subscription service to Continue reading…

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  DRM comes back with a vengeance as digital media moves to the cloud

  By Nilay Patel on January 24, 2012 01:02 pm + 107 comments

  Almost exactly five years ago, Steve Jobs wrote "Thoughts on Music," a short essay arguing against Continue reading…

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  CyberStep KDJ-One portable digital audio workstation available for pre-order

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2012 11:28 pm + 6 comments

  The story of NAMM 2012 was iPad integration into the digital audio workspace, but no-one seems to Continue reading…