Shazam's New iPad App Is Designed For Watching TV With A Tablet, Too

The what's-that-song app now identifies music and TV shows automatically.

Section: Play Author: Brian Proffitt Publish date: May 23, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Google Just Launched A Grenade At Spotify — And It Just Might Work

With the launch of All Access, Google joins the streaming music business. Why the giant could disrupt the space dominated by Spotify and…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: May 15, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Google Ready To Announce Streaming Music Service?

According to published reports, Google has already struck licensing deals with the three largest music companies.

Section: Play Author: ReadWrite Editors Publish date: May 14, 2013 Interaction count: 0

The Ultimate Streaming Music Service: Just Merge Rdio And Spotify

Spotify and Rdio are the best music subscription services in the U.S., but neither is perfect. Here's what the ultimate streaming service…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: May 10, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Twitter #Music Is Great For Artists; Less So For Fans [Hands On Review]

Twitter's new music app is here. Artists should love it, but fans aren't going to find as much to like.

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: April 18, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Twitter Is Teasing Its Musical Future

Twitter is apparently moving on to bigger and better — or at louder and more musical — things. It just isn't yet ready to tell us what…

Section: Social Author: Adam Popescu Publish date: April 12, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Not Even 6-Second Vine Videos Are Safe From The Copyright Police

Vine just got its first DMCA copyright takedown notices for hosting six-second clips of Prince songs. This is crazy.

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: April 2, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Next Round In The Google-Amazon Deathmatch: Streaming Music

Amazon and Google are both in talks to launch music subscription services, opening yet another front in their increasingly testy rivalry.

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: March 21, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Why Google's Rumored Spotify-Killer Makes Perfect Sense

The music streaming space is crowded, but if anybody can mount a serious challenge to Spotify and Rdio, it's Google. Here's why. 

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: February 26, 2013 Interaction count: 0

The Exploratorium's Experience Experts Deliver Awesome iPad App

It takes 40 years of user experience wizardry to build a museum app this amazing.

Section: Play Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: February 12, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Forget Twitter, SoundCloud Is Social Music's Real Rising Star

2012 was been a very good year for SoundCloud. What's behind the social music and audio-hosting platform's massive uptick in user activity?

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: January 17, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Sorry Mr. Timberlake, But There's No Reason To Care About Myspace

Myspace is now competing with  music streaming services like Pandora and Spotify, and that's not going to be easy, even with Justin…

Section: Social Author: Nick Statt Publish date: January 16, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Amazon AutoRip Is Cool, But I Still Won't Buy CDs

As convenient as Amazon's AutoRip is, I'm not any more likely to return to the CD format. I can't imagine anybody else is. 

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: January 11, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Celeb Sighting Bingo! CES 2013's Lineup Of Oddball Celebrities

Get yer bingo cards ready - CES 2013 is once again ground zero for weird, unnecessary celebrity appearances!

Section: Play Author: Taylor Hatmaker Publish date: January 7, 2013 Interaction count: 0

A Dying Industry? Digital Music Just Had Its Best Week Ever

Maybe the Internet isn't killing the music industry after all.

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: January 4, 2013 Interaction count: 0

The 5 Most Pivotal Moments For Digital Music in 2012

2012's biggest moments in music had nothing to do with Adele, "Call Me Maybe" or the Tupac hologram. The real news this year were the shifts…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 31, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Here's What A 3D-Printed Record Sounds Like [Video]

Take a listen to an album created on a 3D-printer. 

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 29, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Philip Glass, Music Apps, And The Future Of The Album

The REWORK_(Philip Glass Remixed) app for iPad is so cool it makes you wonder if apps-as-albums might be a surprisingly large part of…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 23, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Could Music Licensing Costs Kill Pandora? Ask Last.fm

Music licensing costs are forcing Last.fm to scale back streaming audio. That could be a very bad sign for Pandora.

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 18, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Why Last.fm's Scrobbling Technology Is A Better Metric Than The Pop Charts

Last.fm's "scrobbling" technology has been watching us hit the Play button for a decade. Its massive, recently published data set is a lot…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 17, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Metallica Makes Up With Sean Parker As Spotify Gets More Social

The Metallica deal is a significant win for Spotify, not just because the popular heavy metal band has long been a stubborn hold-out from…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 6, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Yup, Social Media Really Does Drive Music Sales

There's actually a correlation between a band's social media presence and their album sales, according to data from Next Big Sound.

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 6, 2012 Interaction count: 0

"Stupid, Stupid" Christmas Song Tries To Make Internet History [Video]

YouTube personality and musician Alex Day wants to upend the traditional music industry with his Christmas single, "Stupid, Stupid."

Section: Play Author: Fruzsina Eördögh Publish date: December 5, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Top 5 Spotify Apps For Music Discovery

Spotify's app directory now features almost 60 add-on apps- what they're probably most useful fo is discovering music you might…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: November 30, 2012 Interaction count: 0