When Apple opened the iTunes Store in 2003, the company launched the digital music revolution as we know it. Ten years later, you might pay Apple $1.29 instead of 99 cents for a song, but otherwise we're still mostly living in the musical universe Apple ushered in. Nothing else has...
The Financial Times reports Apple Inc. is closing in on a deal to buy Beats Electronics—specifically, the company's headphones and streaming music service—in what would be the Cupertino company's largest deal to date.Obviously, a deal like this would have huge implications for Apple—particularly its music-related divisions, including iTunes, the fledgling...
In less than a month, Apple will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Apple typically uses this event to unveil new versions of its mobile and desktop operating systems, and WWDC 2014 should be no different.See also: How iOS 8 Will Fix Apple MapsAt last...
Every so often, a product comes along and takes the best of almost everything that came before it and packages those things into a beautiful and functional device that's hard not to admire. The HTC One M8 is such a product.Almost every smartphone comes with its fair share of warts, and...
One of the big problems with apps is that they often don't talk to one another, a fact that complicates life for users and developers alike. Now Facebook thinks it can solve that.On Wednesday at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the company announced App Links, an open-source tool to facilitate "deep...
I’m a music junkie. Like many of you, my life is often accompanied by a soundtrack. I’ve got playlists for working out, and just plain working. Music for when I’m feeling on top of the world, and music for when I'm down in the gutter. Songs that make me think,...
Just when we were looking at how to turn a Chromecast into a Sonos, Google turned the Sonos into a Chromecast.Sonos and Google's new partnership, touted on Google's fairly elaborate launch page, means that you can now stream music to a Sonos speaker from the Google Play Music app. That...
If you’re devoted to the practice of steeping yourself in music everywhere you go, you’re likely familiar with Sonos. Maybe the modular home speaker system has pumped tunes to every room of your house for years now. Miraculously, Sonos remains relevant after a decade in the space. (In fact, just this...
Apple has released iOS 7.1, the latest version of the operating system that powers iPhones and iPads. In addition to fixing security vulnerabilities and other bugs, it provides several interesting new features.iOS 7.1 formally introduces CarPlay, Apple’s new vehicular infotainment system for new cars in 2014. With CarPlay, Apple is...
Samsung has launched itself boldly—again—into the crowded and largely unprofitable Internet music market with a new streaming radio service it calls "Milk." It's powered by Pandora rival Slacker, features a haptic dial interface and an 8-second pre-caching feature designed to let new songs start instantly, and is only available to users of Samsung Galaxy smartphones...
It feels like a new music app launches every week, but there are surprisingly few innovative hardware options that put them to work. Happily, soon a new player will be in the mix—literally.Meet Beep, a project by two former members of Google's Android team. Beep wants to give your home...
You may not use LinkedIn, but if you've ever visited Wikipedia, Tumblr, or Twitter—or done anything while using the Mozilla Firefox browser—you've benefited from LinkedIn's code.LinkedIn engineers developed and continue to steward the Apache Kafka messaging program, which just so happens to apply to a lot of services outside of itself. And...
The Grammys are here, and, like any proper competition, everyone has an opinion on the should-be winners. Among others, Spotify issued a list of its official predictions based on an analysis of its user's artist and album listening statistics. But can the Internet predict who will win?Social Music Places Its...
Whether you're jamming a dusty cassette into a Honda’s busted-up tape deck or clicking and dragging a digital playlist into coherence, music feels personal. In the digital age, we risk losing that art if we take it for granted.The on-demand streaming model means we can follow one whim after the...
Beats Music has joined the ranks of pioneering—and suffering—streaming-music pioneers such as Rdio, Spotify, Rhapsody, Deezer and Pandora, promising to mix things up by, well, literally mixing things up. Unlike some of its competitors, Beats Music is infused with Dr. Dre’s star power and industry know-how, with a heavy emphasis...
Qualcomm is not exactly a consumer electronics company. The San Diego-based chipmaker's forte is to drive technology through research. It has developed and implemented much of the hardware componentry that comes in our smartphones and tablets. At this, Qualcomm exceeds.What Qualcomm normally does not do is build its own devices....
ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.As the explosive trajectory of smartphones adoption approaches an asymptote, mobile apps are riding high. Once an unassuming term for a curious, smallish sort of phone program, the app is now king. It’s almost impossible...
ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.Every once in a while, a tech article grabs you and doesn't let go—whether it’s because it offers much-needed help and guidance, gives you more insight into an area of interest, or transforms a topic you...
ReadWriteShop is an occasional series about the intersection of technology and commerce.If you’re shopping for a music lover this holiday season, we’ve got you covered. And hey, if that music lover is you, there's no shame in that. Audio gear can be daunting to even the tech savvy—it’s a beast all...
ReadWriteShop is an occasional series about the intersection of technology and commerce.Sure, you can stream Netflix shows or movies on your laptop or tablet. But if you've got a big screen TV sitting in your living room, chances are you'd like to use it. And that's where streaming TV devices come...
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