Nokia and TuneBite inadvertently combine to provide DRM-free music
In the battle for mobile music downloads, Nokia scored a bit of a hit during the summer with its appallingly-named “Comes with Music” download subscription service. Designed to take on Apple’s iTunes,...
View ArticleFreshen up your Friday nights with Spotify and YouTube
I suppose I of all people, being the publisher of this blog, should have realised this some time ago, but the Web is really making a huge difference to people’s viewing habits – including the classic...
View Article6 gadgets to bring Last.FM into your Living Room
Last.FM is an intelligent Internet Radio station that streams millions of tunes, tailored to your tastes, direct to your PC for free. But what if you want those tunes piped through your expensive home...
View ArticleApple goes for a slice of social pie with Ping
Have you ever wanted to know what your friends are listening to on iTunes? Have you wanted to browse your friend’s music collection, see what concerts they are going to, what they’ve bought or...
View ArticleSony Qriocity vs Apple iTunes – Fight!!
Sony has decided that it wants a bit of Apple’s download pie, and is launching the-difficult-to-say “Qriocity” service in Europe in autumn. Qriocity (it’s as hard to type as it is to say) combines a...
View ArticleGot Sonos? Love Spotify? Get Excited!
What’s better than having one of the premier multiroom music systems in your home? How about a never ending record collection to go with it? That’sd what Sonos owners can now do, as the Sonos multiroom...
View ArticleMore details of Google Music reveals Xmas launch
Maybe Steve Jobs stole Larry Page or Sergey Brin’s sweets as small children or something, ‘cos Google sure want a big bit of Apple’s action. Not content with overpowering iOS with Android (it’ll...
View ArticleGoogle Music goes cloud to cloud with iTunes
Further details are emerging about Google’s forthcoming cloud music service, and it makes for interesting reading. A $25 per year ‘locker’ fee will let you store your songs in the cloud, as well as...
View ArticleMicrosoft finally brings the Zune HD to the UK
It’s certainly an announcement many didn’t expect but Microsoft has finally decided to bring to the UK its (admittedly rather good) portable jukebox, Zune HD. Microsoft made the strange decision a...
View ArticleDenon RCD-N7: The iPhone-controllable Wi-Fi Hi-Fi with AirPlay support
Denon, the Japanese purveyors of fine hi-fi, have just announced the Denon RCD-N7 “Network CD Receiver”, a name which does nothing to reveal the glorious Appley nature that underlies this beast of a...
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