By Killian Bell |
The hugely popular music streaming service Spotify has expanded its European coverage with the launch of its service in Denmark. The company announced its expansion in a post on its blog earlier today, and users in Denmark can begin accessing the service immediately: “We’re excited…
By Brandon Russell |
Get ready fellow Buffalo because tomorrow Apple is set to hit us with a whole slew of software updates – iOS 5, iCloud and a little something for Lion as well. Are you excited? You can start preparing now by downloading Apple’s just released iTunes 10.5.…
By Killian Bell |
One important feature that Google’s Music Beta service has been lacking since its launch is compatibility with iOS devices. The idea behind the service is that you store your music library in ‘the cloud’ so that you can access it on any internet-connected device, wherever you may…
By Emily Price |
Could Facebook be launching its own music service? According to Mashable, the social network has plans to get into the music business as early as next month, with high-profile partners like Spotify, Rdio, and MOG. The service will reportedly let you listen to tunes from…
By Killian Bell |
Competing with Apple’s iTunes music store — the world’s number one music store — was always going to be a difficult task for Walmart, and after eight years of trying the company has finally decided to throw in the towel and close its digital music…
By Emily Price |
Spotify now has 1.4 million free users in the United States, and a whopping 175,000 paying customers using the service. The service has been around a little under a month here in the States. The company has been around for years in Europe, and currently…
By Damon Brown |
So there’s this guy, Jay-Z, who mentored another guy, Kanye West. They both became fairly successful artists. One day, probably while getting drunk at a Parisian fashion show, they suddenly decide to do an album together. Get this, though: They are going to make it…
By Adriana Lee |
Oh, Spotify — what you go through just to serve the American people. You took great pains to wheel and deal, taking years, just to come to our shores. You crossed your Ts and dotted your Is, and made nice with the music industry. And for…
By Mike Perlman |
On Monday, I was shipped out to the Big Apple to cover a Jane’s Addiction concert sponsored by LG, including an opportunity to interview the band about whatever I wanted. As a teen that was vacuumed into the grunge and rock vortex of the 90’s,…
By Noah Kravitz |
The rumors were true: Sonos has added a smaller, lower cost member to their family of wireless music systems. The Play:3 is a $299 unit with three drivers, three amps, and integrated wireless/Ethernet networking that streams music from your local collection or various online services…
By Sean P. Aune |
Have you been hearing all of this talk about Spotify, but haven’t been able to check it out for yourself? Well, TechnoBuffalo is here to help you out! Thanks to good folks over at Spotify, they’ve set us up with a bunch of invite codes…
By Emily Price |
The Polyphonic Spree has released a new music video for its song “Bullseye” in the form of an interactive iOS application. The app plays the song, and then lets you interact with the narrative music video in a Choose Your Own Adventure kind of way. “Play…
By Adriana Lee |
So why is everyone so excited about Spotify‘s way overdue launch in the U.S.? After all, we have no lack of music streaming services here. Well, it pretty much blazed a trail in Europe, where it is still hugely popular. Unfortunately, the Swedish-based music-streaming company…
By Sean P. Aune |
After what seems like an eternity, Spotify, the music service that took Europe by storm, has finally launched in the United States. There were rumors, false starts and dashed hopes aplenty when it came to if this music service would ever come to the United…
By Mike Perlman |
Lately, I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with a select fleet of quality gadgets, and the Altec Lansing inMotion Air wireless Bluetooth speaker system is yet another gem in the rough. Altec Lansing has taken portable sound to the next level with the inMotion…
By Emily Price |
Apple’s iTunes Festival is back again this summer in London. If you can’t make the full 31 nights of shows in person, then you catch all the tunes live on any iOS device for free. From the app page in the iTunes store: This July,…
By Emily Price |
Would you buy music from Groupon? The group coupon site is now offering British musical artist David Gray’s newest album “Lost and Found-Live in Dublin,” and believe it or not is actually debuting the album. A download will run you $6, a touch more than…
By Sean P. Aune |
Oh, Prince. There you go again with your hatred of the Internet. Can it not do anything right in your eyes? Speaking with The Guardian recently, 80′s music icon Prince said that he was done recording music for now. The reason? Online piracy. The industry…
By Sean P. Aune |
As with seemingly all good things, Turntable.fm has come to an end for users outside of the United States, at least for now. Earlier today users of the Turntable site outside of the United States were greeted by the following message: We’re very sorry, but…
By Emily Price |
What happens when you give some famous people DJ equipment and have them decorate it? Last night Pioneer kicked off the Pioneer DJ created Art Mix, an art show that “brings together many of the world’s best DJs, urban artists and designers to create original…
By Emily Price |
This weekend I finally got around to checking out Turntable.fm—and I’m totally addicted. I’m a huge Pandora nut, just because I like listening to and discovering new music that I might not otherwise. Turntable is in many ways just a manually run version of Pandora.…
By Emily Price |
Would you use a Facebook music service? According to GigaOm the company may be integrating a music service into its existing site, allowing you to listen to tunes while you check out pictures from your friend’s latest trip to Hawaii. Based on pitches made to…
By Emily Price |
Today along with its new iCloud service, Apple announced iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match. Amazon and Google already have cloud-music services that let you upload your music to a cloud, and then stream those tunes to your devices. Apple is taking a different…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to the New York Post, Apple has agreed to pay between $100 to $150 million to the four major music labels – EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group – to get them onboard with the launch of iCloud. While it…
