It’s a bit of a let down that our friends in the US aren’t able to get their hands on Spotify just yet, but fear not dear readers, there’s a web-based service that’s been available for some time now, and it’s right on your doorstep. Grooveshark, the seldom publicized music streaming…
Grooveshark has been around for almost a decade, but the company’s last few years have been a slow slide into legal oblivion. Now the music streaming service is finally dead. The company updated its website on Friday, replacing the service with a long message explaining the decision to shut…
Last week, Grooveshark shuttered its website and officially apologized for violating copyright law. At the time we assumed the decade-old streaming service was gone for good, but just a few days later Grooveshark appears to be back. The new site uses the same logo and basic design as the origi…
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 seemingly took fo…
There’s no argument that anywhere-anytime digital music streaming is a huge benefit in these modern times. But even so, some of us can’t help but fondly recall the old days, when music sharing hinged on something a bit more tangible, personal and soulful — the mixtape. Well-executed ones w…
Back in June, T-Mobile announced a new option for some of its Simple Choice customers that allows them to stream music without dipping into their monthly bucket of data. A customer with a 3GB Simple Choice plan, for example, can stream as much music from Pandora as he or she wants, and that str…
Is it possible to love a service? I think it is – I’ve been using Shuffler.FM all weekend and I totally dig how it translates the channel surfing tendencies of the restless television viewer to music listening online and blog discovery. Since I help musicians with social media over on Upto…
Who doesn’t like to listen to a little bit of music as they work or study? Over the past few years streaming music sites have popped up like weeds all over the Internet, but sometimes you just want to sit back, set the “station” and let the site do the rest of the work for you. We’v…
As expected, Barnes & Noble on Tuesday officially announced an 8GB version of its Nook tablet that will sell for just $199. The company also announced that the Nook Color is now just $169. "For any customer who likes to read digitally, watch movies or TV shows, browse the web, or help thei…
One of the best things about being a Verizon customer: I get service everywhere I've been since I switched from T-Mobile to Sprint to AT&T and now to Verizon. One of the worst? Their insistence on mucking about with the phones they sell. Add in HTC's tendency to add a bunch of "partner soft…
You don’t do things the ordinary way. You may rock an early adopter/cutting-edge/outlier device. Or you might beta-test features that would intimidate other users. Or perhaps even hack or tweak your own hardware or software. So then why, for Valentine’s Day, would you go with the typical ro…