Reality Bites
We’ve been anticipating Ruairi Robinson’s evil robot short Blinky™ for years! Wait no more, the full short's out for public consumption! Watch it now, and don't worry — your kids are perfectly safe! Plus a musical short with Doug Jones! More »
Android and Windows/Mac: Previously mentioned Music WithMe—one of the best ways to sync your Android device with iTunes over Wi-Fi and 3G—is now completely free. The app used to cost $15, but now you can download the Android app (and its Windows or OS X helper app) and sync up your music with iTunes, no matter where you are. If you're still looking for that holy grail of iTunes syncing for Android, definitely give this app a look now that it's free. And for more information, you can check out our original review of the program. [Music WithMe via Andronica] More »
7digital and RIM are back in bed with news that the BlackBerry PlayBook will ship pre-installed with access to 13 million high-quality (320kbps) MP3 tracks from the London-based media company. At launch, the deal affects the US and Canada only, with more countries promised in 2011. PlayBook users will be able to search and preview tracks before purchasing with a discovery assist provided by 7digital’s music recommendation engine. The whole kit will be previewed this week at South by Southwest where we hope to get some hands-on time. Full press release after the break.
Update: RIM’s now also announced a new BlackBerry Podcasts app to go along with the music store, and it’s provided a video showing off both. Check it out after the break, and hit up the link below for some additional details.
BlackBerry Playbook to feature 7digital’s 13 milllion track music store (update: video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Zune hasn’t gotten much love from Microsoft as of late, but that might change over time — ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley noticed that the company is staffing up for a cloud-based multimedia project (by a group known as “Ventura Media Services”) directed at PCs, TVs and mobile devices. “The team is a tight group of music and video lovers that create services and experiences revolving around music/video discovery and consumption,” read a series of job postings that date back at least as far as July of 2010, calling for software developers in Beijing and Redmond who are familiar with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. (Two of them have “Zune” in the job title.) While it’s hard to say if this project is a major focus for Microsoft no matter how often the job posting says “large scale” (we count four times) it’d definitely be nice to have some competition for Google and Apple when they start drawing the multimedia-streaming battle lines.
[Thanks, zblack]
Microsoft’s Ventura could be a cloud music / video platform, have something to do with Zune originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The Android world’s been a-buzz this last week over a few new Android Market URLS, including http://market.android.com/music/ and http://market.android.com/movies/. In case you thought there was nothing to this tip, guess again: the third member of this trifecta (http://market.android.com/books/) has gone live. That’s right, visitors to the Android Market can pick up Glenn Beck’s mile-a-minute thrill ride The Overton Window for a mere $9. We hope that takes some of the sting out of the fact that a Google Music launch wasn’t part of this month’s Honeycomb event — although if we had to wager a guess, we’d say that the company will have Music and Movie offerings soon enough.
Android Market adds e-books; movies and music soon to come? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tricia Helfer will bang you — and then she'll hang you, in this amazing action-movie send-up from the Black Keys. The video for their new song "Howling For You" is like the action-comedy we've been waiting for since Kick-Ass. Including a weird killer-cyborg lady, and Todd Bridges as a priest who once killed a chupacabra for not saying grace. Amazing stuff! [Spin] More »
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Created by Meekakitty, “Star Trek Girl” single is poised to be the biggest hit at 2011’s San Diego Comic Con. It’s hard not to get hooked on this cute little ditty, so grit your teeth and get in step. More »
Google’s been teasing cloud-based music features in Android since its I/O conference last year, and the recent leak of a revamped first-party Music app suggests that the plans haven’t evaporated into thin air. Here’s the latest tidbit: GizmoFusion claims that this screen shot comes from a device running Gingerbread, clearly showing “Music” as one of the accounts configured in Android’s settings, which suggests that the system will be pretty deeply-integrated to sync your tracks just as it would your Twitter updates, your Facebook friends, or your calendar entries. Note that we don’t have any new evidence beyond this one shot — and we need to take GizmoFusion‘s word that this is a Gingerbread device — but we’re wondering if maybe this isn’t one of the new features in that Android 2.4 build we’ve been hearing a lot about lately.
[Thanks, Bryan]
Android getting Google Music sync in Gingerbread? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Every party playlist starts with great intentions. But an hour in, your guests just aren’t feeling Super Sounds of the Seventies. Open Grooveshark in your browser, post up the code for “djtxt,” and let your guests cue their own tunes. More »
Study shows love for music relates to brain chemical, not to My Chemical Romance originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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When the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard came out in 1980, there was a curious fact about it: It was 74 minutes long. Not 60 minutes. Or an even 70 minutes. Seventy-four. And it was all one deaf man’s fault. Updated More »
It’s true. Audiovox, a relative no-name in terms of consumer end products in the music industry, has just signed a non-binding term sheet to purchase all of the shares of Klipsch Group and its worldwide subsidiaries. We’re told that the transaction is subject to a number of contingencies, “including satisfactory completion of due diligence, negotiation and signing of definitive agreements and requisite approvals,” but we can’t imagine anything popping up to stop the inevitable. No hard financial terms were revealed, and there’s no estimated closing date for the deal. Oddly enough, Klipsch was here at CES unveiling a smattering of new products, and Audiovox was also here showing off far, far less interesting gear. We’re hoping and praying that Audiovox allows Klipsch to continue working as its own entity rather than swallowing ’em whole and stifling innovation with corporate bureaucracy (similar to how Disney lets ESPN run its own show), but we’ll be honest — we’re feeling a little uneasy about it. Klipsch is definitely one of our favorite audio companies around, and the last thing we’d want is to see a good company get hit with an undue amount of heavy-handed corporate control. Here’s hoping for the best!
P.S. – If you missed our Klipsch headquarters walkthrough from a year ago, feel free to have a peek.
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Audiovox to buy Klipsch, we can’t help but worry originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Stop whatever you're doing right now, watch this video, and send it to your friends. Actually, you don't even have to watch the video—though it's amazing—you just need to pass it on. Here's why. More »
If anyone’s watched ‘Family Jewels’ (seriously, has anyone watched it?), then they’ve undoubtedly noticed that Gene Simmons loves to drop “profound” insights and opinions from time to time. But, despite his presumptuous attitude, the self-assured KISS veteran apparently remains oblivious to the most crucial and preeminent rule of the Internet: don’t f*** with 4chan.
Either out of ignorance, hubris or unadulterated idiocy, Simmons has decided to enter the ongoing war between anti-piracy crusaders and the Internet anarchists from 4chan. After Simmons reportedly ranted that record companies ought to “sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded a clip,” he immediately became embroiled in 4chan’s Operation Payback conflict. So, as Internet minions familiar with 4chan’s M.O. might expect, Simmons’ website subsequently suffered a debilitating attack (although some Operation Payback members have apparently disavowed responsibility for the incident).
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Gene Simmons Tempts Fate, Pokes the 4chan Hornet’s Nest originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
