Tag: music
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The Rise of Holiday Light Shows
Just a few years ago, the world was in awe as the first creative light show was set to music … at someone’s home. There was music, lights, and a steady beat that meant we couldn’t turn our eyes away. One creative family decided to put a little more effort (and pizzazz) into their regular…
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Pre-ordering digital content: What’s the point?
If you are an iTunes Store customer, you have probably seen the sections in the store which allows you to pre-order music, books, or movies. I don’t have data to back this up, but I would assume pre-ordering in iTunes is very popular. If it wasn’t I would expect Apple to stop offering that option.…
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Review: Traktor DJ, a professional music mixing app for iPhone and iPad
I would never claim to be a bona fide DJ. At best, I am a hobby DJ who’s been given the occasional opportunity to do his thing at some bars and parties. Even so, I am passionate about playing and mixing music, and over the years I’ve invested in various software packages and items of…
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Music discovery app Shazam raises $40 million in preparation for IPO
Shazam, in an effort to prepare itself before going public, recently hired a new CEO. The company, which is well known for its music discovery app, has more good news to share before finally going public. The company has raised $40 million from America Movil, and enters into a business partnership with the company, which…
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The unfortunate downsides of streaming music services
If you haven’t heard, Google recently announced a streaming music service. For $9.99/month you can stream all the music you want to your compatible device. This is not the first streaming music service, and it probably won’t be the last. In principle, an all you get stream music service sounds good, but in reality it…
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Review: RHA MA-350 aluminum noise isolating in-ear earphones
I was recently offered a pair of RHA MA-350 in-ear headphones for review. I brought them with me on a business trip to China, so I had plenty of time on the long flight to try them out and see how they felt after extended wear. Before I get started, I should mention a few things…
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Apple Releases a New iPod Touch in the Wake of iPhone 5’s Hit Release
It has been one week since Apple unveiled the new iPhone 5. As if the mere release of the fifth generation iPhone was not enough, the giant gadgets designer also dropped a newly revamped version of the Apple iPod Touch. The iPod Touch can be defined as an iPhone without the phone, meaning that the…
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Review: Sonos Play:3, the Wireless Hi-Fi Stereo System
The term high fidelity (or hi-fi) can be traced back to the dawn of music recording, and in general defined a system that could reproduce music with the sharpest and most fulfilling audio quality. And as the generations moved from turntables to boomboxes to walkmans to portable music players, so too did the continual desire…
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Google Music Beta Soon To Meet Google Music Store
I’ve been using Google Music (beta) for several months now, and if you haven’t already, request an invitation for yourself. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the simple interface, the surprisingly full set of features, and the nearly unlimited cloud space…but reports of the upcoming Google Music Store make this…
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Rdio Launches Free, No-Ads Streaming Option
It’s not everyday when you come across a media-streaming service that’s both free and has absolutely zero advertisements, but popular music-streaming service Rdio is bringing U.S. users just that (sorry, foreigners). They’re allowing you free access to their database of over 12 million songs without being bombarded with pesky ads and giving you the same…