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This Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Is Also A Showerhead

by Tim Sessions on May 15, 2013 in Gadgets

We’ve all done it. We’ve dragged a pair of old computer speakers or stereo into the bathroom to plug our music playing devices in while we shower. Whether we listen to music, pod casts, or audio books, sometimes the sound of the shower alone isn’t enough to get us through our morning routine. Thanks to [...]

European Study Examines How Illegal Downloads Impact The Music Industry

by Mike Beauchamp on March 27, 2013 in News

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has published a new study with their findings from more than 16,000 Europeans about their legal (and illegal) music consumption. Some interesting findings show that in general, music piracy doesn’t hurt the music industry. A few takeaways from the study: – It seems that the majority of the music [...]

Check Out This 11-Page Best Buy Ad From 1996 [Warning: Huge Computers, Phones, And TVs]

by Mike Beauchamp on March 25, 2013 in Gadgets

If you feel like taking a walk down memory lane, check out this Best Buy ad from September 1996; almost 17 years ago. I particularly laughed about the “7.9 oz Cellular Phone” and the “16 MB Memory Upgrade” for desktop computers for $129. Tweet your favorites to me: @mbchp. —– You should follow Mike on Twitter [...]

Pandora Will Limit Users To 40 Hours of Free Streaming Per Month

by Mike Beauchamp on February 28, 2013 in Apps, News

Pandora announced in a blog post yesterday that it will begin limiting mobile users to 40 hours of free usage per month. If you have Pandora One, you’ll still have unlimited access and no advertisements. Also, listening to Pandora from your computer will not be affected by the limit. In the post, Pandora founder Tim [...]

Bedtime Story: Google Books adds ‘Read aloud’ feature

by Joshua H. on December 19, 2012 in Android, Apps, Product Reviews

One of the best features the Kindle had on Google was that it could read your books to you through your headphones. Google has released a major update to the Google Play Books application with some pretty awesome features and enhancements. The ‘Read Aloud’ feature is exactly what you’d request. The app is able to [...]

Google Play Music Launches iTunes Match-like Matching Feature

by Mike Beauchamp on December 18, 2012 in Android, Apps, News

Google Play is rolling out a new feature aimed squarely at Apple’s iTunes Match service. The Scan and Match feature will make managing your music collection easier, since you won’t have to actually upload all your files to the cloud. Instead, Google will scan your music library and “rebuild” it entirely in the cloud, making [...]

New streaming music service, Daisy, looks to compete against Pandora, Spotify, Last.fm, Songza, and others

by Tyler Riggs on December 11, 2012 in News

The world has Pandora, Spotify, Last.fm, Songza, Turntable.fm, Napster, Rhapsody, and any number of other services for streaming music to listeners ears, but in early 2013, another service will enter the playing field, this one backed by Nine Inch Nails frontman and film score composer Trent Reznor and Beats By Dre. According to The Verge, [...]

Spotify Now Has 1,000,000+ Paying Subscribers in the U.S.

by Mike Beauchamp on December 6, 2012 in Android, Apps, News, iPhone

At a press event in New York this morning, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed some big milestones. Check out these numbers, keeping in mind Spotify just came to the U.S. last year. – More than 1 million paying subscribers (Spotify has $4.99 and $9.99 monthly plans) – Spotify has paid more than $500 million to [...]

Review: iTunes 11 is an improvement

by Joshua H. on November 30, 2012 in Apps, News, Product Reviews

I am not an iTunes hater. I know a lot of users complain, and that it’s typically listed as the piece of Apple software that needs the most loving. The new design does quite a bit to make some users happy. There are some users Apple may never try to satisfy. Focus on the playback [...]