📅 February 17, 2014

Questlove on Technology & Superstar DJs, Vinyl Snobs and More… [video]

OK, you’ve got 20 million songs in your pocket. Now what? With endless choice comes a serious challenge: cutting through all that noise to find the next song that will change your life. In this era, the real rock star are the curators—the people, tools, and algorithms that bring you the music you’ll love. I

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OK, you’ve got 20 million songs in your pocket. Now what? With endless choice comes a serious challenge: cutting through all that noise to find the next song that will change your life. In this era, the real rock star are the curators—the people, tools, and algorithms that bring you the music you’ll love. In this months WIRED’s music issue, Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the legendary The Roots crew, talks about how to find music you’ll fall in love with. Read the article here and jump over the break to check out Questlove talking about technology and the superstar laptop DJs, record shopping, vinyl snobs, J Dilla and cassettes, and more…

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📅 May 22, 2013

Rdio Gets Updated With ‘Labels’ And ‘Find People’ Features

Rdio was updated today to v2.2 which brings a couple of new features to the iOS app

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Rdio was updated today to v2.2 which brings a couple of new features to the iOS app. One new feature in this update is ‘Find People’, a feature that makes following friends and artists easier than ever. The update also introduces ‘Labels’ which allows you to search for a record label and find its top artists and albums. Also present in v2.2 are minor bug fixes and UI enhancements.

Rdio is available for free in the app store

📅 April 30, 2013

Can iTunes Dominate Another Decade? [video]

With iTunes turning 10 just last week, the only question is how will the future of the world’s biggest digital media store look like?

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With iTunes turning 10 just last week, the only question is how will the future of the world’s biggest digital media store look like? CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout and The Verge’s Nilay Patel discuss what the next 10 years could hold for iTunes.

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📅 April 18, 2013

Twitter #Music Now Available In The App Store

Twitter’s new #Music app will be available on the web and in the iTunes store on Thursday. The app integrates music from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio and lets users tweet songs from the app.

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Twitter’s new #Music app will be available on the web and in the iTunes store on Thursday. The app integrates music from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio and lets users tweet songs from the app.

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📅 April 2, 2013

Audiozue: Music Player/Controller for iTunes, Spotify and Rdio

a music player/controller for iTunes, Rdio and Spotify that tracks your listening and shows the music that’s ‘trending’ on your computer.

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Audiozue is a a music player/controller for iTunes, Rdio and Spotify that tracks your listening and shows the music that’s ‘trending’ on your computer.

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📅 November 7, 2012

HOW TO: Use Netflix, Pandora, Hulu and Rdio From Any Country For Free

Media Hint is an extension that allows you to access internet media streaming services like Hulu, Netflix, Pandora and Rdio from anywhere. No additional set-up required. Install extension and you are ready to go.

If you’re not a respected citizen of the United States of America, or even if you are but you are traveling abroad, you’re pretty much a freak. Yes, a freak! Or at least that’s what streaming services like Hulu or Pandora think of you.

Don’t worry! Your freak days are over thanks to Media Hint, a brand new service from Garage 48…
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📅 October 31, 2012

Apple To Launch Streaming Service in Early 2013? [video]

Last week, Apple announced its new iPad Mini, but the Silicon Valley giant is preparing a service that might have a much bigger impact on music listeners.

Last week, Apple announced its new iPad Mini, but the Silicon Valley giant is preparing a service that might have a much bigger impact on music listeners.

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📅 August 7, 2012

Setlist: The Easiest Way To Discover Local Shows Using Artists In Your Rdio Collection

It’s hard keeping track of what acts are playing in your area at any given time. Setlist makes it easy, by linking to your Rdio account and automatically showing shows by artists in your collection that are playing near you.

It’s hard keeping track of what acts are playing in your area at any given time. Setlist makes it easy, by linking to your Rdio account and automatically showing shows by artists in your collection that are playing near you.

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📅 December 6, 2010

Music Controls Pro: Expand Controls For Your Music Apps

Music Controls Pro adds backgrounding and system integration into many popular music applications, and gives you many ways to interact with your music

New day, new tweak in Cydia: Music Controls Pro. Music Controls Pro is the next step in how you control your music. Here are just a few of the changes:

  • Video backgrounding: videos keep playing when you hit the home button!
  • Remote server: use Remote from another device to control your music apps! Playlists not yet supported
  • Revamped engine: Multiple music apps can be open, and swipe controls are usable with natively-supported apps!
  • SBSettings toggles for the Remote server and Swipes
  • Dock metadata: Show what’s playing on your car stereo or speaker system!
  • Expanded app support: Audiogalaxy, rdio, Napster, and ZumoCast are now supported!

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