After a ten year run as CEO of Pandora, it was announced today that Joe Kennedy will step down as head of the company once a successor can be determined. Before heading up the internet radio giant, Kennedy worked at E-Loan and Saturn. He took the reigns from Pandora founder Tim Westergren in 2004, and under his watchful eye the company has grown to…
Reports from the New York Times and the New York Post are suggesting that Apple’s potential music streaming service is being held back by low royalty offers. According to the reports, Apple is battling with labels over the price to be paid for streaming. It appears Apple is offering labels 6 cents per 100 songs streamed, which is only half of that…
Music streaming services like Pandora and Spotify have revolutionized the music industry in a way nothing has since iTunes launched. It’s legal, and it’s as close to free as you can get without going down the illegal torrent downloads route. Before Spotify launched in the States, Pandora was undoubtedly the number 1 choice for music fans, and that…
As you may have heard earlier this week, the music industry actually grew in the past year for the first time since 1999. Of the $16.5 billion of revenue that was brought in by the music industry, digital downloads accounted for over $5.5 billion of the revenue, and iTunes downloads alone accounted for almost $3.5 billion. While it comes as no…
TiP Daily Feb 25, 2013: More iPad 5 leaked cases hit the web, Apple patches the evasi0n jailbreak in iOS 6.1.3, and more! – Shazam hits 300 million users: http://tinyurl.com/bhuvxke – Evasi0n patched: http://tinyurl.com/azkcrw4 – iPad 5 cases: http://tinyurl.com/afek7oy – Follow me on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/6xjt8hc – TiP on…
Plenty of hardware manufacturers are showing off their new gadgets at MWC in Barcelona this week. It’s not all about hardware though, there are tons of software and infrastructure innovators at the event. One pretty notable presence is Shazam. The company just announced a new version of the app built specifically for iPad and Android tablets which…
Applications such as Spotify and Pandora soak up the spotlight in the field of mobile music streaming. However, they could now have a major competitor, as the music service Slacker has been relaunched, promising to be really rather similar to the currently existing services. Slacker has launched a huge radio-style free streaming service, utilizing a…
A lot earlier this morning, 9to5Mac poked around inside a newly jailbroken iPad using iFunBox and discovered something that has the potential to be very interesting indeed. The ‘Radio Buy’ icons were found within a folder of music related files. Although the icons in themselves are nothing spectacular, they do hint at future Apple…
If you’re a fan of the band They Might Be Giants, there is a new app that you should download soon. They Might Be Giants today released a new app that streams a free song every day. Also, if you happen to forget a day, the previous five days are available to stream. Unfortunately the app is not used as a way to download music, but the band is…
TiP Daily Jan 7, 2013: A few awesome iAccessories hit the web after appearing at this year’s CES, Angry Birds saw a huge jump in downloads this Christmas, and more! – Angry Birds download jump: http://tinyurl.com/bz8yqd6 – Endliss Smartcase: http://tinyurl.com/bjswm2y – Scratch 2 Go: http://tinyurl.com/bgr93yg – Follow me on…
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