Tag Archives: Music

Is the iTunes desktop client redundant?

Back at the turn of the new millennium, Steve Jobs proudly unveiled a new desktop client for managing digital music files. iTunes allowed users to “rip” CDs and have them organized in to albums, playlists and artist categories. The simple and clean user interface was miles apart from the cluttered attention seeking mess found on Windows machines. With…

Spotify boasts 13 billion listens in US

It may seem like Spotify has been around for a long time, but in reality it’s only been available to US customers for a little over a year. However, that certainly doesn’t mean that it’s a small-time service. In honor of Spotify’s one year anniversary of US availability, the company released some pretty impressive statistics. Reportedly, listeners in…

iOS 6 brings “Complete My Album” natively to the Music app

A new feature was just noticed within the redesigned Music application in iOS 6. It’s not necessarily a completely new concept, however. In iOS 5, Apple included a “Store” button that would take users directly to the iTunes Store to purchase music. In iOS 6, they take it one step further. Now, when you are browsing your music, and say you don’t have an…

iPhone App Review: Songza

Category: Music Price: Free Release Date: Updated June 11, 2012 Version: 2.50 Seller: Songza Media, Inc. Rated: 12+ Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.1 or later. Link to app TiP Rating: 4/5 Stars App Store Description: Working? Relaxing? At the gym? Songza plays you the right music at the right…

iOS 6′s chrome really shines

Apple’s attention to detail has always made the iPhone and the iOS platform stand out. For that reason, I know this latest iOS 6 discovery shouldn’t surprise me very much, but it does anyway. Let me explain. The Music player got a pretty major redesign in iOS 6, and it’s now rockin’ a sweet black/white/chrome theme. Apple was pretty frugal with the…

Amazon Cloud Player released on the App Store

“No way!” Exactly the thought I had. Amazon has had its Cloud Player app for iOS approved, and it’s now officially in the official App Store, approved officially by Apple. (Think I’ve used the word “official” enough to make my point clear?) Sadly, you will not be able to buy music through the app. That much was expected though, as Apple will only allow…

Apple tried to stop Spotify from launching in the US

This story doesn’t surprise me very much at all. While speaking at AllThingsD’s D10 conference, Spotify director Sean Parker claimed that Apple was the reason it took so long for US residents to get access to Spotify. Up until this point, it was widely believed that Spofity was delayed here in the States because of licensing issues with record…