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Daily Tech: Songs on iTunes Are Now DRM Free
- At Macworld this morning, Apple announced that iTunes songs are now DRM free. Song pricing will also be offered in three tiers instead of just one, $0.99 cents, $0.69 cents, and $1.29. — Gizmodo
- Keep the free classified provider Craigslist, right at your fingertips with a new iPhone application called Craigsphone.
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Daily Tech: BlackBerry Devices to Get DRM-Free Music
- This April, Puretracks will be launching a BlackBerry music store that will be initially available on the Pearl, Curve, and 8800 series handsets. — The Boy Genius Report
- Parents are said to be gaining inspiration from text message and Google for selecting baby names. — Yahoo!
Steve Jobs' Thoughts On Music
Apple CEO Steve Jobs released a statement containing his "Thoughts on Music" yesterday, which brought up some interesting questions about where we are headed in terms of downloads and the future of music sharing. As you know, iTunes currently allows users to play their DRM protected music on up to 5 computers and on an unlimited number of iPods. This is a big deal in terms of music rights.
The New iTunes Pass: Is It Worth It?
Though it's not the subscription service everyone's waiting for, Apple has announced the iTunes pass, in cooperation with EMI, which is an $18.99 service that will allow you to subscribe to automatic downloads of a certain band for a limited amount of time.
The first band to get the Pass treatment is Depeche Mode; if you sign up, you'll get two singles immediately, their new album when it is released in a couple of months, plus videos, remixes and other presumably exclusive content.
All material downloads automatically to your iTunes account, and you'll be notified of its presence each time, and thankfully, it's in the DRM-free iTunes Plus mode.
Listen to iTunes Music on Your Phone With Didiom
Considering a majority of North Americans have cell phones with decent audio output, this is something that may be the wave of the future. Didiom is a new application that makes it possible to stream music from your computer to your phone — for free and wirelessly. All you have to do is download Didiom to your phone and desktop and you can start streaming tunes to your phone (they offer the service to over 200 phone models).
Daily Tech: TiVo Shows Off a Redesigned Search Feature
- TiVo users everywhere will be happy to know that its trusty digital video recorder has just received a new search, which offers improved search results. It is expected to roll out in beta today. — Engadget
- Without Steve Jobs, or huge product announcements, is Macworld 2009 really one of the worst Macworlds ever?
Lips Review: So Addictive Even the Neighbors Want to Play
When I cracked open Lips for the first time, I had no idea what was about to happen to me. Honestly, I thought that it couldn't get any better than SingStar, and that this game probably wouldn't attract gobs of eager players like Rock Band does. .
Have You Forgiven Metallica For Their File-Sharing Attack?
It seems as though Metallica has logged on to the Internet and finally witnessed what it can do for business — perhaps they saw Radiohead's success with its pretty-much-free In Rainbows and the exposure bands receive via streaming on sites like MySpace and Pandora? Or maybe they just wised up and realized that file sharing is not the death of the music business, as was so direly predicted in 2000. When Lars Ulrich mounted an attack on thousands of Napster users, he had no idea on what the future would bring.
Daily Tech: Get a 8GB iPhone Refurb For $249
- Still not sure about spending $400 for an iPhone? AT&T is now taking orders for 8GB refurbished models on their website. All for only $249.
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- Apple confirms October 26th ship date of Leopard OS X - Engadget
- Porn spammers finally going straight to jail - Switched
- The perfect laptop case and sleeve for Autumn - Shiny Shiny
- Apple drops price of DRM-free iTunes - Crave
- Die Hard DVD will come with PC version as well - The Raw Feed
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