How to add a $300 million feature to any smartphone
HTC’s $300 million investment in Beats Electronics last summer was one of the more questionable moves the struggling vendor has made in recent history. News of …
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iTunes Match launches in 19 additional countries
Apple has updated the company’s iTunes Match service to include 19 additional countries. The list includes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, …
iTunes Match now available for developers
Apple’s iTunes Match service, which lets you store your entire music collection, including music you have ripped from a CD, or purchased or downloaded elsewhere, …
New Apple iPod nano to contain a camera, keep form factor?
That’s what it’s looking like according to a leaked image from Apple.pro, a site that has in the past leaked details and images on Apple …
SRS iWOW 3D: The iPhone gets a swift kick in the buds
If you had asked me a few weeks ago, I would have insisted that no ear buds in the sub-$1,000 price range sound better than …
Amazon’s Daily Deal aims to take customers, market share from iTunes
A recent report filed by Reuters aims to shed some light on how online retail giant Amazon plans to commandeer market share of digital-music downloads from Apple’s iTunes Music …
Klipsch Image ONE headphones giveaway!
Hollywood Style Awards sponsor Klipsch hit us up and dropped us a pair of its brand new Image ONE stereo headphones to give away. Klipsch’s Image …
The Fab Four go digital; The Beatles’ catalog now available on iTunes
Yesterday, there were internet rumors aplenty after Apple posted a cryptic message about iTunes on its homepage, and today, we have to wonder no more. …
U.S. iTunes Music store extending song previews to 90 seconds
According to blog Symphonic Distribution, Apple will be extending the length of song previews in its U.S. iTunes Music store from 30 seconds to 90 …
Mini Review: EarSonics SM3 in-ear headphones, high-end buds for the audiophile in you
Let’s just go ahead and just throw this out there: EarSonics’ SM3 in-ear headphones are not a “stocking stuffer” item. Furthermore, they are — in …
Sonos Controller app for Apple iPad now available
We checked out Sonos’ Controller app for the iPad a little while ago before it was in final form, but last night, dear music lovers, …
Nielsen: U.S. digital music sales flat in 2010
According to analytics company Nielsen, digital music sales in the United States were flat during the first half of 2010; showing no positive growth from 2009. …
Sonos introduces Wireless Dock for multiroom wireless iPod enjoyment
You know we love us some Sonos gear around these parts, and Sonos’ latest announcement definitely caught our attention. Today at CEDIA, Sonos introduced the …
Latest Apple iPod touch hits FCC, gets taken apart
Any Apple fans out there waiting to grab the brand new iPod touch hotness? If so, you’re going to be pleased to learn that Apple’s …
Apple iPod nano cases in production, surprise no one
Well, well, well… That rumored touch screen square iPod nano is looking pretty solid right about now. Thanks to our lovely friends in manufacturing in …
More information on upcoming iPod touch, Nano leaked?
According to an iLounge source, the upcoming fourth generation iPod touch will be changing shapes once again. If true, it is said to be more …
Throwback Thursday: MiniDiscs
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re going to dive into the audio realm with the technology that was MiniDiscs. Remember back when exercising with a …
Roku and MP3tunes ink deal to stream iTunes library to your TV
Today, Roku and MP3tunes announced a partnership that will bring your iTunes music library to your television. MP3tunes, for those not familiar, is a company that provides …
Throwback Thursday: Winamp
Remember when you could download all of the MP3s you wanted from peer-to-peer site Napster and not get sued by the RIAA? Remember trying to …
Do you want us to do a weekly podcast?
Do you want a weekly BGR Podcast?online surveys We’ve sort of done some light podcasting, a couple radio-themed segments, and all, but we’re interested to …
Sonos Controller gets iPad upgrade
The good folks at Sonos just stopped by our office to give us a preview of their brand new Controller application for the Apple iPad, …
Apple to announce iTunes.com, new Macs at WWDC?
It’s no secret that the star of this year’s WWDC keynote will be the next-gen iPhone, but what else could it potentially bring to the …
Nokia launches DRM-free Comes With Music in China
Some pretty big news out of China recently as Nokia has announced the launch of its Comes With Music service in the world’s second largest …
Sonos Multi-room Music System Review: S5, ZoneBridge, Controller 200
It’s pretty incomprehensible that until about two weeks ago, I had never used a piece of Sonos equipment. Heard about it, and read about it? …
Oxford University gets quiet as students are banned from using Spotify
There’s nothing like ruining your ears by blasting your favorite tunes while studying up on photochemistry and reaction dynamics, but Oxford students will have to …
CES 2010 Wrap Up Podcast!
We wanted to do something special for the end of CES 2010, so we’ve recorded a nice little wrap up of most of the mobile …
Apple acquires streaming music company Lala
Circulating reports suggest that Apple has purchased online streaming music company Lala. Lala offers a service that allows users to stream music from Lala’s massive …
Apple iTunes 9 announced, home sharing, app organization, social networking
Looks like what we reported turned out to be true — social networking sharing (sending information to Facebook and Twitter as well as app organization). …
More iTunes 9 details, Apple developing social networking application?
Our same source is back at it again and we have some further clarification on the iTunes 9 rumor we posted a couple days ago. …
Apple iTunes 9 details, Blu-ray, app organization
We’ve just received a tip from a pretty reliable source that detailed for us some of iTunes 9’s upcoming features and they’re pretty exciting. One …
