Social media network imeem and Warner Music Group today announced a strategic partnership that will make Warner’s library of music available to imeem users in North America for on-demand streaming using imeem‚Äôs free, ad-supported service. imeem‚Äôs Web site lets users create, share and discover user-generated custom playlists, video channels, photo slideshows, and blogs with other […]

The¬†New England Journal of Medicine¬†has published an article that highlights a rare risk of using iPods and other portable electronic devices in bad weather. A 37-year-old man was brought to the emergency department at our hospital. He had been jogging in a thunderstorm, listening to his iPod, when an adjacent tree was struck by lightning. […]

CD sales are taking a dive this year, as more and more music fans get their music fix from free music podcasts¬†and digital music services like iTunes. 229.8 million albums were sold in the United States from Jan. 1 to July 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. That is a 15 percent decrease over the […]

It’s beginning to look like the cell phone industry may be iPwned by Apple’s iPhone: iPhone reviews¬†have been nearly universally glowing. Other cell phone introductions, which might have generated some buzz a short time ago, are suffering in comparison to Apple’s new mobile phone. Unofficial reports put iPhone sales at over one million in less […]

The New York Times reports that Universal Music Group, the world‚Äôs largest music company, has¬†notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes. It’s too early to tell if this is a negotiation tactic or a change in strategy for Universal, but the company said it would market music […]

His royal purple badness, TAFKATAFKAP, aka Prince, is¬†angering the music industry by releasing his latest CD for free with a UK Sunday newspaper. The Mail on Sunday has revealed that Prince’s 10-track Planet Earth CD will be available with in an upcoming edition of the paper, making it the first place in the world to […]

¬† PowWows.com has introduced a new podcast that features Native American music and interviews, IndigiTunes. The first episode featureed Pow Wow music. More recent episodes have featured 49 songs, Fiddle music and music from Kenny Merrick Jr. You can preview the podcast below, or subscribe by adding this feed URL to your podcast client software: […]

freeiPodsoftware.com has a free MP3 to iPod Audio Book Converter that turns any number of MP3 files into one iPod Audio Book File. The advantage of doing this is that you can make use of the advanced audio book functionality of your iPod. For example, your iPod remembers where you were listening in your audio […]

Apple has released iTunes 7.3. It adds two main features: the ability to wirelessly share digital photos from any computer with iTunes to AppleTV, and support for the iPhone: About iTunes 7.3 for Windows With iTunes, import CDs or download songs and videos from the iTunes Store. Make playlists perfect for any occasion. Burn playlists […]

Thousands of U.S. commercial webcasters went silent this Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten the viability of stations that broadcast mainstream music. Unfortunately for the broadcasters, it looks like the day of silence fell on deaf ears. Tuesday’s Day of Silence was observed by Yahoo!, Live365, […]