CES Update: MusicIP is inviting both music fans and music-centric software developers to take advantage of their newly introduced tag-fixing functionality, which cleans up the metadata in digital music collections of any size. Along with building instant playlists and acoustic music searching, music fans can use MusicIP Mixer to fill in missing metadata and correct […]

Avvenu,¬†a new online music service, lets people share music stored on their PCs with other computer or mobile phone users. Using the free Avvenu Music Player, users can select tracks they want to share and send links to friends via e-mail. Recipients click on the link to listen to the songs for up to five […]

It looks like reports of iTunes’ death were premature, despite Forrester’s controversial report that suggested that iTunes sales were plummeting. Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store. ‚ÄúiTunes has crossed another major milestone by […]

Digital downloads helped the music industry end 2006 on a positive note. A Nielsen SoundScan report released Thursday showed music purchases in the U.S. exceeding 1 billion units for the second straight year as downloads continued to compensate for declining CD sales. According to the report, which tracks data from more than 20,000 retail locations […]

Virgin Digital has shuttered its ailing US music service. The service had failed to make a dent in iTunes’ popularity, but the coup de gr√¢ce came with Microsoft’s decision to abandon PlaysForSure, the technology Virgin’s music store was based on. when it introduced the Zune. Virgin has contacted subscribers, offering them a free MP3 player […]

Digital music consumers listen to more music, enjoy more new music, talk more about music and attend more concerts, according to a survey released today by the Digital Media Association (DiMA). Nearly 60 percent of consumers report that they are listening to more music since they started using an online service. The 1008 consumers surveyed […]

Olympus has introduced three new DS-Series digital voice recorders, the new Olympus DS-30, DS-40 and DS-50, that are optimized for downloading, listening to and creating podcasts. The new recorders’ high sound quality is also great for listening to audio books and music, making them the all-in-one audio device. Software included with the devices is designed […]

Mopar, DaimlerChrysler’s original equipment manufacturer, has announced that it has expanded availability of its factory-engineered iPod Integration Kits for most Chrysler Group vehicles. Mopar’s iPod Integration Kit provides direct connectivity between your iPod and the vehicle’s audio sound system. The iPod attaches to a custom cable port located in the glove box. The iPod adaptor […]

The Wall Street Journal today has a myopic report on the state of music podcasting, saying that podcasters have failed to make headway in the area of music podcasts. The focus of the article is on the mainstream music industry’s tentative steps into the world of podcasting, but the article ignores the tremendous popularity of […]

New iPod owners swarmed to Apple’s iTunes store Christmas day, dramatically increasing iTunes’ market share. Visits to the iTunes website jumped 413 percent this Christmas compared to last year, according to Hitwise, a marketing intelligence company. While some are reporting that holiday traffic brought down iTunes, the site’s biggest problem appeared to be very slow […]