While conventional wisdom has known for years that sales of CDs are declining in favor of digital music sources, a new survey by NPD analyzed exactly what listeners’ preferences are today. The results showed that internet radio and on-demand listening services moved into second place for means of enjoying music, pushing CDs down to third. Classic AM/FM radio held onto [...]
Update: As suspected, this trailer has been debunked. It’s still neat to watch though! If you’ve ever wanted watched the films of Russian art-house film director Andrei Tarkovsky (Solaris, Stalker, Andrei Rublev) but thought, “Needs more out-of-context narration by George Bush Sr.” then you’re in luck with the alleged trailer for Kanye West’s upcoming short film Cruel Winter. It just [...]
This week, Google announced its new Nexus 4 phone and full-sized Nexus 10 tablet to compliment the popular Nexus 7 — bu that’s not all the company announced. Consumers of digital entertainment should be glad to learn that Google Play (that’s the company’s music, TV, movie, magazine, and book downloading service) will begin matching your digital library in the cloud [...]
Microsoft Windows 8 became available today, with downloadable upgrades for desktops and laptops on sale at Microsoft’s website and the tablet-focused “RTM” version shipping on the new Microsoft Surface tablets. Windows 8 takes a cue from Apple’s App Store for Macs or iPhones by including a “Windows Store” in the new operating system that has verified apps for your computer’s [...]
Microsoft’s Zune music service was never all that popular, though the service itself didn’t draw quite as much ire and comedy as the ill-fated Zune portable music players. It probably saw some satisfied use on the Xbox 360 in particular, but its time has now passed. Microsoft began quietly killing off Zune this weekend; the Zune website now redirects to [...]
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