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Posted May 1, 2013 - 12:37 pm

Rock's Backpages is the best place on the Internet for finding content from long-running music magazines going back to the early '60s.
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Need a music fix? Tune into Murfie

Posted April 15, 2013 - 4:56 pm

Want to pack off your CDs, stream music to any device, and buy or swap albums for a song? Murfie will be music to your ears.
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Twitter smartly builds anticipation for its music app

Posted April 15, 2013 - 11:43 am

By releasing its music app to a small but diverse group of music "influencers", Twitter has succeeded in generating excitement for its upcoming music discovery service
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Check out this massive music database

Posted April 12, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Want to learn about a band called Beat Box Creating Euphoria? You can on Discogs.
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Fake Twitter followers: One more thing Justin Bieber and Bill Gates have in common

Posted April 10, 2013 - 11:05 am

More followers on Twitter also means a higher percentage of your followers are probably fake accounts
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More proof that our copyright laws are busted

Posted April 2, 2013 - 12:11 pm

Recent rulings in the ReDigi and Aereo cases highlight what we already know: it’s high time for Congress to overhaul the copyright laws
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Apple's iRadio music service is finally coming - maybe

Posted April 1, 2013 - 11:09 am

Apple may be close to launching its long-rumored streaming radio service, but we've heard that before
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Watches that were smart before there were smart watches

Posted March 28, 2013 - 11:21 am

Believe it or not, some watches were smart, in their own ways, well before the Pebble was kickstarted or the iWatch rumored
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Study finds piracy doesn't hurt digital music sales

Posted March 20, 2013 - 10:58 am

Researchers in Europe are telling copyright holders, when it comes to illegal music downloading, don’t worry, be happy
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Apple haggling with labels over iRadio service

Posted March 11, 2013 - 11:26 am

Apple reportedly offers to pay record labels a royalty rate half of what Pandora pays for proposed music streaming service
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Using YouTube as a music service

Posted March 7, 2013 - 12:04 pm

YouTube will reportedly soon launch a music streaming service; some of us are already using it that way
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When is the best time of day to write code?

Posted February 25, 2013 - 12:42 pm

Musicians and vampires usually do their best work after the sun goes down. But does that also apply to programmers?
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6 (sort of) must have Valentine's Day apps

Posted February 11, 2013 - 12:53 pm

With Valentine’s Day bearing down on us like a raging nor’easter, here are some apps to help you navigate those tricky romantic waters
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Making music recommendations with care

Posted January 29, 2013 - 12:23 pm

The Echo Nest serves up music recommendations for a number of popular music services, like Spotify and Rdio. Here’s how they do it
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Can music guys make music subscription work?

Posted January 17, 2013 - 12:52 pm

Producer Jimmy Iovine thinks that, unlike tech companies, music companies will be able to persuade people to subscribe to a music service - and he’s about to test his theory
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2012's most popular holiday music

Posted December 13, 2012 - 1:05 pm

New data reveals that when it comes to holiday music, all we want for Christmas is Mariah Carey
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Let your code do the (holiday) shopping

Posted December 4, 2012 - 12:32 pm

Software developer creates a program to randomly choose and buy stuff
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Data: the ultimate Internet music royalty

Posted November 19, 2012 - 11:21 am

In the battle over music streaming royalties, one musician wants something more valuable than money: information
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The Weekly Hash - November 16, 2012

Posted November 16, 2012 - 11:43 am

Take your mind off the untimely death of Hostess by reviewing the week’s top tech stories, which should be the only time NASA and Papa John’s are mentioned in the same story
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Apple's online music service could be coming soon - free and unrestricted

Posted October 29, 2012 - 9:36 am

Apple is trying to directly license music in order to offer an online radio service not restricted by the DMCA
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9 songs to never - ever - pair program to

Posted October 11, 2012 - 11:27 am

Many programmers love to listen to music while coding; but pair programmers should be extra careful about what they choose to play
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The Accidental IT Administrator

Posted October 2, 2012 - 11:50 am

I never wanted to be in IT support; now I am - at home
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Internet music royalties: what's fair?

Posted September 24, 2012 - 12:56 pm

Two proposed bills aim to make royalty payments more fair for internet radio - but only one has musicians' best interests in mind
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Weird Al has some competition: Chuck E. Cheese

Posted September 11, 2012 - 1:22 pm

Relive the '80s through the magic of Chuck E. Cheese parody music videos.
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'Apple is even more influential than I thought'

Posted August 31, 2012 - 1:09 pm

We both recognized the song, despite neither of us owning the song or album, and then we both realized the impossible: that Apple was, in fact, a more influential force on popular culture than is already known and assumed.
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