| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.02.2025 | The 2025 Best in KLAS Awards: A Beacon of Excellence in Healthcare Technology | The healthcare technology landscape is a vast ocean, teeming with innovation and competition. Each year, the Best in KLAS Awards shine a spotlight on the top performers, guiding healthcare organizations toward the best solutions. The 2025 a... |
| 07.02.2025 | The Pulse of Healthcare Technology: 2025 Best in KLAS Awards Unveiled | The healthcare technology landscape is a bustling marketplace. It’s a realm where innovation meets necessity. The 2025 Best in KLAS Awards shine a spotlight on the leaders in this field. KLAS Research, a trusted name in healthcare IT evalua... |
| 07.02.2025 | The 2025 Best in KLAS Awards: A Spotlight on Healthcare Innovation | The healthcare technology landscape is a bustling marketplace, filled with players vying for recognition. The 2025 Best in KLAS Awards, released by KLAS Research, shines a spotlight on the champions of this arena. These awards are not just ... |
| 07.02.2025 | CSI Companies Shines Bright as 2025 Best in KLAS for Technical Services | In the bustling world of healthcare technology, CSI Companies has emerged as a beacon of excellence. Recently named the 2025 Best in KLAS for Technical Services, this Jacksonville-based firm has proven its mettle in a competitive landscape.... |
| 05.02.2025 | In-Depth: 2025 Best in KLAS Overall and Category Awards | What You Should Know:
– KLAS Research, a leading healthcare IT research and consulting firm, has announced the winners of its 2025 Best in KLAS Awards, recognizing the top vendors and service providers in the healthcare technology and servi... |
| 27.08.2024 | Independent Analyst Study Shows Rhapsody Data Integration Delivered Significant ROI | Healthcare Technology Leaders Saved Time and Money by Accelerating Innovation Using Rhapsody Health Solutions
BOSTON, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhapsody, a global leader in digital health enablement and interoperability, today announced... |
| 20.05.2016 | Rhapsody Brings VR Experience To Music With New App | Dianne Depra, Tech Times 20 May 2016, 10:05 pm
Like music? Rhapsody is hoping to take your enjoyment to the next level with its new app.
Called Rhapsody VR, the app was unveiled during Google's I/O event with the aim of getting users as clo... |
| 19.05.2016 | Rhapsody brings music to your face with VR experience | Music blasting into your ear-holes not immersive enough for you? Rhapsody’s new VR app, during Google’s I/O event today, brings you as close to the music as you can get without getting sprayed with spit, sweat and god knows what else that g... |
| 01.10.2015 | Rhapsody Targets Parents With Launch Of A Music-Streaming Service For Kids | As the demand for digital music streaming services heats up, thanks in large part to Spotify’s traction and Apple’s more recent entry into the market, a number of competitors are working to differentiate themselves from the pack. In the cas... |
| 25.09.2015 | Sneak Peek: Check Out Our Celebrate 2015 Epic Office Hours | The first day of fall was only a few days ago, which means October is right around the corner. Stores are putting out the Halloween candy, the leaves are changing colors, and our annual Tech Cocktail Celebrate Conference is fast approaching... |
| 22.07.2015 | Rhapsody took 13 years to hit 3M subscribers, but it’s growing faster than you think | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 22.07.2015 | Rhapsody took 13 years to hit 3M subscribers, but it’s growing faster than you think | It took Spotify six years to hit 3 million paying subscribers. It took Pandora eight. For Rhapsody, the least-hyped of the bunch, it took 13. That’s a helluva long time in Internet years.
Rhapsody announced the milestone on its blog today, ... |
| 09.07.2015 | The Future of Digital Music Lies With the Artists | Believe it or not, there are people in my life who don’t use Spotify. Whenever I suggest to them that they get it I hear the same argument, without fail: “oh, well I would support them but they don’t pay their artists”.
That’s completely, f... |
| 08.08.2014 | Seattle Roundup: Rover, Tune, Rhapsody, Rightside, Zillow, Ada | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This week’s Seattle tech news roundup features an acquisitions by Rover, Tune, and Rhapsody; the emergence of Rightside Group as a publicly-traded player in Internet domain na... |
| 04.08.2014 | Rhapsody Acquires Music Discovery Startups SoundTracking and Ex.fm | Rhapsody, the Seattle-based online subscription music service, announced today that it has acquired the NYC-based music discovery startup Ex.fm, as well as the Bay Area-based Schematic Labs, which created the music moment sharing platform S... |
| 28.07.2014 | Napster Owner Rhapsody Passes 2M Paying Users As It Extends unRadio To Europe | In 2012, Rhapsody nabbed the European assets of streaming service Napster, covering the UK and Germany, to fill out its 2011 acquisition of Napster in the U.S., as part of its strategy to square up globally to Spotify and other online music... |
| 06.05.2014 |
Dubset Gets Strategic Investment From Rhapsody
| Dubset Media Holdings, a developer of technology used to help DJs monetize their music, and helps identify music for music rights holders--which has offices in Beverly Hills--has scored a strategic round of funding from Rhapsody Internation... |
| 21.03.2014 | Rhapsody kills its Echo Nest partnership following Spotify acquisition | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Streaming music service Rhapsody has stopped usin... |
| 16.10.2013 | Telefonica invests in Rhapsody to push Napster as a global music service | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Spanish telecom company Telefonica has made a str... |
| 16.10.2013 | Telefonica Takes A Strategic Stake In Rhapsody, Will Bring Napster Into Latin America, Deeper Into Europe | In the allegro-paced race between music streaming providers to see who will be the first to achieve profitable scale, today Rhapsody got a significant leg up, courtesy of Telefonica. The Spanish-based mobile carrier, which has some 316 mill... |
| 16.10.2013 | Telefonica invests in Rhapsody to push Napster as a global music service | Spanish telecom company Telefonica has made a strategic stake in U.S. music company Rhapsody, the companies announced today.
The move will allow Rhapsody to push its Napster music service into both Latin America and European regions so it c... |
| 18.09.2013 | Rhapsody International Receives Equity Investment from Columbus Nova Technology Partners | Rhapsody International, a Seattle, WA-based on-demand music service, received an equity investment from Columbus Nova Technology Partners.
In conjunction with the transaction, whose amount was not disclosed, Jason Epstein and Andrew Intrate... |
| 15.08.2013 | 7 Famous Individuals Banking on the Success of Bitcoin | The world of Bitcoin might not have mainstream celebrities backing it, but it definitely has names just as big as the entertainment industry. In fact, their levels of influence actually extend beyond that which Hollywood celebrities and mus... |
| 04.08.2013 | Spotify adds Songza-like ‘playlists for every mood’ and messaging with friends | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Hot streaming music service Spotify will soon add... |
| 23.05.2013 | Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous | Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different... |
| 03.04.2013 | Seattle Roundup: Indix, Haiku, Livemocha, WebTuner, and More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A handful of interesting local companies have raised significant capital in the last week, including Indix and Haiku Deck, and stealthy WebTuner, which added to an earlier rou... |
| 12.03.2013 | Spotify continues streaming music dominance, hits 6M paid users | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Streaming music service Spotify has added another... |
| 15.02.2013 | Rhapsody follows Spotify with slick new Windows Phone 8 app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Music streaming service Rhapsody has launched a sleek new app for Windows Phone 8 — just a week after competitor Spotfiy launched its a... |
| 28.01.2013 | Rdio opens up free music streaming to the U.K., Canada, Australia, & 11 other countries | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Streaming music service Rdio has finally launched... |
| 28.01.2013 | Rdio opens up free music streaming to the U.K., Canada, Australia, & 11 other countries | Streaming music service Rdio has finally launched its free-streaming option in countries outside of the United States, a sign it is serious about fishing for new users around the world.
Services like Rdio and Rhapsody have struggled during ... |
| 10.01.2013 | Rhapsody finally launching in 16 international markets later this year | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Streaming-music business Rhapsody is finally brin... |
| 19.12.2012 | Rhapsody Adds AT&T And Verizon Carrier Billing To Get A Beat On Spotify And MOG | Veteran music streaming service Rhapsody has been around for over a decade. It’s managed to survive in a turbulent (and oftentimes) crowded market, even as it has been eclipsed in popularity by services like Rdio and Spotify. In fact, Rhaps... |
| 17.12.2012 | Boombox 360: Which Xbox streaming service rocks harder? | reader comments 26 with 17 posters participating
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| 17.12.2012 | Rhapsody looks to steal some Spotify magic with sleek new iPad app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Streaming music service Rhapsody has launched an attractive new iPad app that could steal a little attention from its biggest rivals, t... |
| 05.12.2012 | Beefing Up Its Entertainment Content, Xbox Unveils New Apps From Blip.TV, Rhapsody, LOVEFiLM, IGN And More | Microsoft is making a big push to bring more content to Xbox, and some of the more recognizable names in entertainment have responded by building apps for the console, bringing their services into your living room. Two weeks ago, ESPN arriv... |
| 15.08.2012 | The Best Music Apps that Bring People Together | Editor’s Note: This article about best music apps is a revised version of an article that appeared in a previous issue of The Social Media Monthly. If you like it, you might want to download The Social Media Monthly iPad app or iPhone app a... |
| 29.03.2012 | How Do You Go Global Against Clones And Competitors? | GoGlobal is Morten Lund’s new venture. Earlier this month, Lund pitched GoGlobal live on stage at The London Web Summit. Despite a few people thinking it was a ruse, GoGlobal aims to be a platform to grow globally for Software-as-a-Service ... |
| 22.12.2011 | Spotify who? Rhapsody hits 1M paying U.S. subscribers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 17.09.2011 | Top 5 on-demand streaming music services feat. Spotify, MOG and Rdio | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s a digital music revolution afoot. For the... |
| 11.06.2011 | The Music Runs Through Our Veins | Editor’s note: Guest author Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah is based in Palo Alto and you can follow him on twitter @semilshah
Many years ago, as an avid Knight Rider f... |
| 02.06.2011 | Tennessee just made it illegal to share your Netflix account | Sharing the user name and password of any streaming media account is now considered against the law in Tennessee, according to a web entertainment theft bill signed into law yesterday by state Governor Bill Haslam.
The bill makes it a crime... |
| 26.05.2011 | mSpot Finds its Cloud Music Niche: Locker & Radio in One | In the battle of cloud music services, you have a variety of options including radio service like Pandora and Last.fm, online lockers like Google Music and Amazon Cloud Drive, Internet radio stations and premium, “program-your-own” services... |
| 16.04.2011 | Welcome To The U.S.! What Spotify Can Expect When It Arrives | Guest author Patrick Reynolds is currently an Executive Vice President at Triton Digital and a former ad guy.
I just read that Spotify is coming to the U.S! Oh, wait. That was an article from 2009. I hope they really mean it this time. I lo... |
| 29.03.2011 | Lockers vs Streaming Services | I'm on vacation so I'll keep this short.
I don't get the idea of music locker services like the one Amazon just announced. If I'm going to stream music from the cloud, why should I continue to buy files and collect them? I've been a Rhapsod... |
| 29.03.2011 | Is Amazon’s Cloud Locker Really an Innovation? | Amazon has just launched a suite of music products that allow users to store their tracks online and them stream them over the Web or to any Android device courtesy of the Amazon MP3 mobile application. The launch has the tech world abuzz, ... |
| 18.02.2011 | Apple being scrutinized by DOJ and FTC | The company's new billing system is being monitored for antitrust violations
Apple's controversial new subscription service has caught the eye of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, who are looking into the company's... |
| 17.02.2011 | Sony’s Streaming Music Service Goes Live in the U.S. | Sony joins a number of music streaming services today with its launch of “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity.” The service has been available in parts of Europe since last year, and arrives in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand today.
Me... |
| 16.02.2011 | Sony’s Streaming Music Service Goes Live in the U.S. | Sony joins a number of music streaming services today with its launch of “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity.” The service has been available in parts of Europe since last year, and arrives in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand today.
Me... |
| 15.02.2011 | A Round-Up of Reactions: Apple’s Greedy, Anti-Competitive, Evil, Brilliant Announcement | Apple this morning announced a new subscription service for all publishers of content-based apps. It’s the same one we saw with recently-released iPad app “The Daily,” but it’s the previously untold details that are getting people riled up.... |
| 05.08.2010 | Rdio Gaga: How Spotify's Inferior Rival Is Playing America Like A Violin | Poor old Spotify. Less than a week after Billboard magazine reported that the music-on-demand service had “rebooted” its negotiations with US labels, rival service Rdio has just opened its doors in both the US and Canada, proudly boasting d... |
| 03.08.2010 | eMusic gets new CEO, plans redesigned site and streaming music service | Subscription-based music service eMusic has a new CEO in Adam Klein, as well as plans to revamp its website by the end of the year and launch an ambitious-sounding streaming music service, reports All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka.
Klein’s r... |
| 03.08.2010 | eMusic gets new CEO, plans redesigned site and streaming music service | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 22.06.2010 | RealNetworks executives get the axe in latest layoffs | Media technology company RealNetworks announced another round of layoffs today.
The company said it’s cutting about 85 positions, which adds up to about 6 percent of its total workforce, according to TechFlash. As part of the layoffs, RealN... |
| 22.06.2010 | 1,000 Trial Invites For Rdio | The latest streaming music service to launch is Rdio, which is backed by the founders of Skype. It lets you stream 5 million songs from all the major labels (some key indie bands are missing though), create playlists, and find music through... |
| 17.06.2010 | Rdio Fairly Rocks (The Complete Review) | Earlier this month, the founders of Skype (and Joost and Kazaa) soft-launched their latest startup, an online music subscription and download service called Rdio. It is still invite-only, but I’ve been testing it out for the last few days. ... |
| 30.04.2010 | Apple Shuts Down Lala: Here are 5 Alternatives | Apple plans to shut down Lala, the cloud-based streaming music service it bought in December 2009. Lala stopped accepting new users today and will close on May 31. Thanks to its unlimited music locker and innovative pricing scheme, Lala had... |
| 26.04.2010 | Rhapsody App for iPad, iPod touch, & iPhone lets you download music now, no Internet connection required | Rhapsody, the digital music service, has released an updated App for the iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone. It’s free to download but requires a subscription to use. The big deal here is that not only can you listen to your Rhapsody playlist whi... |
| 06.04.2010 | First look: Rhapsody for Android (beta) | Since Rhapsody has spun off from RealNetworks and Viacom/MTV, the subscription music service has gone down in price from $14.99 to $9.99, and its first app for Android has been released.
The service has thus far proven to be extremely popul... |
| 06.04.2010 | Rhapsody's President On Price Cut, Mobile Future | Rhapsody is going solo and cutting prices along the way. The digital music service is spinning off from its parent companies, MTV/Viacom and RealNetworks. The newly independent company is called Rhapsody International. In honor of its new s... |
| 15.03.2010 | Zimbalam brings mass distibution to indie musicians | Zimbalam, which launched in Europe in 2009 to help artists get their music widely distributed without a lot of work, opened its doors to US stores this week, meaning any artist using Zimbalam can now sell their music in the United States.
Z... |
| 09.02.2010 | Real Networks spinning off Rhapsody to focus on RealPlayer | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 09.02.2010 | Real Networks spinning off Rhapsody to focus on RealPlayer | Real Networks is spinning off digital music service Rhapsody by the end of the quarter. While it will still own a significant stake in the new, independent entity, it won’t have more power than the other major interest Viacom. (They didn’t ... |
| 14.01.2010 | Rhapsody for Android Beta goes live | If you’re an Android handset owner who happens to double as a Rhapsody customer, you might have spent the last few months feeling like you’ve been left out in the cold; more specifically, you might be a bit chuffed that the iPhone has a Rha... |
| 21.11.2009 | Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup – our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week – we report on President Obama’s (non)-use of Twitter, take a look at the past decade in the media industry, review the latest statistics about bl... |
| 17.11.2009 | Future of Music Coalition’s Brian Zisk: The Do’s of Streaming Music | In 2008 the idea of another subscription-only music service was enough to get your knickers in a torrent. Sure Rhapsody was doing well, but they’d been around for forever and in 2008, freemium was the music model du jour. With a year to ref... |
| 09.11.2009 | Rdio: First Screenshots Leaked of Skype Founders’ New Music Service | We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on leaked screenshots from one version of Rdio, the forthcoming music app from Skype, KaZaA and Joost creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Zennstrom and Friis were the original financiers behin... |
| 05.11.2009 | Yahoo Video Search Gets Musical | Yahoo just announced that it has upgraded its video search product with new features that make it easier to discover music videos. Yahoo Video Search now recognizes and shows the most popular albums and songs whenever a user searches for an... |
| 29.10.2009 | Google's new music search | A breakdown of the players, the product and the results
It's phenomenal how Google continues to innovate on search and create new products to make everyday online activities easier. It's next target for optimization: music search. The searc... |
| 10.09.2009 | A Jukebox in the Cloud: Rhapsody Comes to the iPhone | Rhapsody, the online streaming music service, just launched its iPhone and iPod touch app (iTunes link). While there had been some discussion about whether Apple would actually allow this ‘iTunes competitor’ on the iPhone, the approval proc... |
| 28.08.2009 | Apple approves Spotify iPhone app | Application will enable its users to stream and cache over 6 mln songs, competes with iTunes
Apple actually did it, it approved an on-demand music streaming iPhone application that could compete directly with its own iTunes store. This one ... |
| 24.08.2009 | Rhapsody iPhone app on the way | If Apple approves application, on demand music streaming (at a monthly price) could be close
Rhapsody made a quiet announcement yesterday in regards to a new iPhone application it's just submitted to the App store.
If it gets approved, this... |
| 24.08.2009 | Rhapsody to hit the iPhone — nice, but too expensive | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Rhapsody is the latest music application hoping to get approved for the iPhone, offering a way to select any song to play from a catalo... |
| 24.08.2009 | Apple Will Approve Rhapsody's iPhone App, But It Will Still Be A Dud | This morning, subscription music service Rhapsody is putting public pressure on Apple to approve its new music streaming app by making its case directly to the press. Unlike other streaming music apps already on the iPhone from Pandora, Sla... |
| 24.08.2009 | Rhapsody to hit the iPhone — nice, but too expensive | Rhapsody is the latest music application hoping to get approved for the iPhone, offering a way to select any song to play from a catalog of more than 8 million tracks.
If it does get approved, it will be the first significant subscription-b... |
| 09.04.2009 | Moxi uses online video to sweeten its high-def DVR | Digeo, a manufacturer of cable ready set-top boxes, has announced a slew of updates for its flagship device, the Moxi HD DVR. The free software update bolsters the device’s core functionality with access to a number of top-tier online video... |
| 31.10.2008 | Datz Music Lounge: Gimmick or the Future of Digital Music? | If you live in the U.K. and you have 100 British pounds to spare, you can now subscribe to the Datz Music Lounge, where those 100 pounds can buy you unlimited access to DRM-free MP3s for one year. According to Music Week, Datz features abou... |
| 18.09.2008 | Yahoo And Rhapsody Team Up For Full Song Playback In Search Results | Searching for music is one thing, but have you ever wanted to search for an artist and play their songs without needing to visit other sites? If so, Yahoo and Rhapsody have launched a new service that will let you do just that.
Staring toda... |
| 08.08.2008 | Apple Considers Streaming Media from iTunes to iPhone | AppleInsider has posted details about a patent recently filed by Apple that describes technology for playing iTunes content from a desktop computer remotely on an iPhone or iPod touch.
The new software would load only meta data about songs,... |
| 20.07.2008 | iLike Launches Full Song Playback and Ad Platform | iLike, the music service with a massive following on Facebook and increasing popularity elsewhere, has introduced full-song playback on its flagship site, iLike.com. Through its partnership with music subscription service Rhapsody, the site... |
| 30.06.2008 | Rhapsody launches its DRM-free MP3 store | Real Networks' Rhapsody has opened an MP3 store that works independently of the subscription-based service, bringing Rhapsody ever closer in design (but not execution) to the venerable iTunes.
United States customers today can access the ne... |
| 30.06.2008 | Rhapsody Music Available to Verizon Subscribers | Starting today, Verizon Wireless customers can have access to Rhapsody’s subscription music service. For a fee of $15 a month, subscribers can download as much music they want to their mobile phone. Verizon has seven handsets that can utili... |
| 29.06.2008 | Rhapsody Agrees DRM Is Dead; Launches MP3 Store | Streaming music service Rhapsody has joined the likes of Wal-Mart, Amazon, and Napster by launching an MP3 store.
Its move to offer unprotected music downloads has been anticipated since last Fall when Real Networks joined forces with MTV a... |
| 11.03.2008 | SXSW 2008: Rhapsody understands how the music industry has changed, looking to make most of new environment | [photopress:sxswrhap.jpg,full,right]
It’s amazing. Ever since the music industry declared war on its customers a few years ago those of us who spend entirely too much time online have debated back and forth on message boards, modern day sal... |
| 23.01.2008 | Last.fm Jumps On The On-Demand Streaming Bandwagon | I’ve been saying for as long as anyone would listen to me that one day all the music ever recorded is going to be on the Internet and we are going to have sufficient bandwidth and connections on every possible listening device and at that p... |
| 02.01.2008 | Rhapsody Pulls Plug On Non-Public APIs, Effectively Shuts YottaMusic Down | A reader of ours tipped us off today about the recent demise of a highly regarded music service called YottaMusic that was shut down on December 30th after Rhapsody had given the service a December 31st deadline for ceasing use of its non-p... |
| 08.11.2007 | Jay-Z stands by his album: No iTunes for you! | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| 22.10.2007 | Amazon surges to #3 music store – and four online music stores could be roadkill | Amazon’s music store has only been in business for a month, and rumors are flying that it’s already the #3 online music seller.
It’s still far behind Apple iTunes, but that might change. One rumor even pegs Amazon passing the second largest... |
| 21.10.2007 | Chrome Dreams II | Neil Young has a new record coming out this week called Chrome Dreams II.
Back in the mid ’70s, Neil worked on a record called Chrome Dreams that never saw the light of day. That record had Pochahontas, Like A Hurricane, and Powderfinger on... |
| 09.10.2007 | Real's Rhapsody Now Available on TiVo | Following through with a partnership first announced last January, RealNetworks and MTV said Tuesday that their Rhapsody music service will soon be available through TiVo set-top boxes. TiVo subscribers will be able to browse and stream son... |
| 24.08.2007 | Finding DRM-Free Music Online | Over the past half year we have seen arguably the most significant change in the online music industry since Apple launched their iTunes store in 2003. Following Steve Jobs’ open letter clarifying Apple’s position on digital rights manageme... |
| 21.08.2007 | Rhapsody Hooks Up With MTV | The big news this morning (for me anyway) is that Rhapsody is hooking up with MTV. Real and Viacom are forming a joint venture to promote and market the Rhapsody music service. Regular readers know what a huge fan I am of Rhapsody so I figu... |
| 17.08.2007 | Top 5 Online Music Streaming Services: The Velvets Test | This week is Online Music Week at Read/WriteWeb, so I decided to check out how the leading music streaming services compared. I used this week’s poll to determine the top 5 apps. As of writing, the top 5 are quite a bit ahead of the the res... |
| 12.08.2007 | Read/WriteWeb Files: Online Music | Every week we have a feature called Read/WriteWeb Files, in which we investigate a current hot topic or company in Web technology. This week we’re going to focus on Online Music, something that is becoming more and more prevelant as broadba... |
| 09.07.2007 | Real Adds Lyrics to Rhapsody | Following in the footsteps of Yahoo, RealNetworks on Monday added searchable lyrics to Rhapsody Online, the Web-based version of the company's subscription music service. Customers can view legal lyrics and listen to songs for free on deman... |
| 05.07.2007 | Old and New | Turntable and Sonos
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I finally got Sonos working at our beach house this week. I’d been using an old Dell machine running Rhapsody connected to our beach house stereo system. It worked but had issues.
Sonos... |
| 13.03.2007 | Neil Young, Live At Massey Hall, 1971 | Neil Young must have decided to start releasing a live performance each year or something. Last November, Neil put out a 1970 show at The Fillmore East. I’ve listened to that show at least a dozen times.
I found a new live release this morn... |
| 03.03.2007 | Wanted - The Sonos Social Net | I have slowly but surely turned on a bunch of my friends to Sonos and Rhapsody. Hopefully for Sonos and Rhapsody, I’ve turned on a few of you all too.
Every single one my friends loves the combo. From anywhere in their home or apartment, wi... |
| 25.01.2007 | Subscription vs Download | New TV and Mac Mini
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Everyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I am a big fan of subscriptions for digital media services.
While I certainly understand the value of owning music, I generally only buy... |
| 05.11.2006 | Mashing Up Rhapsody | I love Rhapsody. On my laptop. On my Sonos. I love the idea of paying $9.99 per month to be able to listen to almost anything I want whenever I want.
I’ve been vocal enough about my love for Rhapsody that I was asked by them to be a judge i... |
| 08.10.2006 | My Ideal Music System | IMG_0002
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We aren’t far from it right now. Close enough that I can see the way to nirvana.
And this is nirvana (some of which I have, some of which I don’t):
– A multi-room audio system that allows you to play... |
