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Apps, Websites, Fun! 215 – Go Ride Your Bicycle

SmartBoards, Mighty – Spotify Music Player, Essential Android Phone, iPhone 8, one of Dave’s bicycles, and a whole lot more!

SmartBoards, Mighty – Spotify Music Player, Essential Android Phone, iPhone 8, and a whole lot more!!

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Apps, Websites, Fun! 202 – Watch This Apple

Apple watch, Zoe’s App favorites, Papa’s Freezeria and Soundcloud. How we discover new music, technology at Hannah’s work, school’s out – almost, iPhone chargers and cables, how to fix your broken iPhone screen on the cheap…

Apps, Websites, Fun! 173 – Mayday Tablet Emergency

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iOS 7 is making people dizzy and we’ll show you how to fix it, a couple of 6-year old girls rack up a large bill playing on the iPad, Amazon‘s new Kindle HDX tablet that includes an extra-special feature, YouTube Music Awards show, and a whole lot more.

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With Microsoft’s Zune Gone , Here Comes Woodstock!

Microsoft will offer a sneak peek at its Zune replacement during E3 2012, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. The new music service, codenamed Woodstock, will continue Microsoft’s shift away from the Zune brand towards the well known Xbox one. Insiders have revealed to us that Woodstock will be a cross-platform play, available to Windows 8, Android, iOS, and Xbox users — playable from a browser.

Previously described as “Spotify-like”, the service won’t require any browser plugins and is said to integrate deeply with Facebook, allowing friends to build group playlists and share tracks. An additional “scan and match” function, similar to iTunes Match, is also being tested as part of Woodstock to allow users to identify their existing music collection in the service. Although Microsoft will preview the service at E3 — barring any last-minute changes in its plans, of course — it is not expected to launch until later this year alongside Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices.

 

via Exclusive: Microsoft to preview ‘Woodstock’ Xbox music service at E3 | The Verge.

With Microsoft’s Zune Gone , Here Comes Woodstock!

Microsoft will offer a sneak peek at its Zune replacement during E3 2012, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. The new music service, codenamed Woodstock, will continue Microsoft’s shift away from the Zune brand towards the well known Xbox one. Insiders have revealed to us that Woodstock will be a cross-platform play, available to Windows 8, Android, iOS, and Xbox users — playable from a browser.

Previously described as “Spotify-like”, the service won’t require any browser plugins and is said to integrate deeply with Facebook, allowing friends to build group playlists and share tracks. An additional “scan and match” function, similar to iTunes Match, is also being tested as part of Woodstock to allow users to identify their existing music collection in the service. Although Microsoft will preview the service at E3 — barring any last-minute changes in its plans, of course — it is not expected to launch until later this year alongside Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices.

 

via Exclusive: Microsoft to preview ‘Woodstock’ Xbox music service at E3 | The Verge.

YouTube Offers 15,000 Music Tracks For Your Videos

YouTube Offers 15,000 Music Tracks For Your Videos

Need something to fill in the awkward silence between your vlog’s unscripted stuttering? YouTube’s got your back.  In yet another attempt to make your crummy videos just a little better, the streaming outfit has revamped its audio editing suite, giving users access to over 150,000 tracks and a simple sound mixer, to boot. Sure, YouTube’s tracks may not be as catchy as your favorite Flaming Lips single, but at least you won’t have to worry about copyright infringement.

via Engadget.

Google Wants To Play Music In Your Home

Google Wants To Play Music In Your Home

Google Inc. is developing a home-entertainment system that streams music wirelessly throughout the home and would be marketed under the company’s own brand, according to people briefed on the company’s plans.

The effort marks a sharp shift in strategy for Google, which for the first would time would design and market consumer electronic devices under its name. The company has mainly focused on developing the Android operating system that powers devices such as smartphones, tablets and televisions. It has also allowed other companies to build and brand the hardware that uses it.

via Apple vs. Google: The Stakes Are Rising – WSJ.com.

Google Wants To Play Music In Your Home

Google Wants To Play Music In Your Home

Google Inc. is developing a home-entertainment system that streams music wirelessly throughout the home and would be marketed under the company’s own brand, according to people briefed on the company’s plans.

The effort marks a sharp shift in strategy for Google, which for the first would time would design and market consumer electronic devices under its name. The company has mainly focused on developing the Android operating system that powers devices such as smartphones, tablets and televisions. It has also allowed other companies to build and brand the hardware that uses it.

via Apple vs. Google: The Stakes Are Rising – WSJ.com.

One More Music Choice For Your IOS Device

Apple users probably have more than enough media on their iDevices to keep them entertained on the go, but Sony Network Entertainment President Tim Schaaff thinks there’s room for another media service on iOS. According to VentureBeat, the company’s Music Unlimited streaming service will land on iOS some time in Q1 2012.

via TechCrunch.

If You Love Spotify As Much As We Do, Get Ready To Pay

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Spotify made its big U.S. debut on July 14, 2011.

In one week, we’ll be marking the streaming music service’s six-month anniversary.

And in one week, all those users who signed up for the free all you can eat desktop music that day will find out that they’re going to be limited to just 10 hours per month now. You’re also only allowed to play individual tracks no more than five times per month.

via Spotify Unlimited Streaming Ends For Some Free Users.

Alert: KidFriday Host Has “EarWorm”

Well it probably has happened to you, and now we officially confirm it in our very own home. Kid Friday’s co-host, 10-year old Zoe has a case of Earworm.  What is Earworm?  Wikipedia, refers to it as “Music being stuck in one’s head.” In an episode of Spongebob Squarepants, Spongebob has a song stuck in his head that interrupts his day until Sandy Cheeks tries to find a way to get the worm out of his head. Sandy says “someone with musical talent” can cure him (in this case, Squidward). Squidward starts playing his clarinet. The Earworm gets annoyed and leaves. Squidward is then shown in bed, praising himself. The Earworm comes and goes into Squidward, and now Squidward has the Earworm (with his song, not Spongebob’s). We’re working hard to get the Earworm out of Zoe’s head. Listen for an update on the next Kid Friday Podcast.

KID IN 6TH GRADE IS ONE YOUNG APP DEVELOPER

Some elementary school kids play video games or ride bikes with their friends. Sixth-grader Thomas Suarez builds iOS apps — and has started a club at his school to encourage others to do the same. Doing his best Steve Jobs at a recent TEDx event in Manhattan Beach, he recounted his experience building and selling Earth Fortune and the Bustin Jieber whac-a-mole game, but pointed out that there wasn’t a clear path for other young would-be developers to do the same. “A lot of kids these days like to play games,” Suarez said, “but now they want to make them.” Hence his club, which any student can join to learn the basics of programming and app creation.

Suarez’s school also participates in one of Apple’s iPad pilot programs, which put the tablet into the hands of students and teachers for educational purposes. With feedback from teachers, Suarez’s club hopes to build apps to accommodate specific classroom needs. As for Suarez himself, he’s planning on building more games — and would like to tackle Android development next.

via Sixth-grade iOS developer starts school app club, wows in TEDx video | The Verge.

Kids Sure Do Want Apple Stuff This Holiday Season – Kid Friday

Apple iPad, iPod touch, iPhone top kids' holiday wishlists this year

Nielsen’s latest report on consumers took a look at what kids were asking for as holiday gifts this year, and once again Apple’s iPad was king of the hill. In fact, Apple took the top three slots of most desired products, with the iPod touch and iPhone claiming numbers 2 and 3.

Though the iPad was most desired last year as well, demand for Apple’s tablet shot up to 44 percent of kids surveyed from the 31 percent who wanted one this time last year. The iPod touch and iPhone were on 30 percent and 27 percent of kids’ lists this year, while “non-iPad” tablets were on 25 percent of Santa letters.

Twenty-one percent claimed to want a smartphone other than the iPhone, but no single Android model had any mindshare among kids under the age of 13. Of those older than 13, 24 percent had the iPad at the top of their lists, while 17 percent wanted a non-Apple tablet.

A word of advice to parents doing holiday shopping this season? Skip over that bargain-bin, no-name Android tablet, even if that means kids won’t get a tablet at all this year. A kid that is sad for a week is better than one that hates you for a year for buying the wrong tablet.

via Apple iPad, iPod touch, iPhone top kids’ holiday wishlists this year.

Who pays for Music Anymore?

 

 

Today at GigaOm’s RoadMap conference in San Francisco, Pandora CTO Tom Conrad revealed that his company aims to monetize the vast majority of listeners who pay little or nothing per year for music. Conrad explained that “Over half of the U.S. doesn’t pay anything for music each year”. He continued that another 40% of the population only pay about $15 a year, the cost of an album or two. While there are opportunities to build businesses on the 10% who are willing to pay more, Pandora’s plans to focus on monetizing the majority via advertisements. Other music companies might be wise to target the non-paying segment as well.

via Pandora CTO Reveals Half of The U.S. Pays $0 For Music | TechCrunch.