Friday, June 21, 2013

About Digital Music: Sony Cuts Subscription to its Music Unlimited

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In this week's edition of the Digital Music newsletter:

  • Sony Cuts Music Unlimited Premium Subscription.
  • YouTube Vids Incompatible With Your Portable? Try MP4!
  • Free CD/DVD Cover Design Software.
  • How to Create an Audiobook in iTunes From MP3s.


Sony Cuts Music Unlimited Premium Subscription

Sony has announced that for a limited time, PlayStation Plus members will be able to get an annual Premium subscription to its Music Unlimited streaming service for $41.99 -- this is 65 percent lower than usual and equates to just $3.50 a month for an all-you-can-eat music service. Even if you're not a PlayStation Plus member, the electronics giant is also offering non-members a discount... Read more

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YouTube Vids Incompatible With Your Portable? Try MP4!

Watching music videos on your portable can be just as important as listening to a digital music library. Online video sites such as YouTube, VEVO, MUZU.TV, and others are great digital music resources that you can use to watch and listen to millions of songs. However, these music videos can come in the FLV format which aren't always compatible with smartphones, tablets, PMPs, and... Read more

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Free CD/DVD Cover Design Software

Do you want to design your own CD or DVD covers? If you are looking for free software to design and print CD/DVD covers, jewel case inserts, and even booklets, then this list of free software will show you some of the best software on the Internet. Read more

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How to Create an Audiobook in iTunes From MP3s

To find out how to merge several MP3 files into a single audiobook, follow this handy iTunes tutorial. Read more

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

About Rap / Hip-Hop: Review: Kanye West's 'Yeezus'

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Yeezus West is upon us. On his sixth album, Kanye West leaps past the rap audience, across the tent of rappadelic psych-rumbles to unfurl 40 minutes of raw experimentation. See my take on 'Yeezus' and tell me what you think.

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If you're a fan of spirituality, supergroups, and beatstrumentals, June is your month. Dive in for this month's... Read more
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Friday, June 14, 2013

About Digital Music: Apple Embraces Streaming Music With iTunes Radio

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In this week's edition of the Digital Music newsletter:

  • Apple Embraces Streaming Music With iTunes Radio.
  • Parental Controls: Keep Your Kids Safe on The iTunes Store.
  • Best Free Plugins for Windows Media Player 12.
  • Portable Apps for Playing MP3s From Your Flash Drive.


Apple Embraces Streaming Music With iTunes Radio

It's not very often we talk about Apple falling behind in the digital music world. The company is often viewed as cutting-edge and has always been king of the music download services. However, there's one aspect of the online music business that it has been slow to embrace -- streaming music. Starting this fall, Apple have announced (at their WWDC recently) the launch of a free streaming music service called iTunes Radio. It will offer... Read more

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Parental Controls: Keep Your Kids Safe on the iTunes Store

You might not know it, but the iTunes software comes with an effective way to keep your kids safe from viewing inappropriate content on the iTunes Store. Apple's popular jukebox software program comes with built-in parental controls, but it's not an obvious facility unless you have already spotted it in the preferences screen. By default, this feature is disabled but is certainly worth using if your kids... Read more

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Best Free Plugins for Windows Media Player 12

Windows Media Player 12 is a popular player for audio and video files, but you can make it even better by using free plugins. As well as improving the interface and customizing its options, you can add features like better support for audio formats, display lyrics as your songs play, advanced metadata editing, and other useful tools. Read more


Portable Apps for Playing MP3s From Your Flash Drive

If you are looking for a list of portable apps that can be used to play media straight from an external device like a hard drive,flash drive, or even an iPod, then be sure to read this guide. Read more

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