Google Music

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/google-music-to-stream-20-000-songs-for-free-launches-at-i-o-la/ Maybe I’m less visionary on this, but I’ve never thought “Boy, I wish I didn’t need to use my local storage for more music.” Could be I just don’t have a huge music library, but more likely, it’s nice to cloud-store content and not need to keep managing what’s synced or downloaded locally. Maybe it’ll be nice to stream my library from anywhere, freeing up local storage for apps, but being someone who lives in a data-capped world, usage needs to be watched. I imagine Verizon will join the... Read full article →

Are the Beatles clinging to CD release for corporate spite?

So tomorrow’s iPod-centric Apple event won’t be including the Beatles coming to iTunes on the day the remastered CDs come to retail. Apple Corps (The Beatles) has fueded with Apple Inc (formerly Apple Computer), so you have to wonder if this is a continuation of that. I would think this isn’t some silly way of preventing Apple Inc from making money on Beatles music, considering the post-Beatles music by John, Paul, George and Ringo is available on iTunes. Do the artists (and their estates) have less control over their single-career... Read full article →