January 6, 2012
The Windows Phone mobile platform is growing in popularity, thanks in part to Nokia’s success with the Lumia 800 device in Europe and a strong early-days footing provided by HTC, LG and Samsung. While there is a long way to go before the platform can challenge Android and iPhone, things are certainly looking up for Microsoft in this market, helped in no small part by various unique selling points.
November 3, 2011
Has Spotify taken over your life and transformed your music listening habits for good? If you’re totally addicted to Spotify, but have playlists across numerous other music services online, there’s a fantastic little tool you should make use of right now called Playlistify.
August 3, 2011
In 1981, MTV launched, with the first ever video broadcast. Now, 30 years on, we don’t really need MTV any more. Why let someone else behind the scenes pick what music you should listen to (or watch, in this instance) when you can create your own personalised music channel using your existing playlists?
July 14, 2011
Do you love music and festivals? Do you wish someone would let you know when your favourite bands will be playing at the same festival? Well, here’s a little something that will do just that. The Last.fm festival application lets music festival lovers quickly see which nearby festivals are featuring their favourite artists.
February 2, 2011
We’re somewhat spoilt for choice these days when it comes to music on the Internet. Piracy aside, it’s now easier than ever to discover, enjoy and share completely legal music over the phone line. There’s a few well-known services to choose from these days, although Grooveshark is a favourite of mine. Grooveshark provides truly mobile [...]
May 2, 2010
Back when Songbird – a music player based on Mozilla’s code – initially launched, I was immediately intrigued by the idea. A completely customizable music player. The audio equivalent of Firefox. Sadly, the critiques were largely true. Songbird was riddled with bugs and sure didn’t mind crashing once in a while. Since then, Songbird has [...]
December 4, 2009
In a recent poll on our Facebook fan page, we found out that Twitter still isn’t very popular among the general public. Although, I believe that I will get an earful from hardcore Twitterers begging to differ. The truth is, Twitter is popular but its popularity is confined to a particular niche. Nowadays, more and [...]
November 30, 2009
“The Holidays are right around the corner!” Depending on where you live, what your background is, and what comprises your belief system, this can mean many things. Here in the U.S., where I live, we are about to embark on the “Holiday Season”. This time of year includes many holidays not only for folks in [...]
November 24, 2009
Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is coming up. Then comes Christmas. Yes, it’s that time of year again: weekends are spent baking cookies, tempting Xmas treats, seasonal decorations in every store and cheesy songs on the radio. If you want to get into the mood with music you enjoy or accompany your Christmas celebrations with [...]
November 17, 2009
Last week I was finally able to buy something I have always wanted – a Google Android mobile phone. For ages, it was either an Android or an iPhone and the Droid won when it came to price and flexibility (and me being a Google fanboy didn’t hurt either!). As soon as I took it home, [...]
