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Apple runs new iPhone ad, dubbed "Music Every Day"

by Yoni Heisler (May 24th, 2013)

Apple on Thursday evening began running a new iPhone 5 ad titled "Music Every Day." The ad shows iPhone users in a variety of environments using music on the iPhone for inspiration, fun, work and as a means to bond with friends. "Every day," the narration reads, "more people enjoy their music on ...

Twitter #Music adds new chart features

by John-Michael Bond (May 23rd, 2013)

When Twitter launched its music discover service Twitter #Music last month, the service had a lot going for it. Spotify and Rdio support for streaming full songs, music discovery based on what was trending at the moment and the #NowPlaying feature that shows what your friends are listening to ...

Shazam app goes universal, adds mapping features, more

by Michael Grothaus (May 23rd, 2013)

The uber-popular live-music-recognition app Shazam has received a major update today. The most noticeable change is a new mapping feature. Now users can explore a map and see what songs are being tagged in what areas of the world. Another major change is that Shazam is now a universal app. ...

Just about everything you'll want to know about Beethoven's 9th on your iPad

by Mel Martin (May 21st, 2013)

Beethoven's 9th Symphony (free plus in-app purchases) is an epic iPad app that lets you explore one of the greatest symphonies ever written in a unique, compelling way. Classical music lovers will definitely want to check it out. Beethoven's 9th Symphony uses every trick in the multimedia tool ...

How iPads, YouTube help bands practice

by Michael Grothaus (May 21st, 2013)

Mark Crump at GigaOm has an interesting piece on how the iPad is becoming an important tool for music bands. Crump is an amateur musician whose band is rehearsing for a gig. What's interesting is Crump's realization that the iPad is almost all his band needs at rehearsal. Crump explains how his ...

Stitcher Radio announces a Car Mode, but it's not quite what I want

by Mike Schramm (May 17th, 2013)

I use my iPhone a lot to listen to music and podcasts in my car -- I connect it right up to my car stereo, and it's my main listening source while driving around LA. As a result, I really wish there were more options to control my music while driving around. Music- and podcast-streaming app ...

Google Play Music All Access announced at Google I/O

by John-Michael Bond (May 15th, 2013)

Google's long-rumored music streaming service became a reality today with the announcement of Google Play Music All Access. The company has already cleared licensing deals with all three major labels left standing -- Warner, Universal and Sony -- meaning they'll have millions of songs available ...

Drums! gets redesigned for version 3.0

by Mike Schramm (May 7th, 2013)

There are quite a few "drum simulator" apps on the iPad and the iPhone -- it's one of the first ideas a lot of developers had when the touchscreen devices became available, and lots of devs carried that idea out to release. But Drums! is one of the most popular of these apps -- it's gotten ...

Songza 3.0 update available now

by Mike Schramm (May 2nd, 2013)

We mentioned Songza's iOS app last year around when it came out, and the music sharing service has just updated the app to version 3.0. The free app has been almost completely reimagined, and while it still offers plenty of tunes to listen to, the interface has been revamped -- it's much ...

Origin Stories: Tango Remote allows you to control music using iOS devices only

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 2nd, 2013)

I've run into this issue a number of times while producing comedy shows: I want to play intro music for a comedian, but I don't have a staff available to sit there and punch buttons on my iPad. Enter Tango Remote, a handy tool which allows you to remotely control your playlists from iOS to iOS ...

Daily iPhone App: Robot Unicorn Attack 2 turns Adult Swim's biggest hit freemium

by Mike Schramm (Apr 29th, 2013)

Adult Swim has built up a nice stable of games on the App Store, and the biggest workhorse in it is Robot Unicorn Attack, a Flash game that's an endless runner where you play as the titular creature dashing and jumping to '80s music playing in the background. That game's been very successful, ...

TUAW Giveaway: Win a copy of Tabular for Mac

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 27th, 2013)

Thanks to the guys at Chromatic Labs, we've got three copies of Tabular for Mac to give away, worth US$19.99 each. Tubular is a comprehensive application for reading, editing and writing tablature music on a Mac. If you're a musician, music teacher or composer of music who's looking to use ...

Slayin soundtrack now available

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2013)

I remain a big fan of Slayin, a little game that got released on the App Store a while ago, that compresses a full fantasy-style RPG into a fascinating little endless game. I think the game's mechanics (where you simply move back and forth across the screen, holding your weapon out in front of ...

Twitter #Music to debut later today (Update)

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 18th, 2013)

As reported by ABC News, the new Twitter #Music app will officially launch today. It will be available through the Twitter #Music app for iPhone and on the web here. Details are coming in this morning. A post has been published to Twitter's blog with a lot of information. The Twitter #Music ...

iTunes maintains its music download dominance as Amazon plays catch-up

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 17th, 2013)

Nearly 10 years after the iTunes Music Store first opened up for business, iTunes remains the market leader in digital music downloads. According to a research report published by the NPD Group earlier this week, iTunes accounted for approximately 63 percent of all digital music downloads in ...