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Shazam Player is available for the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2012)

Shazam updated its player app for the iPhone to version 1.5.1 and released it as a universal app with support for Retina Display on the new iPad. Shazam Player is an alternative to the iOS Music app that makes it easy for you to share and discover new music. The Shazam player scans your music ...

Spotify lifts track limits on free accounts, struggles to stand out in streaming market

by Mike Schramm (Mar 29th, 2012)

Good news for European fans of the streaming music service Spotify: The company has lifted the five-track replay limit per day for users of the free service in Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain. Additionally, US users will get their current six-month free trial extended, but ...

First Look: TuneUp for Mac now ready to tackle your iTunes disorganization

by Michael Rose (Dec 11th, 2008)

Despite the presence of a checkbox to "keep iTunes library organized" in the application's preferences, the fact remains that iTunes tracks -- coming from a plethora of sources and of varying vintage, and sometimes numbering in the thousands -- are a black hole of bad metadata. Track and performer ...

Cover Stream brings the old CoverFlow back

by Mike Schramm (Feb 19th, 2008)

I'm sure I'm not alone on this one, but I remember when CoverFlow was basically just a tech demo, and not, you know, the centerpiece of OS X's UI. But of course when Apple picked up the little app to use it for everything else, we lost it -- even if you wanted to use the old simple album-browsing ...

Chili Pepper listening parties to be held at Apple Stores

by David Chartier (Apr 26th, 2006)

It's great to see that when the Peppers (finally) decide to commit to something, they really dive in: iLounge is reporting that on May 2nd at 6:30 pm local time, Apple Stores in the U.S., Canada and UK will hold listening parties for the band's new album, Stadium Arcadium, set to land on May 9th. ...