Posts Tagged ‘ Apps ’

Pandora Launches Live Concert Video Series

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Pandora, the leading personalized radio service, today announced an online extension of the free, live concert series that the company debuted earlier in the month. The Pandora live concert series hub, currently sponsored by Budweiser, can be accessed at: Pandora. The live concert series launched in Portland, Ore. on December 13 with Dawes, an emerging rock band from Southern California. As the official launch sponsor, Budweiser presented the inaugural concert free of charge to more than 230 fans, and is now bringing the experience online via the dedicated hub. All artists that participate in Pandora’s live concert series will be showcased on the hub. The...

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Pete Townshend calls Apple ‘a vampire’

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The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has urged Apple’s iTunes to use its power to help new bands instead of “bleeding” artists like a “digital vampire”. He also argued against unauthorized file-sharing, saying the internet was “destroying copyright as we know it . . . . The word ‘sharing’ surely means giving away something you have earned, or made, or paid for?” and added that people who downloaded his music without paying for it “may as well come and steal my son’s bike while they’re at it . . . If someone “pretends that something I have created should be available...

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Web Pick: How to Make A Nuclear Reactor

Web Pick: How to Make A Nuclear Reactor

How to make a nuclear reactor using materials that you have at home. From “The Nuclear Boy Scout” Copyright Eagle & Eagle Ltd

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App Pick: Taste of Home

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The world’s #1 food and entertaining brand, Taste of Home, released its mobile application, just in time for summer harvests and farmers markets. The exciting new app, which was created with home cooks in mind, places thousands of beloved seasonal and holiday recipe collections from Taste of Home readers at the fingertips of home cooks and members of the mobile cooking community. Additionally, hundreds of everyday recipes are included, so no matter where they are, cooks will never be without inspiration. The mobile app will be updated regularly with Taste of Home‘s recipe collections to provide fresh content and help users usher...

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iTunes App Pick: rdio

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Rdio, the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the creators of Skype, today announced the availability of Rdio for iPad.  Like the company’s popular iPhone app, Rdio for iPad lets users discover music through friends and other influencers as well as search for and instantly play any song, artist, album or playlist from a growing catalog of over 10 million songs. The new app fully utilizes the iPad’s expansive screen and intuitive touch interface, turning listening to music into a highly visual, social and interactive experience. This uniquely designed iPad app joins a growing collection of Rdio supported devices...

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