Yahoo is doing a rethink on digital music services and downloads, after seeing the frenzied activity in the market, reports News.com… Yahoo bought music software developer Mediacode in December to help create a digital jukebox and media player–the key components in many music download services. … Read More »
Archive for February 2004
Cisco reports its earnings after the market close. Expect a blow out quarter, mostly due to strength in Asian markets. Recent results of Nortel and Juniper bode well for Cisco’s second fiscal quarter. Susan Kalla, an analyst at Friedman Billings and Ramsay just raised here revenue … Read More »
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I don’t know who came up with the idea, but I love the concept of a combination USB sync cable and charger. I think from a wireless lifestyle perspective, the idea of carrying one less charger is a good one. KeySpan is the latest to … Read More »
AFP, the French newswire has a longish piece on the lack of profits in the digital music business. The report talks about MIDEM, the fragmented nature of the European online market and the potential of profits for mobile phone companies. Read More »
This is a tiny digital music business blog which I am going to be posting to in tandem with Rafat Ali of PaidContent. Read More »
The Semiconductor Industry Association is finally having something good to say. The business is booming, well almost booming, and sales are likely to stay strong, thanks to consumers desire to buy everything digital. Internet News reports that “Flash memory (define) continued its rise in … Read More »
IRiver’s parent company, ReignCom is working on a WiFi based MP3 player under the iRiver brand. This is the second Wi-Fi MP3 player announcement in a week. SoniqCast launched their 1.5GB Aireo WiFi MP3 player with built-in FM receiver and transmitter, the device will cost … Read More »
RealNetworks’ Rhapsody music service, now renamed RealRhapsody (I somehow missed that…I should start a “Rename RNWK Brands” contest, judging by the re-branding which happens ever so often by the company), has launched pre-paid content cards. The cards, which initially will be available at 7-Eleven stores nationwide, … Read More »
A very good AP story on four companies trying to develop legitimate busines models in music, using P2P, some of which you’ve read before…among the companies mentioned include Wippit and Playlouder, both UK-based companies; a German company, 4FriendsOnly.com; and Shawn Fanning’s new company
I had an interesting chat with Gaurav Banga, the CEO and co-founder of PDAapps, a small software developer based in the San Jose area. We got chatting about his very cool application, VeriChat. A lot of people use this application which is like a … Read More »
Reprise Records, a Warner Bros. label, will begin selling the debut album from rock act Secret Machines online three months before the actual CD release date… This marks the first time a band has issued a full album in a digital format more than three months … Read More »
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