New Manhattan Apple Store to Open Tomorrow

   Apple will open it’s newest and largest retail store in Manhattan on Friday, December 7 at 6:00 p.m. EST. The Apple Store West 14th Street is Apple’s first three-story store with two floors dedicated to products and a third dedicated to services, including a 46-foot Genius Bar and specially designed areas for workshops and…

Rock Band Hits The Shelves

  You might remember that Guitar Hero III just hit the stores a few weeks ago, but if you’re still deciding what music video game to pick up this holiday season, things just got a little more difficult. Rock Band (from the makers of the original Guitar Hero series) came out last week and according…

Wendy’s and Rhapsody 100 Million Song Giveaway

Been meaning to post this for a few days… It looks like Rhapsody could soon be seeing a pretty big increase in traffic, as the company has just teamed up with Wendy’s to give away up to 100 million free song downloads. To get in on that action, you’ll have to purchase a medium or…

Microsoft to buy Musiwave

November 12, 2007 (IDG News Service) — Microsoft Corp. plans to buy mobile music service provider Musiwave, as the software company looks to step up its consumer mobile offerings. Musiwave allows mobile operators to offer self-branded music applications, including full song-over-the-air downloads, ringtones and ring-back tones. Operators including O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, Telus, Telefonica and…

iPod 1.2.2 Firmware Update (for 5G)

What’s changed? I have no idea, but I’m downloading it right now. Maybe we’ll finally get that nice “find” feature that the 5.5G iPods have. UPDATE: Well, apparently the volume limiter is now lower, but I haven’t really found any other differences. iLounge now has an article on it, apparently some folks are experiencing problems,…

Ticketmaster + iTunes: Two Great Tastes That Taste Like Bleeech!

Ticketmaster and iTunes just announced the launch of a new program that will see the integration of digital album sales directly alongside concert ticket purchases on Ticketmaster.com. Music fans purchasing tickets at Ticketmaster.com to live performances by participating artists will be given the option of adding a digital album to their purchase for one dollar…