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MIxRadio is no longer a Windows Phone exclusive — It’s now on iOS and Android

MixRadio is a free app for music fans who like to discover new music. MixRadio learns what artists you like, creating a personalized experience.
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Coffee and streams? Spotify to serve up all music at Starbucks in new deal

Starbucks linking with Spotify in a new partnership, which will make baristas "DJs" and play Spotify music in all stores.
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Jay Z uses his rap skills to dis the streaming competition

In an intimate Tidal-exclusive show in New York, Jay Z had some choice words on why he backed Tidal instead of joining Spotify, Apple or YouTube.
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We go hands-on with Philips’ stylish Fidelio NC1 noise-cancelling cans

Philips' slim and stylish noise-cancelling on-ears, the Fidelio NC1, have a lot to offer, but their $300 price pits them up against serious competition.
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Spotify vs. Tidal: Can a star-studded newcomer upend the current king?

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The best name in Bluetooth ‘buds outdoes itself with the Phiaton BT 100 NC

Phiaton's most ambitious in-ear headphone delivers Bluetooth and noise-cancelling for just over $100. And, no surprise, they're terrific.
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Snoop Dogg teams up with Stevie Wonder and more in our top 5 songs to stream

We'll let you know what new tracks and albums dropping this week that are worth using your bandwidth on in the top 5 songs to stream.
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Songwriters and publishers score a big win in court case against Pandora

Pandora Media will now have to pay songwriter organization BMI 2.5 percent in performance royalties, although Pandora plans to appeal the decision.
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Watch U2 guitarist The Edge fall offstage in Vancouver

U2’s guitarist The Edge accidentally took a fall offstage during a performance of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For" while 19,000 fans watched.
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When no mere iPod will do, Astell & Kern makes this $3,500 high-res music player

Astell & Kern ups the ante in the portable high resolution audio market once again, demoting the $2,500 AK240 for a new flagship in the AK380.
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Netflix is the new HBO, YouTube is the new MTV, and everything new is old

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The thrill is gone: B.B. King dies at 89

Blues legend B.B. King has died at his home in Las Vegas, his lawyer says. The King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. on Thursday.
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Rdio to launch $4-a-month streaming service offering 25 tracks a day

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Marshall cuts the cord for the company’s first ever portable Bluetooth speaker

Marshall Headphones takes the roadie amp look and makes it portable with the Kilburn, the company's first battery-powered Bluetooth stereo speaker.
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Is Radiohead putting the finishing touches on their latest album?

Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich recently tweeted out a photo of Jonny Greenwood at the soundboard's helm, perhaps signaling that Radiohead is in the final stages of mixing their ninth album.
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Speeding down the Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highway

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Warner Music hits a landmark as streaming revenue finally eclipses downloads

Warner Music's latest earning's report, streaming music revenue has surpassed revenue from digital downloads.
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Amazon’s Fire TV now connects to Bluetooth headphones for wireless private listening

Amazon's Fire TV streaming devices add Bluetooth compatibility with wireless headphones for easy late-night listening with no strings attached.
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This isn’t a washboard, it’s a digital piano that can bend pitch (and your mind)

The ROLI Seaboard replaces the piano's traditional keys with continuous-touch "key waves" that let musicians bend and manipulate pitches.
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Guitar Hero Live will let you rock out as The Rolling Stones, Skrillex, and everything in between

FreeStyle has shared the first 24 songs from Guitar Hero Live's set list, featuring bands like The Rolling Stones, the Black Keys, and Green Day.

Steely cans: RHA’s new T20 load mold-injected steel with all new drivers

Offering all the features of their predecessor the T10i, along with an innovative new driver system, RHA's T20 headphones are poised to dazzle.
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Streaming music revenues continue to grow as digital downloads keep falling

Warner Music Group reported in its latest earnings call that streaming revenue surpassed digital downloads in Q2 2015, a first for a major label.
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Got vinyl? Qrates uses crowdfunding to help get your next album on record

Qrates wants to help complete your dream of putting an album on vinyl. The all-in-one digital platform assists with funding, pressing, and crowd sourcing.
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Apple shows off the music app in iOS 8.4 beta 3

Apple’s next big iOS software update, iOS 8.4 beta 3, is now available. The recent installment offers a fresh new look and a new mini-player.
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Meet the mad genius who wants to save the music industry with a smarter Pandora

Mad Genius Radio's CEO Eric Neumann has an ambitious new plan to get users to throw in some cash in support of streaming music.
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Play it in G! Spotify analyses our streams to find the most popular musical key

A new study from Spotify studies key signatures in all of its 30 million songs and crowns the most popular one.
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Best stuff to bring to the beach 2015

Soon it'll be scalding hot; escape the heat at the beach. Get ready with tech like a solar Bluetooth sound system and the coolest cooler.

Go big or go home: Definitive Technology’s Symphony 1 are a bold first effort

Check out Definitive Technology's new wireless, active noise cancelling headphones, the Symphony 1.
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Neon Trees and Tech N9ne are back with great tunes in this week’s 5 songs to stream

Not sure what new music to listen to? We'll let you know what new tracks and albums dropping this week that are worth using your bandwidth on.
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Apple limiting free options on its upcoming streaming music service

We haven't had any official confirmation of a new music streaming app from Apple, but it sounds like there won't be much free material on offer.
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Spotify looks to take it to the next level with streaming video

According to a report, Spotify's planning to launch a web video service.
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SoundCloud hasn’t shown Sony the money, and Sony is pulling a lot of its artists’ music

Sony Music is reportedly pulling songs from many of its artists from SoundCloud due to “a lack of monetization opportunities.”
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New study: Hip-hop, not Brit rock, is the most influential genre since 1960

New British research says that hip-hop is the most influential genre in American pop music of the last 50 years.