January 3rd, 2013 by Music Ally

Digital sales across the music, video and games grew by 11.4% to just over £1bn in 2012. The bad news: physical sales of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs and boxed games fell by 17.6%. ERA claims that digital...

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December 21st, 2012 by Music Ally

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The latest electronica artist to appear in a game is Deadmau5, courtesy of a licensing deal with developer Ice Cap Games. It's released Shred Neffland: featuring Deadmau5 for iPhone as a free download.

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December 20th, 2012 by Music Ally

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According to its press release, startup focus@will is "pioneering the newly defined Productivity Music space". It's certainly the first time we've heard the term.

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October 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

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Email used to be like gold dust – a direct link and marketing channel to fans. The rise of Facebook and Twitter has seriously dented its power of immediacy and the that fact users can give secondary...

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October 3rd, 2012 by Music Ally

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Website hacks are becoming increasingly common and not just for those tied up in controversial issues. What can be done to prevent such hacks? And what is the best course of action if you’ve been hacked?

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September 13th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge

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Apple CEO Tim Cook was keen to stress his company's commitment to music at its iPhone 5 launch event this week, which also saw the unveiling of new iPods and a revamped iTunes store and software.

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September 13th, 2012 by Rob MacAllister

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Our lead feature runs the ruler over last night's Apple announcements where music featured, albeit on the back seat rather than behind the steering wheel.

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August 14th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Genomics company 23andMe is offering to make music from your DNA, using just a few drops of saliva.

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July 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

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The Las Vegas-based startup released two apps this week: Miko and Cola and KBC Kids, both of which use technology from another company called ArtJam to make music interactive for children on iPad.

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