Tag: tech

Music videos service Vevo has relaunched its iOS app with a new design and features. That includes a new real-time news feed and more recommendations of videos, playlists and original shows, as well as easier playlist creation...

The latest UK music industry figure calling out the government on its close relationship with big-tech firms like Google is PPL chairman Fran Nevrkla.

Warner Music Group has appointed former Sony exec Rob Wiesenthal as its new chief operating officer/corporate, reporting directly to CEO Steve Cooper from 1 January.

'Is Twitter a Media or Technology Company?' wonders the New York Times on its Bits blog. The answer, of course, is a bit of both. "I think of the company as a technology company that is in the media business," says CEO Dick...

Shazam has struck a deal with broadcaster ITV's sales team, ITV Commercial, which will now be offering Shazam's service to its advertisers. ITV is the "exclusive UK sales force" for the technology, too.

We've been covering Shazam's diversification beyond music recognition to TV-tagging over the last year or two: its technology is being used in the US to tag TV shows and advertisements to access related content.

Aspiro has announced that its WiMP subscription music service is now available on Sonos' wireless hi-fis in Scandinavia, including the service's editorial content.

Teams of developers spent this weekend slaving over hot laptops in San Francisco for the latest Music Hack Day event. As usual, you can browse all the hacks created on the official Wiki page.

When you're Neil Young, you probably worry less about revealing some of Apple's secrets at a high-profile technology conference.

Technology company BitTorrent has announced a new milestone: 150m monthly active users. That's up from 100m this time last year, and covers people using the company's uTorrent and BitTorrent Mainline software.

British entertainment retailer HMV has reported more worrying sales figures for the last five weeks of 2011 - the crucial pre-Christmas period.

We blame Ashton Kutcher. Ever since the actor invested in a bunch of hot Silicon Valley startups, other celebrities have twigged that providing seed funding may be a suitable way to invest and multiply their earnings. Justin...