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17th March 2012 Archive

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  • Eight... AirPlay speakers

    Product round-up Tunes from the wireless

    Apple’s AirPlay wireless streaming protocol can be used to play music from an iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, or from iTunes on a Mac or PC, directly to a compatible speaker. AirPlay uses Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth and so audio is not compressed in order to send it to a speaker. The good news is that some of the biggest names in hi- …

    Hardware 17 Mar 2012, 08:00

  • Sad but true: Napster '99 still smokes Spotify 2012

    SXSW Parker and Fanning reminisce

    The Napster of 13 years ago was vastly superior to any legal music service available today, including Spotify, says Sean Parker, a mover and shaker in both companies. And he's right. Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning were speaking at the SXSW Music Festival and Conference this week. Parker is an investor in …

    Media 17 Mar 2012, 11:28