Music

Apple Cloud Licensing Deals Almost Done

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

Several online news outlets have been reporting in the last 12 hours that Apple has signed a deal with EMI Music, the fourth largest music group in the world. Apple definitely seems to be putting the final pieces in place for its cloud-based music service.

Reports surfaced last month that Apple had completed their cloud service, and had reached a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group. If the above information holds true, that just leaves Sony and Universal left, which sources say could sign on as early as next week...

BoxyTunes Loads Music From Your DropBox Folder onto Your iDevice

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 27, 2019

Cloud services have been all the rage lately. Offerings from Amazon and now Google are currently battling it out in the "clouds," but I've got another suggestion for you. This one might have flown under your radar because it's just an App Store app that syncs with your DropBox account.

BoxyTunes isn't a brand new application, but we figured with all of the hubbub surrounding cloud services these days, we wanted to make sure all of our readers knew about this little gem...

Mopho DJ Takes iPhone Music Mixing to the Next Level

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

There are plenty of applications in the App Store for making your own music on your iDevice. In fact, we reviewed a great one on iDB called djay by Algoriddim earlier this year.

But if you've been looking for a way to use your iPhone to create music in a way that's not quite so conventional, you've got to check out this concept that Stanford Researcher Nick Brian has come up with...

Samurai Girl for the iPhone Will Cut You a New One

Guest Author ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Samurai Girl [iTunes Link] was developed by CJ Internet Corp and is a 2D Action RPG Platformer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Those of you who are familiar with the genre will not be disappointed as this game is jam-packed with cut-throat action in a retro-arcade fashion.

The story begins by introducing you to the main character Hikaru, the daughter of the Guardian of Sakura (her father), the Legendary Sword. However her father was killed by a robot controlled by a character named Delta-M who was looking to take the sword away from him. Hikaru managed to escape with the sword but lost her memory when she fell down a cliff.

The game will begin when she wakes up and discovers that she is now the Guardian of Sakura. And through her adventures she will slowly regain her memory and discovers that she must kill Delta-M before he causes more death and destruction...

Google Launched Music Beta Without Label’s Consent, All Eyes on Apple

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

When we reported yesterday that Google unveiled its cloud service, we mentioned why it was such a shocker. Earlier rumors suggested that Google's talks with major record labels had come to a halt, so it was certainly strange to see them launch so quickly.

Apparently, losing support of the music industry wasn't enough to stop Google from launching their new cloud-based music service. CNET is reporting that the search giant moved forward with Music Beta, without obtaining any licenses from record labels...

This is How You Jam to the Angry Birds Theme Song

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

I know Sebastien has a well documented adoration for the Tiny Wings theme song, but let's not forget who started the popular bird trend.

Angry Birds recently received their own theme song cover treatment, courtesy of indie cover band Pomplamoose.

Strangely enough, they're using a Samsung phone throughout the video, which isn't really giving props where it's due since in my opinion, no one would know Angry Birds without the iPhone...

Google Beats Apple’s Cloud Service to the Punch

Cody Lee ∙ May 10, 2011

Google just spent the last few hours unveiling new technology and services at their global developer conference, Google I/O. Perhaps the most interesting announcement was that their new cloud service, Music Beta, is ready to go.

The completely cloud-based music service will compete directly with Amazon's newly released Cloud Drive, as well as whatever Apple has up its sleeve. It's surprising that Google was able to unveil the service so quickly, as their talks with record labels had been rumored to have soured...

How to Override In-App Audio and Listen to Your own Music

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

I've always wanted a way to listen to my music from the iPod app while I play games on my iPhone. Until multitasking came to iOS, that was just a pipe dream. Yet, even after Apple introduced multitasking, I still didn't really have the ability.

Many iOS games have their own soundtrack and completely turn off your iPod music. Luckily, the folks over at FSM have provided an easy tutorial for a work-around that will allow you to rock your own music while gaming on your iDevice...

Apple’s New Cloud Service to be Called iCloud?

Alex Heath ∙ Updated July 6, 2017

Apple has allegedly bought iCloud.com for the sum of $4.5 million. The domain was previously owned by Xcerion's cloud service that has now been rebranded to be called CloudMe.

A major revamp of Apple's current cloud service, MobileMe, is expected to launch at WWDC this summer. Apple has also been talking with major record labels for the purpose of introducing a cloud-based media locker for customers.