"We recognize that portability is key to a compelling music experience for consumers, and the biggest challenge for music cloud services to tackle today. mSpot has spent the past five years perfecting its proprietary over-the-air delivery technology so music plays from the cloud so fast it feels local - even when cell coverage is spotty or non-existent, " said mSpot CEO Daren Tsui.
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In the end, he came up with the MPEG-3 technology that spawned the MP3 file-sharing music revolution, the ultimate prize for music fans.
In other words, consumers have to pay about seven times more to expand their music selection with flash-based memory technology.
This event has become one of the biggest parties of the year: What began in 1987 as a music festival with 700 attendees has blossomed into a three-part expo covering music, film, and technology.
These days, music and technology are inexorably linked -- from creation and recording, to distribution and discovery, it's hard to imagine a song reaching our ears that hasn't made its way through some electronic filter.
Why should free, ad-supported radio music be curtailed because technology has advanced to enable an innovative new platform and distribution channel?
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The innovative architecture of SoundSphere speaker technology means it provides music-lovers with a surprisingly high-quality, authentic listening experience, filling your space with the true sound of the artist's original.
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Despite the demise of Napster's free-for-all format, the use of peer-to-peer technology and online music swapping remained a popular endeavor thanks to emerging free sites like KaZaA, Morpheus Music City and Audio Galaxy, to name just a few.
Music Hub also utilizes scan-and-match technology to decrease upload time and ensure high-quality playback.
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The Jabra Solemate connects to any device that can play music - either corded or wirelessly - using Bluetooth technology, a 3.5mm audio cable or USB cable, and caters to all types of uses, indoors or outdoors.
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The technology can also be used for music - giving songs a much more expansive and immersive feel.
Visitors went to consumers' homes--and even peered into refrigerators and closets--to get insights into their interests in music, technology and fitness, says Dean Stoneley, Fusion's former product marketing manager.
Using the human anatomy itself to create a powerful sense of immersion, KOR-fx enhances video game play, movie watching and music listening, through an entirely new form of acousto-haptic technology.
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The deal shows how far Skype has come since it was launched in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, two men who had created a file-sharing technology called Kazaa that became widely associated with music piracy.
"How the music industry repositions itself here, and builds new mutually-beneficial commercial partnerships with technology providers remains the key challenge ahead, " he added.
But technology, which has done so much damage to the recorded-music business, increasingly props it up.
Ever since, major advances in music technology, especially at the consumer level, have focused on improving ease-of-access and portability.
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BitTorrent's challenge, Sinnreich says, is overcoming the bad-boy reputation it earned by becoming the technology of choice for online music and video pirates.
Natalie-Eve Williams, who co-hosts Manchester Music and BBC Introducing on BBC Radio Manchester, says shifts in technology and the music industry mean it is more difficult to make an impact.
Yet the Beatles remain the band that we can't live and let die, doomed to be recycled as fading photocopies of the original with every incremental improvement in music technology and significant anniversary until one day we can all look forward to high-definition holograms of John, Paul, George and Ringo performing "All You Need is Love" in our living rooms.
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Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) to use a nascent technology called Cisco Eos to simplify the music company's management of a large catalog of band Web sites.
This old-school wireless technology can also be a force for good, helping you free the music on your phone, tablet and laptop.
As high-speed internet technology spreads, piracy will threaten the film business just as it has the music industry.
Two music directors, including the 85-year-old music maestro Naushad, have been brought in to rework and clean up original songs with new generation technology.
Inspiron laptops feature Waves MaxxAudio technology optimized for Dell laptops to deliver studio-quality sound for watching movies and listening to music without the need for external speakers.
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Now all of your favorite music can be streamed directly from the Internet to our new headphones and in-ear monitors without wires using Koss STRIVA technology.
The housing of the speaker is made from 8mm MDF (Medium-Density fiberboard) manufactured wood which allows for VLD (Very Low Distortion) technology when listening to music at a high volume.
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But more than helping to make consumers healthier, MyFit is a full-featured portable music player that features an FM radio tuner and Samsung's DNSe 3.0 sound enhancement technology, which helps to overcome the inefficiencies and limitations of compressed audio files and generate a more realistic stereo sound.
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