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Music and Tech Recap – July 2010 Edition

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

 
The usual suspects were in the news again this past month. At this point, it’s a game of rumour and speculation, so there isn’t any “real” news until we hear formal announcements coming from Google about their rumouredmusic service or when Spotify launches their service in the US.
One notable thing this past month has been [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – June 2010 Edition

Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

Most of the music technology scene I cover is US based with a little bit out of Europe, mainly the UK thrown into the mix. From my perch here in Toronto, I can tell you that we have a thriving music scene across our great country of Canada. We are graced with some of the [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – May 2010 Edition

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

Google held their annual I/O developer conference over two days in May where they (and their partners) announced a number of new initiatives including Google TV, mSpot, a music streaming/syncing service for the Android and their acquisition of Simplify Media, which allows streaming of locally-stored media to Android devices.
Next up is Apple’s annual developer’s conference [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – April 2010 Edition

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

 
There certainly was a lot of news and announcements in April even though it seemed to me that things got off to a slow start. Ultimately it turned into a Spring awakening as the month rolled on that it became a challenge to keep up with the avalanche of news, stories and announcements.
Some of the [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – March 2010 Edition

Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

Nice to see winter hand over the reigns to spring. Mind you, winter here in Toronto was mild, some might even say non-existent. It is even nicer to see people trading their hats, mitts and down-stuffed jackets for sunglasses, short sleeves and beers on the patio. Along with spring renewal comes a slew of new album [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – February 2010 Edition

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

The east coast edition of Digital Music Forum played out in New York on February 24th and 25th. Digital Music News did a great job capturing some of the key points raised in the various talks. Here a few of the interesting discussions and if you want to check out the rest, follow this link.

Live@DMF: [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – January 2010 Edition

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

2010 got off to a quick start with CES in early January, another Apple love fest and Midem 2010, the annual music biz conference held in Cannes, France. Although it was reported that attendance at Midem was down from previous years, there was still a lot of interesting panels, news and announcements made over the [...]

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Mother of All Music and Tech Recaps – December 2009 Edition

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

Another year has passed and we can only hope – and more importantly work – towards making the new year and new decade in the music business less tumultuous and one where the the disruptive forces of change are embraced for the sake of the artists and fans. Because it’s about the music, isn’t?
Now more [...]

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