British musicians and playback singers have taken over the largest chunk of music sales globally in 2015. However, BPI or the British Polyphonic Institute, which is the organized body of the British…
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Robotic Arm Creates World’s First Three Armed Drummer
The Georgia Institute of Technology in the US has done it again. A research team led by Professor Gil Weinberg have created a robotic arm that is designed to play alongside and attached…
Epilepsy patients may benefit from music therapy, study suggests
Researchers have suggested that epilepsy patients may benefit from music therapy as a study has shown that brainwave activity in people with epilepsy tended to synchronize more with the music than that…
Music in operating theatre likely to cause distractions, study finds
A newly published study in Journal of Advanced Nursing suggests that playing music in operating theatre might distract surgeons as well as those present to aid in the surgery and pose a…
Dementia patients could benefit from music therapy
Researchers have revealed through a study that dementia patients could benefit from music therapy with marked improvements to their symptoms and wellbeing as well as a reduction in disruptiveness to staff at…
Adidas teams up with Spotify to roll out new music app ‘Adidas Go’
Adidas has teamed up with Spotify to roll out a new music app dubbed Adidas Go targeted at runners. The new music app uses the iPhone’s accelerometer to match music in Spotify…
WHO recommends just one hour of music everyday to avoid hearing loss
World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that as many as 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices including…
Apple deliberately deleted non-iTunes music from iPods without informing users
Apple deleted songs purchased from competing digital music services from its users’ iPods, claimed plaintiffs’ lawyers during court proceedings of Apple’s iPod/iTunes antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal…
Microsoft is giving away 100 MP3 albums for free!
It seems Microsoft is in a mood to make this happy holiday season even happier for music lovers as the company has announced it is offering 100 MP3 albums for free through…
Apple wants ‘Beats’ to reach each and every iPhone, iPad device new report claims
Apple intends to push its subscription music service Beats to every iPhone and iPad by as early as next year, new report claims. According to a Financial Times report, Apple is planning…
Twitter announces ‘audio card’; feature that lets you discover and listen to music
Twitter has announced a new feature dubbed ‘audio card’ that allows users to discover and listen to music directly from the twitter stream on mobile devices. The feature has been developed by…
Beats subscription prices: Apple targeting sub-$10 level
Apple is reportedly in talks with music label giants over reworking deals and reducing Beats Music subscription fees so as to make the music streaming service affordable for users. According to a…
Apple 16GB iPod Touch overhauled with rear camera, new vibrant colours
Cupertino’s flagship music player hasn’t been faring well lately with its sales number dwindling every year.
BlackBerry decides to pull the plug on music, video sections on its app store
Just a day after it strikes a deal with Amazon, the Canadian company decides to shutter the two sections.
Facebook to listen with Shazam-like feature
Facebook on Wednesday rolled out a new audio-recognition feature that works similar to Shazam, which recognizes songs and TV shows.