album

What You Don’t Know About Sharing Photos

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 8 at 12:39 pm PT

Tips on photo sharing through Facebook, Apple’s Photo Streams and Google+.

Viral Video: Let the Hipster Games Begin!

Kara Swisher in Media on April 9, 2012 at 12:16 am PT

May the arugula be ever in your favor.

Voices

Artists Experiment With Interactive Music Videos

John Jurgensen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm PT

Director Chris Milk’s new music video, released yesterday, introduces a young woman roaming a postapocalyptic landscape, and features a song from the coming album “Rome” by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. But for some viewers the video’s main attraction will be the technology used to create it.

Viral Video: The JaneDear Girls Hook Up With the Lip-Synch Phenom on YouTube

Kara Swisher in News on February 16, 2011 at 2:59 am PT

BoomTown is officially voting for the JaneDear Girls, after seeing the hot country duo’s effective use of Keenan Cahill, a.k.a. the weird little lip-synch dude on YouTube. While the pair–Susie Brown and Danelle Leverett–have been rocketing up the country charts with their self-titled debut album, they delivered a rap-style offering, called “Need Ya Vote,” using the odd Cahill’s talents.

Money! Pink Floyd Stays at EMI–and iTunes.

Peter Kafka in Media on January 4, 2011 at 10:33 am PT

Roger Waters and crew said they didn’t want their record label selling singles in Apple’s music store. But those concerns seem to have been resolved.

Voices

Amazon Can't Dent iTunes

Ethan Smith and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 17, 2010 at 3:31 pm PT

On the day Apple Inc. rolled out the Beatles’ catalog on its iTunes Store, Amazon.com Inc. fired back with a digital exclusive of its own: The latest album from rap-rocker Kid Rock–whose music still isn’t available on iTunes–for just $3.99.

Apple Welcomes the Beatles to iTunes With a New Ad Campaign

Peter Kafka in Media on November 16, 2010 at 7:39 am PT

The big news: Albums and singles. Apple has an ad campaign cued up, of course–you can see some inside.

Yahoo Upgrades Search Experience With "Accordion"–As It Ports Over Tech to Microsoft

Kara Swisher in News on October 6, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

Tonight, Yahoo is introducing a new set of search upgrades, moving to focus on boosting its experience for consumers as it ports responsibility for underlying search technology to Microsoft under its new partnership. Among the new enhancements: A vertical “accordion” paradigm with shortcuts on search results that allow for new kinds of information presentation; “quick apps,” beginning with one for Netflix that lets its members add movies to their queue directly from the search results page; slideshows within search from the “Trending Now” lists on Yahoo; more immersive and theater-style photo and video search; and a new mobile search experience that uses HTML5 technology.