Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT
Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 12, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
The Internet radio service is handing over half of every dollar it brings into the music industry. But things could be a lot worse. And the royalty system that taxes Pandora also allows it to thrive.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 6, 2011 at 11:05 am PT
As Mobilized told you last month, T-Mobile is indeed using the Consumer Electronics Show to announce its plans for a faster version of its existing HSPA+ network. It also showed off forthcoming tablets from LG and Dell.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 3, 2010 at 2:06 pm PT
Google is beefing up its voice services with today’s acquisition of Cambridge, England-based Phonetic Arts. Google’s view is that voice will be critical going forward to making mobile devices with small screens and keyboards more useful.
Voices
Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 17, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
After years of litigation and ill will, it took two men just a couple of hours to hammer out the basic terms that would finally bring the Beatles’ music to the iTunes Store.
Beatles songs are finally available in Apple’s iTunes store. But ATD’s Peter Kafka says that iTunes is all about apps these days, while digital music sales have flattened out – and even the Fab Four may have a hard time changing that.
News Byte
Peter Kafka in Media on November 3, 2010 at 3:09 am PT
Apple appears ready for an extended play: It’s about to offer
90-second samples of songs for sale at its iTunes store, up from the industry-standard 30 seconds. Apple has been trying to offer the feature for months, and
CNET says the company may
still be negotiating with labels and publishers for the rights. But if the move helps sell more music, there’s no reason for the industry not to embrace it: Digital song sales have
been stagnating.
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Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 22, 2010 at 8:15 am PT
any Indians enjoy streaming or downloading music on the Internet, whether the latest Bollywood hit or an oldie. But mostly people do this illegally on sites with pirated content, which is why there was an opening for Google to launch a service in India to let users to find legitimately licensed music, as WSJ reported today. (The service launched Friday and is available at www.google.co.in/music.)
Peter Kafka in Media on October 14, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
When it comes to creating profiles on its would-be social network, Apple doesn’t want music acts thinking
that differently.
Voices
Ethan Smith, Law Blog, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 7, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT
In a decision that could affect the financial relationships between record labels and performers, a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday ruled that songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes store are not actually purchased, but are rather “licensed” by the ostensible buyer.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 26, 2010 at 3:30 am PT
Federal regulators are looking at Apple yet again, this time at the company’s dominance of digital music. But the big music companies are the ones that gave Apple that power, and they’re the ones that could take it away. Don’t hold your breath.
