Will This Fix Neighboring Rights? Kobalt Purchases Fintage House

If you’ve ever tried dealing with ‘neighboring rights,’ we feel sorry for you.  Especially if you’re dealing with Europe.  Now, Kobalt is aiming to improve a messy arena and growing the neighboring rights pot with the acquisition of Fintage House. The complex and oftentimes frustrating area known as ‘neighboring rights’ may soon become streamlined. And, […]

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Breaking: Hidden 3.5mm Headphone Jack Found on iPhone 7s

If it looks like, walks like, and even talks like a hoax, then it probably is a… About a week and a half ago, a user by the name of TechRax posted a “how-to” video on YouTube supposedly detailing how to enable the missing headphone jack on your iPhone 7. Titled “Secret Hack To Get […]

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Want to Hear the First Ever Recording of Computer Generated Music?

Turns out electronic music pre-dates Kraftwerk.  In fact, the earliest recording of computer generated music dates back to 1951. Turns out legendary code-cracker Alan Turing did more than just decrypt Axis messages and win world wars.  Considered one of the founding fathers of modern computer science and artificial intelligence, Turing was also a pioneer in […]

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Is Facebook Video a Total Scam? Facebook Issues a Formal Statement…

Last year, Digital Music News started raising serious questions about Facebook video counts and session metrics.  That included specific suspicions of wildly inflated average session lengths.  But we weren’t the only one — and one year later, a Facebook executive is apologizing for that exact issue. Facebook has been bull-charging against YouTube for more than […]

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Is Facebook Video a Total Scam? Facebook Issues a Formal Statement…

Last year, Digital Music News started raising serious questions about Facebook video counts and session metrics.  That included specific suspicions of wildly inflated average session lengths.  But we weren’t the only one — and one year later, a Facebook executive is apologizing for that exact issue. Facebook has been bull-charging against YouTube for more than […]

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The iPhone 7 Adapter Actually Worsens Sound, Study Finds

Is Apple’s iPhone 7 adapter for 3.5mm jack actually worsening the audio experience? That’s the question many users and other top tech sites are asking. German magazine c’t Magazine decided to put the iPhone 7 adapter through exhaustive audio tests. Roughly translated from German, the article started out with the following header: “The rationalized jack of […]

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Dr. Dre’s Brutal Physical Attacks Against Women Exposed In New Film

Dr. Dre’s history of brutal physical attacks against women was omitted from the film Straight Outta Compton.  Now, a new film hopes to expose Dre’s cowardly past. Dr. Dre is one of the most celebrated rappers of all time.  He’s also a member of Apple’s executive class, thanks to the $3 billion acquisition of the […]

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Rapper Shawty Lo Confirmed Dead After Gruesome Hit-n-Run

Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo died a horrific death last night after a violent hit-n-run strike at high speeds.  Early details are now being revealed by family members and Fulton County police. The death was also confirmed by Shawty Lo’s brother, who took over the rapper’s Twitter account this morning.  “My brother has passed he is […]

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Rapper Shawty Lo Confirmed Dead After Gruesome Hit-n-Run

Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo died a horrific death last night after a violent hit-n-run strike at high speeds.  Early details are now being revealed by family members and Fulton County police. The death was also confirmed by Shawty Lo’s brother, who took over the rapper’s Twitter account this morning.  “My brother has passed he is […]

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Is It Over? Sales of Vinyl Records Down 9.1% In 2016…

Are vinyl records slipping in 2016?  Fresh data from the RIAA shows a 9.1% during this first half of the year, at least for new product shipments in the United States. Sales of vinyl records have been booming for more than ten years.  But now, there are signs that things might be cooling down.  According […]

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