If you’re young and live in a city, you probably know people who say they “DJ” or “spin.” These days, that tends to involve plugging a laptop into some sort of sound system. To many of us out there dancing to whatever the person in the booth is spinning (or just enjoying or mocking the…
We have new and interesting apps to share with you in our latest installment of This Week In Music Apps, including iOS, Android, and web apps, just like we do (or try to do) each and ever week. First, take a peek at our latest app reviews (as opposed to hardware):
People keep buying iPads like crazy, even though others view it as a glorified toy. Most of the business, education, and productivity tasks that Apple boasts its tablet can tackle can be done more easily on a laptop, as critics point out. They forget how fun the iPad can be — and how important that fun can…
In Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2008, I spotted an interesting piece of hardware called Pacemaker, featuring two circular controls for remixing and DJing music, with the option to add all sorts of effects, and generally tweak the sound. In that video, which I posted on Wired.com back then (note: I only…
We’re working on another music app story right now, and it’s going to be good, but for now, we just can’t resist sharing this video of kid trying to operate a magazine as if it were an iPad. If you doubt that technology is changing our minds’ operating systems, this might convince you otherwise: (via…
Clearly, people are nervous about the new Facebook. We, too, are concerned that it represents a big step in the privatization of the internet, which is a public good that people don’t seem to want to use in its unmediated form. Who wants to run their own web and email servers these days, or write…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed a new line of tablets on Wednesday morning including one, Kindle Fire, that unleashes a clear warning shot across Apple’s bow. It could even score a direct hit. Here’s the scoop about the Amazon Kindle Fire, which ships on November 15, based on the announcement and Bloomberg’s sneak peak (updated as…
First, let’s state the obvious: Google TV has awesome potential for music fans, as well as anyone else with a clear motivation to use electronics. This platform, available in a set-top box or built into televisions and Blu-ray players, could realize the dream of internet-capable electronics that has blistered like a raisin in the sun…
We’ve heard that people who own iPads also tend to own iPhones, which stands to reason. Now, enterprising app developers have realized they can use iPhone apps as a sort of trial version of a more fully-fledged — and more expensive — iPad version. We first noticed this with Algorridim, a DJ app that only…
Apps might be the flavor of the minute, but they’re no passing fad. If you think it’s nuts that your phone, tablet, and soon car and television will run apps, just wait until your refrigerator and air conditioner get in on the action. Every song can and should be an app. Now, it can, for…
App store watcher Peter Amara provided a comprehensive round-up of the new Android and iOS music apps to make a splash last week. Meanwhile, the app world keeps turning. This week welcomes a new round of contenders in our second iteration of “This Week in Music Apps” you won’t want to miss. Apple iOS iPhone/iPad…
