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The rise and rise of YouTube
YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace.According to internet analysis company Alexa the video sharing site has taken a 3.9% share of global internet visits a day compared with 3.35% for MySpace.
YouTube’s popularity […]

As previoulsy posted it seems the music downloading space has undergone a mini seizmic change in the last few days which suggests a move toward the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. About frickin’ time!
In our opinion as stated numerous times before this progression is ineveitable and I think we have seen potentially […]

Microsoft have confirmed they are launching a music player to take on Apple’s dominant iPod - called the ZUNE - more info from the BBC here.
Microsoft employees have started blogging about the new project, Cesar Menendez has started Zune Insider.com and Richard Winn is writing a blog called Madison and Pine. The company has […]

Blimey about time…here at Wise Buddha towers we hate music with DRM built in, having paid your hard earned cash why should you have any restrictions about how many times you can burn your music etc.
That’s why we don’t bother buying music from Apple iTunes store and nor should you.
In a very interesting move Yahoo […]

Think Secret the blog that Apple tried to sue (amongst others) when they revealed the iPod mini has a big insider announcement. Their sources have confirmed that Steve Jobs will announce next month at Apple’s developer conference that iTunes will feature move rentals. The emphasis on rentals not purchase, so it sounds like the […]

Soundtrack of the summer: This Fall, Island records will unveil the artist who we think should be the breakout superstar of the next few years - Mika. Exotic and beautiful, Mika was born in Beirut but moved with his […]

Lots of people use some form of instant messaging - in fact it is the medium of choice for North American youth. Many under 30’s have buddy lists running in the hundreds plus various IM accounts and alter ego’s depending on who they are talking to.
The problem with IM has always been that if say […]

Lots of chatter about mighty Microsoft taking on Apple with an ‘iPod’ killer, looks like the rumours might be true for a Christmas launch. Read more here.

If you don’t know Russell Crowe used to be Russ Le Roq and is widely known as being a ‘difficult’ star. Check out Russ Le Roq’s first interview here. More importantly check out this cautionary tale from a journo who found himself seduced by Russ and celebrity culture and his fascinating tale of media […]

For a while the French have been laying into Apple as they are unhappy with the fact that songs purchased on iTunes will only play on iPod’s. The French not unreasonably argue that if you buy music from legitimate sources you should be able to play your songs on whatever player you want to.
Apple […]