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Sep

20

2010

we7 music streaming app comes to Android

by Steve Ginter
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 we7 is a UK-based music streaming app much like the ever popular Spotify app that came out last year.  Like Spotify, we7 offers an unlimited all-you-can eat consumption of music from their library of over 6-million songs for £9.99 a month. It has most of the features you’d expect in a music app, including [...]

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Aug

10

2010

Google to support older audio codecs to address recent Froyo sound issues

by Tyler Cunningham
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As Android 2.2 is slowly being pushed to more and more phones, people are discovering that the streaming audio quality in programs like Pandora and Slacker Radio isn’t quite up to snuff.  The culprit is Google’s new Stagefright media framework, which emphasizes support for new codecs while leaving older codecs, and the streaming services that still use them, [...]

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Aug

4

2010

Rdio music app available to general public

by Dustin Karnes
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Rdio (pronounced “arh-dee-oh”), a music subscription service made to compete with the likes of Rhapsody and MOG, has been available by invite only for Android users… until now, that is. As of yesterday, Rdio made it’s Android app available to the general public. The app focuses heavily on integrating your media choices into social networking, [...]

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Jul

28

2010

How to get AllShare working on Galaxy S phones

by Chris Moor
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. . . Have you had problems getting AllShare to work on your Galaxy S phone? Unfortunately it’s not just a matter of right clicking and clicking “share” and there aren’t any good sources available on the web for this either, hence this guide was necessary. So let’s get started shall we? Oh, this guide [...]

Jun

17

2010

Media streaming app “Orb” now live in Android Market

by Dustin Karnes
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Want to watch, look at, and listen to all the stuff you’ve got at home on your media PC on your Android device? Yes? Well then, check this out. Orb Live, a media streaming service, has recently been released to the Android market (and the iPad, but… whatever). While it may set you back $9.99, [...]

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