Music Tech

Sprint Is Suing AT&T Over ‘Fake’ 5G Advertising Claims

February 8, 2019

Sprint has filed a lawsuit against AT&T for its 5G Evolution branding. AT&T rolled out the branding on phones that still use 4G LTE Advanced technology, which is not true 5G. Both T-Mobile and Ver... Read More...

Musiio Raises $1 Million to Package AI Curation Services to Music Services

Ashley King

February 7, 2019

photo: Doctor Popular (CC 2.0) Musiio has raised $1 million from several investors. Wavemaker Partners, Exponential Creativity Ventures were the two biggest names to jump into this initial round. Several ot... Read More...

Apple Is Issuing New In-App Purchasing Rules to Make Charges More Obvious

Ashley King

January 28, 2019

Apple has updated its guidelines for in-app subscriptions and how they should be displayed. The guidelines lay out how in-app purchases should appear and when they should be shown to the user. Apple is ai... Read More...

5G Is Coming: So What Does This Mean for Music (If Anything)?

Ashley King

January 13, 2019

5G was the hot topic at CES 2019, with numerous companies sharing their ambitious plans. This is more than just an enhancement for mobile telephony. 5G has the potential to make loading websites, streamin... Read More...

Sony Unveils a Brand-New 3D Audio Format — Introducing ‘360 Reality Audio’

Paul Resnikoff

January 8, 2019

Forget 5.1 audio surround. Sony Corporation is introducing something far more immersive. For those at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, this is one of the more interesting innovations — at l... Read More...

Max Martin’s Auddly Scores Two Major Partnerships In the ‘Data Supply Chain’

Paul Resnikoff

December 10, 2018

Max Martin (photo: Martina Huber/Regeringskansliet (CC 2.0)) The messy state of metadata is getting cleaned up — at least a little bit. Talk to artists, songwriters, indie labels, and publishers on the groun... Read More...

Facebook’s Musical.ly/TikTok Clone Lasso Quietly Launches

Ashley King

November 12, 2018

Facebook has been working on a Musical.ly competitor for months. Now, it's ready. The app is called Lasso, and it was first reported to be in development back in October. Today, the head of the Facebook La... Read More...

TikTok Beats YouTube, Facebook & Instagram App Downloads In October — 25% Growth In the US Alone

Ashley King

November 2, 2018

Despite ByteDance's controversial decision to merge musical.ly into TikTok, installs are way, way up. How up? Apptopia is reporting that TikTok's install base has increased by 30% since the merger. That ... Read More...

Quadraphonic Sound Died In the 1970s. So Why Is Somebody Bringing It Back?

Paul Resnikoff

November 1, 2018

Miles Davis' Live-Evil LP in Quadraphonic, 1972 Quadraphonic sound faded from the landscape in the late 1970s, securing its place in the music technology dustbin. Now, somebody is bringing it back — and spre... Read More...

TikTok Responds to Shutdown Rumors — ‘#FakeNews’

Ashley King

October 27, 2018

TikTok has addressed the recent — and very persistent — rumors of its pending shutdown. The company blasted a short tweet dubbing the rumor '#FakeNews'. The rumor started after a screenshot was shared of th... Read More...

Here’s a 3-Song EP with the Lyrics and Melody Entirely Created by AI

Ashley King

October 23, 2018

Can artificial intelligence create music that humans actually like? This has been a brewing debate since the 70s, and more than a few listeners have been fooled by robots. These days, the music industry con... Read More...

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Sprint Is Suing AT&T Over ‘Fake’ 5G Advertising Claims

Musiio Raises $1 Million to Package AI Curation Services to Music Services

Apple Is Issuing New In-App Purchasing Rules to Make Charges More Obvious

5G Is Coming: So What Does This Mean for Music (If Anything)?

Sony Unveils a Brand-New 3D Audio Format — Introducing ‘360 Reality Audio’

Max Martin’s Auddly Scores Two Major Partnerships In the ‘Data Supply Chain’

Facebook’s Musical.ly/TikTok Clone Lasso Quietly Launches

TikTok Beats YouTube, Facebook & Instagram App Downloads In October — 25% Growth In the US Alone

Quadraphonic Sound Died In the 1970s. So Why Is Somebody Bringing It Back?

TikTok Responds to Shutdown Rumors — ‘#FakeNews’

Here’s a 3-Song EP with the Lyrics and Melody Entirely Created by AI