Google® has announced that it’s joining the (already saturated) music industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google Music will use Google’s online social network, Google+, to allow users to recommend songs to their friends. The friends can then listen to a song one time for free before being asked to purchase the song for further use.
Seeing that Google+ is not doing as well as expected, why would Google venture into another industry where it’s destined to flounder? Between iTunes and Spotify, the online music industry has satisfied the needs of most potential consumers. We know Google is aiming for the Android™ niche market, but success still might be out of their reach in this area since Spotify is already catering to the mobile arena.
Mashable estimates that Google Music will be released within the next two weeks.
Although it’s nifty that music will now be available in the cloud through Google, it will be interesting to see how long Google Music can last with such fierce, knowledgeable competitors. Maybe Google should stick to what they’re good at: search.
When pondering which virtualization program we wanted to use to run Windows applications on our Macs, we stumbled across this post from ars technica. In the article, Parallels Desktop 7 is compared to VMware Fusion 4 using a multitude of benchmarks and tests.
The last sentence is what aided us the most in our decision: “But if you’re without a virtualization program and are asking me to make a pick, I say go with Parallels Desktop 7. The Parallels’ team has finally put their days of buggy releases behind them; now it’s VMware’s turn to do the same.”
Although we believe that ars technica is an honorable tech review site, we thought it biased to make our decision solely on their word. So, we also looked at a few other notable publications. eWeek.com says right at the beginning of their article that “A superior mobile client and mass deployment support make Parallels Desktop 7 a winner for Mac-based virtualization.”
While trolling YouTube, we found that Best New Products rated Parallels Desktop 7 the #1 Best New Release in Utilities Software.
After looking at a few more comparisons, we decided that’s enough comparing for us. We’re going with Parallels Desktop 7. How about you?
In case you haven’t heard, the iPhone 4S has now been released. With the release of the latest version of the iPhone comes Siri, a voice-to-text command system.
Not sure what your opinions are on the matter, but we’re pretty sure that Siri is a revolutionary innovation. Sure, voice-to-text has been around on the Android system for ages. However, Siri is up-ing the voice-to-text game.
Take a look at some of the extraordinary things that Siri can do:
It seems as though everyone everywhere is mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. He was one of the most skilled minds of our time. With his resignation a few months ago, we feared that it was only a matter of time before Jobs’ passed on. So, to honor this brilliant man, we have put together a small collection of our favorite tributes to Steve Jobs.
This tribute came from Jonathan Mak, a 19-year-old in Hong Kong. He reminds us that Steve Jobs was loved all around the world.
This next tribute comes from Mint Digital. This piece of art was made solely from pieces of a Macbook Pro.
What better way to end this tribute than with a tribute from the online Apple Store itself?
WebPageFX created a Star Wars® themed infographic that compares various Mobile App stores. This infographic was featured on PCMag.com.
The main operating systems that use Mobile Apps are Android®, Apple®, and Blackberry®. While Apple has the most apps available, Androids are the most popular phone and therefore use apps more frequently.
While most of the statistics listed in this infographic are pretty self-explanatory, there is one stat that baffled us. The estimated 2011 Mobile App Revenue is $15.1 billion. This wouldn’t be that scary if the World Bank hadn’t estimated that $11.8 billion annually would essentially end world hunger.
