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iTunes 10 and Ping Are Here, Bringing Mixed First Impressions

iTunes 10 and Ping Are Here, Bringing Mixed First Impressions

iTunes 10 is now live and available for download. It comes bundled with its own killer feature: music-centric social network Ping.

Announced just this morning, the new iTunes/PingPing one-two combo pack a mighty punch. But can this dynamic…

Cee-lo’s Viral Hit “F**ck You” Gets an Official Music Video

Cee-lo’s Viral Hit “F**ck You” Gets an Official Music Video

So fall’s official jam (no, really, it was even playing in a super hipster Brooklyn club last weekend), Cee-lo Green’s “F**ck You,” officially has a video.

Just last week, a stripped-down video featuring merely the song’s lyrics…

Foursquare and MTV Team up for First-Ever Cause-Related Badge: STD Testing

Foursquare and MTV Team up for First-Ever Cause-Related Badge: STD Testing

“STD testing center” seems like number three on a list of “Embarrassing Places to Check in on Foursquare,” but this September, MTV and the geo-location service are aiming to quash that stigma by offering a badge to all those who…


Michael Jackson Is Nokia’s Most-Downloaded Musician

Michael Jackson Is Nokia’s Most-Downloaded Musician

Never mind the Beiber; here’s the King of Pop. He’s posthumously beat out every recording artist to become the most-downloaded musician of all time, based on sales data from Nokia.

According to data collected by Nokia’s Ovi music store,

MTV Teams Up with Foursquare for VMAs

MTV Teams Up with Foursquare for VMAs

Hey Foursquare junkies, here’s another merit badge to add to your digital belt: MTV has teamed up with Foursquare to award users who check in to a music venue with the 2010 MTV VMA Moonman Badge.

Yeah, a rad…

Arcade Fire’s Experimental New Video Shows What’s Possible with HTML5

Arcade Fire’s Experimental New Video Shows What’s Possible with HTML5

Watch out MTV, the music video has just got a new gold standard. Indie band Arcade Fire has released a vid for the song “We Used to Wait” off of their new album, The Suburbs, and it’s basically one big…

HOW TO: Make Free iPhone Ringtones

HOW TO: Make Free iPhone Ringtones

Ringtones — They are the darlings of the music industry and the bane of anyone subject to hearing a bad one. If you’re sick of your plain old telephone ringer but don’t want to download a canned tone, you don’t…

“Bed Intruder” Gets Star-Studded Punk Rock Cover [VIDEO]

“Bed Intruder” Gets Star-Studded Punk Rock Cover [VIDEO]

The Gregory Brothers’ “Bed Intruder” song has just got a punk rock cover, courtesy of Hayley Williams of Paramore, Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory and Ethan Luck of Relient K.

The Gregory Brothers —…

Apple Holding Special Event on September 1

Apple Holding Special Event on September 1

On Wednesday, September 1, Apple will be holding an invitation-only event in San Francisco. The event, which should center around the company’s music-related offerings like iTunes and the iPod touch, will also be broadcast live via satellite in…

Service Lets You Discover New Music Blogs While You Listen

Service Lets You Discover New Music Blogs While You Listen

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Pandora Adds “Genre” Option to Station Creation

Pandora Adds “Genre” Option to Station Creation

Ever surf on over to Pandora to create a new station and find yourself stumped as to what artist or song to create a playlist around? Well, now the Internet radio service has added a new option for less decisive…

MTV Launches Social Dating Game on Facebook

MTV Launches Social Dating Game on Facebook

MTV is adding another social game to its roster, and this one is for all you homebodies out there who can’t score a date this Saturday night: I Woo You, a new casual game from the TV network and Stone…

Elektra Records Founder on YouTube, Blogs and the Future of Music [VIDEO]

Elektra Records Founder on YouTube, Blogs and the Future of Music [VIDEO]

Once upon a time, a young, technology-minded man started a world-changing company from his college dorm room.

No, we’re not talking about Mark Zuckerberg. This is how Jac Holzman’s story begins. He founded Elektra Records in 1950, and his experience…

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Snoop Dogg Promotes “Mafia Wars” by Blowing Up a Truck [VIDEO]

Snoop Dogg Promotes “Mafia Wars” by Blowing Up a Truck [VIDEO]

Last week, rapper Snoop Dogg promoted the social online game Mafia Wars by blowing up an armored truck in the middle of the Nevada desert. Video of the event garnered 2 million live views on Ustream.

Las Vegas…

Cee-lo’s “F**ck You” Goes Viral [VIDEO]

Cee-lo’s “F**ck You” Goes Viral [VIDEO]

It’s not often that a music video goes viral by virtue of, well, its lyrics and whatnot, but that’s exactly what’s happened with Cee-lo’s (of Gnarls Barkley/Goodie Mob fame) newest single, “F**ck You.”

According to Pitchfork, Cee-lo posted…

“Auto-Tune the News” Makes It into the Billboard Hot 100

“Auto-Tune the News” Makes It into the Billboard Hot 100

There’s a new viral music act climbing the charts lately — and it ain’t Gaga. The Gregory Brothers — of “Auto-Tune the News” fame — have scored a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with their remix, “Bed Intruder,” another…

Grooveshark Pulled From Apple App Store Amid Record Label Complaints

Grooveshark Pulled From Apple App Store Amid Record Label Complaints

Bad news music fans: The Grooveshark iPhone app has been removed from the App Store.

After several months of battling App StoreApp Store reviewers, the on-demand music service finally released its official iOS app last week. The…

Super Slowed-Down Justin Bieber Song Goes Viral

Super Slowed-Down Justin Bieber Song Goes Viral

Today, a miracle of sorts occurred on this old Internets of ours — a young musician created an uber slowed-down version of Justin Bieber’s “U Smile,” and… well… we all kinda did. Smile, that is.

This morning, the…