After numerous rumors saying HTC’s Beats Audio unit had purchased streaming service MOG, comes a new upbeat story for the streaming underdog — they have a new iPad app! Joining the ranks of Rdio (as far as major streaming services are concerned), MOG’s new iPad app brings support for Apple’s (very) popular tablet, allowing iPad users to continue enjoying MOG’s high quality, full 320 Kbps library in complete Retina glory. As far as design goes,...
Your iPhone/iPod/iPad is a great device for personal audio listening. Why, a good pair of headphones can make all the difference in the world, turning a seemingly drab song into a full-on concert in your head, where every nuance is heard. For sharing that audible bliss, all of the aforementioned devices have pretty terrible speakers. So terrible in fact, we’d recommend simply not using them. Solution: Get a dock. Which dock? How about Sony’s RDP-X500ip dock for...
Right now Beats Audio hardware is just that — hardware. It is a niche product in one particular market. Just recently, however, an acquisition by HTC has paved the way for Beats to become more than just headphones, as Beats branded devices have special software woven into the core of the OS (Android) that gives the audio focus an even bigger bump. And now that HTC/Beats Audio have (apparently) purchased MOG, a popular streaming music service, the global domination is...
The rumors from yesterday which saw HTC’s new Beats Audio division doing a little acquiring of their own appears to be true. AllThingsD is reporting that the HTC-owned unit is in the final stages of hammering out a deal to acquire the music streaming business MOG. Since the actual deal hasn’t been officially closed, information regarding the final price Beats Audio will be paying for MOG isn’t yet available. What will be interesting (and potentially...
While we all have our own opinions as to what makes a streaming music service “popular”, we’d wager that MOG, Spotify, and Rdio are the “big three” at the moment, with others like Pandora, Last.fm, Grooveshark and more catering to smaller niches. This afternoon the scene got a bit more interesting, though, with Business Insider...
Fans of streaming music service, Spotify, are growing by the day as the constantly growing Swedish-born company continues to add music to it’s library, upgrades music quality in said library, and tosses in new features and “apps” routinely. For a lot of people, Spotify is streaming music. And beginning tomorrow, the fine people of Germany can join in on the fun. In addition to simply entering the German market, Spotify has sweetened the pot by bulking up...
