We’ve talked about how awesome Spotify is time and time again in that it’s business model has the potential to be a game changer in the streaming music business. And yet a solid 1-2 years after the original plan to move stateside was made public, we’re still left wondering when Spotify will actually launch. Currently Spotify won’t even offer up any specific date other than “this year”. Despite success in Europe, the jump across the...
Chrome OS junkies are no doubt good at waiting, and waiting…and waiting for some actual hardware to hit the market. Once potential hero in the Acer ZGA tablet/laptop was killed when Acer nixed the project in 2010. But there is hope as a new device, the Acer ZGB, has begun appearing in bug reports. The hardware is again a tablet/laptop of sorts and features a 1,366 x 768 display with an Intel Atom processor powering it all. Obviously, as beta as this hardware is,...
It appears that PlayStation owners have quite a bit more to worry concerning the PSN outage. Sony has come forward in their latest update and finally revealed the severity of the breach: Certain PSN and Qriocity service user account information was compromised” during an illegal intrusion between April 17 and April 19. Among the personal data that was accessed: name, address, email, birthdate, PSN network login/password, PSN handle, PSN password security answers, and...
9to5Mac reader Alex W found a possible glitch/new development regarding the iTunes Store and G3 support — or that is, the lack thereof. When said reader tried visiting the iTunes Store on his G3 running iTunes 8.2.1 recently, he found the image plastered above encouraging him to upgrade to iTunes 10. Of course, running the old hardware he doesn’t have a choice. We’re all for preserving the lives of computers in general, but at 10 years out you’ve...
It looks like Google is having a change of heart regarding the email sent out foretelling of Google Video’s demise late last week. After said email, uproar from around the web criticized Google for not providing an easy option for transferring Google Video content over to YouTube. Well, the masses spoke and Google has listened. Not only is Google removing the first April 29th deadline (being unable to watch any Google Video content), they’re also making...
Fans of streaming music have no doubt heard a thing or two about how awesome European-born Spotify is, and the sad state of affairs that have prevented it from launching State side thus far. While Spotify’s U.S. debut is still an on again/off again news item, Last.fm has some big changes that will make you question why you ever waited for Spotify. In an interview between ElectricPig and Last.fm’s Matthew Hawn, VP of Product, it has been revealed that the music...
