Posts Tagged ‘ playsforsure ’

Zune Kills Off Virgin

Jan 6th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

Virgin Digital has shuttered its ailing US music service. The service had failed to make a dent in iTunes’ popularity, but the coup de gr√¢ce came with Microsoft’s decision to abandon PlaysForSure, the technology Virgin’s music store was based on. when it introduced the Zune.
Virgin has contacted subscribers, offering them a free MP3 player [...]



Bill Gates On Using Bloggers To Pwn The Media

Dec 16th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Commentary

Microsoft invited a small group of influential bloggers to their Redmond campus Thursday for an hour long one-on-one with Bill Gates, as part of Microsoft’s Mix n’ Mash ‘07 event.
In doing so, Gates demonstrated how to use bloggers to pwn the media:

Invite a group of influential bloggers
Pay their expenses
Give them free stuff
Answer some softball questions
Work [...]



mobiBLU Cube2 Podcast Ready

Oct 16th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players

Podcast Ready and mobiBLU today announced the launch of the Cube2, mobiBLU’s latest MP3 player, which comes pre-installed with Podcast Ready’s myPodder podcast management software and enhanced audio performance.Users can plug mobiBLU MP3 devices [...]