Mavrix: Music + Data
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iCloud in India
Our website got a bunch of Google hits with various permutations of the “iCloud India” keywords. I guess that means that a lot of us are wondering if iCloud will come to India. Will it? I think yes, and here’s why. Apple says so! Apple’s US website is very well coordinated with product releases. The…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-12
With Apple's iCloud launch, music startups need to figure out their role in the fast changing digital music space. http://huff.to/jZT7Ef # New post http://fb.me/12ajUciyk # New post: Apple's iCloud Is Transformational http://fb.me/SnIUbAnx # Keep a box of Kleenex handy and watch…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewknNW2b8Y&feature=player_embedded#at=345 http://fb.me/WZRF0NZ3 # New post: Why iCloud won't stream music http://fb.me/LNZYwUoL # Have you…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jun-10-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Why Won’t Apple’s iCloud Stream Music?
Since Apple’s big iCloud announcement a couple of days ago, the internet has been abuzz with people expressing disappointment at the iCloud not going far enough when it came to music (like here, and here). What did Apple miss? Streaming. Broadly, there seem to be two camps of people when it comes to music listening…
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Apple’s iCloud Is Transformational
What is iCloud? iCloud is Apple’s service that allows consumers to shift their storage hub from local hard-drives to the internet. iCloud takes care of syncing a variety of content and information (contacts, mails, calendars, music, photos, videos, documents, etc.) across multiple devices. The following apps are available on iCloud: Contacts, Calendar, Mail are available…
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Mavrix Monthly Update May-2011
We finished cataloguing information for 2 decades of Bollywood songs, from current day to 1991. Good news – We were making good progress! Bad news – We have to started listening to the songs from 1980s – probably the worst ever to come out of Bollywood. Please excuse our team members if they’re posting weird…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-05
Samsung to launch music service in India through Hungama. If it's like Nokia Ovi (likely), will there be any takers?http://bit.ly/jDktOh 1/2 # Nokia Ovi – You buy a song and you can play it on one PC and your Nokia phone. That's it. WTF?! 2/2 # Streamlined syncing between users' libraries and the cloud does…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jun-03-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Of A.R. Rahman Concerts And Concert Venues
I attended my third A.R. Rahman concert yesterday at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore. Two things were very different this time – two things that made this show the most unremarkable of the three. The Concert My best Rahman concert was back in the winter of 2004-2005 in Cow Palace, Oakland. The warm and fuzzy…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29
Looks like something to look forward to! http://fb.me/12OHy4VbN # Interesting take on Google music. http://bit.ly/ms7qUF 1/2 # "A major drawback for many Indians even when it comes to India is that Google will remove any tracks that are violating copyrights" 2/2 # Sonu Nigam is on cloud 9 – The Times of India http://fb.me/YePCMmGM #…
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