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Digital Music stories - Page 20

Music is everywhere, and most of us listen to it on digital electronic devices. Digital music is a method of representing sound as numerical files in order to read it by a device capable of playing and transmitting it.

The main features of digital music are the sample rate and the bit depth - which are the number of samples an audio file carries per second and the amplitude resolution of audio files. Most common file formats of digital music are MP3, WAV, PCM and AIFF.
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Spotify: Tunes with a side of weather
Wed, 8th Feb 2017
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Spotify's Climatune uses AccuWeather data, creating playlists reflecting your city's mood from rain’s lullabies to sunshine bops.
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Hands-on review: Fugoo Sport XL portable Bluetooth speaker
Wed, 7th Dec 2016
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Built to be carried along on beach parties, boat outings or whatever you have planned, this speaker has weight to it. But does the sound stack up?.
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Hands-on review: B&O Beoplay A6 in-home speaker
Mon, 28th Nov 2016
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The Beoplay A6 looks like the jaws of a whale. Inspired by the colours of the rugged Nordic landscape, this speaker offers loud, clear & crisp sound.
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Hands-on review: B&O Beoplay A1 portable speaker
Mon, 28th Nov 2016
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Music is the best when you can feel it in your bones. There's no doubt that the Beoplay A1 will help whip your senses into a frenzy.
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Jabra signs up industry veteran Brent Mitchell to NZ country manager role
Tue, 22nd Nov 2016
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'Industry veteran' Brent Mitchell is taking over as Jabra's New Zealand country manager, promising new opportunities and more growth to follow.
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Travel tips: The gadgets that I take on my overseas jaunts
Mon, 21st Nov 2016
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Navigating modern air travel's dual ease and hassle, these versatile gadgets can lighten your load and elevate your overseas adventures.
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Spotify Free hits sour note with infected ads
Fri, 14th Oct 2016
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Spotify Free users face malware onslaught from a rogue ad, prompting security concerns across Windows, MacOS, and Ubuntu systems.
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Kiwi businesses have a 'dismal record' for commercialising their innovations, says exec
Thu, 13th Oct 2016
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'Turning Innovation into Gold' seminar series aims to champion Kiwi innovation and improve commercial success rates.
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Hands-on review: Jaybird Freedom Wireless Earbuds - invaluable on-the-go tech
Fri, 7th Oct 2016
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If you like to customise your sounds, lead active lifestyles and despise connecting cables, these earbuds could be the answer you've been looking for.
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Spotify launches playlist personally curated for each listener
Mon, 3rd Oct 2016
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Spotify introduces Daily Mix, a new feature that combines users' favourite tracks with new songs for the perfect listening session.
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Hands-on review: Sony MDR1000x Bluetooth Headphones
Mon, 19th Sep 2016
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​Sony have an impeccable sense of timing. Almost straight after Apples headphone socketless iPhone 7 launched, their new Bluetooth headphones arrived.
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Brightpoint offers sweet music to retailers with B&O Play agency deal
Mon, 12th Sep 2016
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Ingram Micro subsidiary Brightpoint has been appointed as B&O Play's strategic distributor for NZ as the Bang & Olufsen company ramps up its Kiwi play.
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A Silicon Valley CEO's presentation notes
Thu, 8th Sep 2016
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Peach CEO's latest presentation left audiences baffled with bizarre boasts of 900,000,000% more innovation and offers to trade kidneys for new X-Phones.
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Headphone jack be gone! iPhone launches mission to kill wires with AirPods
Thu, 8th Sep 2016
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​The countless ‘leaks’ have been right about something - Apple’s new iPhones will be without the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack - meet the AirPods.
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Spark ups its data game on pay monthly plans
Tue, 6th Sep 2016
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Spark is increasing the amount of data for its pay monthly customers by up to 60%, responding to changing mobile usage in New Zealand.
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Spark launches nationwide Spark Lab tour
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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Spark Lab events will be held across New Zealand, with events in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch.
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Never miss a beat with Spotify's latest update
Mon, 8th Aug 2016
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Spotify launches Release Radar, a new playlist featuring the latest releases from favourite artists, updated every Friday.
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Game of Thrones finale sees interest peak on Spotify
Mon, 4th Jul 2016
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Last week’s thrilling season finale of Game of Thrones has seen interest in the television show’s Season 6 soundtrack peak on Spotify.
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UE wireless speakers ups the ante with Siri & Google voice integration
Thu, 23rd Jun 2016
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This latest integration amps up the possibilities of where you can take your music and how easily you can access it all.
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Introducing Ampple, the next generation of portable iPad sound
Thu, 9th Jun 2016
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The Ampple speaker might just fix your tinny iPad sound - well that's that a team of sound engineers and tech geeks from Latvia are thinking.