Apple announced today the first worldwide release of AC/DC’s complete catalog in digital format on the iTunes Store.
The Cupertino-based tech firm worked with music label Columbia Records to bring out titles from AC/DC’s 16 studio albums, 4 live albums and 3 compilation albums.
All the digitally mastered tracks for iTunes give fans the option to download entire albums or purchase a favorite title.
“Fans can also choose from two specially packaged digital compilations: The Complete …

Clive Davis, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Jimmy Jam, Trevor Rabin (composer and vocalist of Grammy Award-winning group Yes) and music and entertainment industry giants committed to fighting cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases will take part in Songs of Hope VIII, a special event and silent auction that supports lifesaving research at City of Hope. Held at Rolling Stone’s exclusive House of Rock in, Santa Monica, Calif., the Oct. 18 event will be …

Human rights organization WITNESS celebrated 20 years of collaborative activism with musicians, celebrities and human rights supporters at its 8th Annual Focus for Change Benefit held at the Roseland Ballroom.
Hosted by award winning actor and long-time supporter of LGBT rights Alan Cumming , the evening kicked off with a journey – taking guests back in time 20 years to look at how WITNESS and its partners have used video in human rights campaigns over the years.
“I am proud to …

Getty Images, Inc., one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of still imagery, video and multimedia products, and SoundCloud, the world’s leading social sound platform, have announced a collaboration that unites the originality of audio content in SoundCloud’s community of more than 20 million registered users with Getty Images’ global distribution channels and expertise in licensing digital media.
The partnership provides media, advertisers, designers and …

American singer Lady Gaga became on Thursday the first person in the world to pass the 30 million followers threshold on microblogging platform Twitter.
Thursday night, American singer had 30,033,613 followers, her Twitter account registering approximately 30,000 new fans every day, according to the website starcount.com, which monitors celebrities’ activity on social networks.

Lady Gaga Hits 30 Million Followers on Twitter

“Paving the way for other celebrities on social networks, Lady …

On October 26, the launch of Windows 8 is not enough and neither the release of multiple compatible notebooks and tablets announced so far. For this reason, Microsoft prepares something else for us – Xbox Music.
According to The Verge, the new streaming service Xbox Music has already been confirmed by several sources close to Microsoft, occasion through which has also been leaked the date of October 26 as the official release date of the streaming service.

From what it seems, it is not about …

Smartphone users have no doubt enjoyed the privilege of using the thousands of apps at their disposal. These applications have enabled more efficient communication and social interaction has never been easier. But since the Apple store introduced the world to smartphone apps in 2008, these have so far been restricted to mobile phones and tablets. In fact, most of the apps being launched currently can only be used in telecommunications. However, this apps boom could soon be carried forward to TV …

Out with the old and in with the new. That is what Daft Logic Studio hopes will happen as they launch their Listen music app. This app allows you to discover your playlist in a whole new way. It is well made, with many creative features and special effects. The app, which sells for $0.99, is an iOS utility that provides users with a funky interface.

A screen shot of the Listen Music App by Daft Logic

Additional control of your playlist has always been an added advantage for any music app, and …

Recent reports suggest that Spotify, a desktop music streaming application, has announced that it intends to launch a revamped web-based version of it. It is unclear whether the desktop version will remain. Said reports are also unclear on what exactly the new application will have over and above the current version, or what it will remove from it.

Spotify is set to launch its web-based application to attract more users.

The service currently allows users to stream music from a selected range …

Although it’s been 21 years since his death in 1991, Freddie Mercury would have celebrated yesterday 66 years, this being an event that cannot go unnoticed.
A personality became memorable for various reasons, Freddie Mercury will always remain in the our minds as Queen’s lead vocals and as the only visionary behind some songs became anthems in the meantime – Boheamian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, We are the Champions and We Will Rock You.

With the video below, created with great inspiration …