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Dirpy Converts YouTube Videos To Audio For Later Listening
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Many YouTube videos are just as enjoyable as straight-up audio. If you’d like to grab a lecture or comedy routine for the road, Dirby can help. More »
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Mugasha Mixes Party Sets So You Don’t Have To
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Need some ambient music for your next party? Stream some long-play music sets from Mugasha and focus on enjoying the party instead of working on the perfect play list. More »
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Apple Approves Music Player Spotify’s iPhone Application
7:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Earlier this month we named Spotify as the best music player we’ve ever used. Today, despite quite a bit of speculation to the contrary, Apple approved Spotify’s iPhone application—in Europe. More »
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Flavortunes Lets Your Guests Build Your Party Playlist
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Nobody wants to throw a party with stale music. Flavortunes invites your guests and has them RSVP with playlist suggestions at the same time. More »
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Spotify Is The Best Desktop Music Player We’ve Ever Used
2:00AM Adam Pash | Imagine a music app with instant access to any song you wanted to hear. Imagine creating a playlist from those songs and quickly, easily sharing it with friends. Such an app does exist, it’s called Spotify, and could just change music forever. More »
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CitySounds.fm Geo-Diversifies Your At-Work Playlist
10:45PM Kevin Purdy | Many workers find that the best music is somewhat ambient and randomly mixed, so it’s not a conscious thing to keep track of, but a clever audio backdrop. CitySounds.fm provides quick streams of electronica-leaning tunes from around the globe. More »
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Radio Sure Streams And Records 12,000 Radio Stations
6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Pared-down portable application Radio Sure streams and records more than 12,000 channels of music and other radio feeds. If you can’t find something to listen to, you’re probably not looking hard enough. More »
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Last.FM Downloader Lets You Download Last.FM Streams And Cover Art
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Last.FM Downloader is a lightweight application for grabbing music from the popular streaming music service Last.FM and saving it for local use.Unlike some of the similar applications we’ve previously reviewed, Last.FM Downloader doesn’t require .NET or installation. The application is completely stand alone with no installation required. Usage is straight forward, run the application and plug in a URL for the song or playlist you want to download, you can even grab the similar artists playlist if you’re looking for a little variety. While the author’s web site notes that you don’t need a Last.FM account, it seems to be only semi-true: for some strange reason I could download the similar artists playlist without being logged in but I could only download individual songs when logged in. Last.FM Downloader is portable freeware, Windows only. Last.FM Downloader [via Life Rocks 2.0] More »
PandoraBoy Brings Streaming Radio to Your Desktop
9:00AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Free, open source application PandoraBoy pulls the popular streaming internet radio site Pandora out of your browser and integrates it with your Mac desktop. With features like global hotkeys, support for your Apple Remote, and even integration with Growl, PandoraBoy looks to be the ultimate Pandora companion for OS X. PandoraBoy is free, Mac OS X only. Windows users looking for a similar solution, check out PandoraBrowse or our bevy of other ways to get more from Pandora. PandoraBoy [Google Code via TidBITS] More »
