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Soundtracking For Android Shares Your Playlists

10:15AM December 8, 2011 | Alan Henry

Android: Popular music sharing app Soundtracking has made the jump from iOS to Android, giving users a way to find out what their friends on Twitter, Facebook, and FourSquare are listening to and share back with them. More »

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Grooveshark Desktop Is A Mac OS X Grooveshark Client

5:00AM September 27, 2011 | Adam Dachis

If you love Grooveshark and Mac OS X, you’ve got a great new unofficial client ready for download that provides the Grooveshark Desktop experience will adding themes and a mini player ala Bowtie. More »

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How To Make Any App Airplay Compatible

12:00AM July 27, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Some apps don’t have AirPlay support built-in, but that doesn’t mean you can’t force their audio stream to an AirPlay-compatible device. There’s an easy way around it that only takes a few extra taps. More »

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Cantio Is A Beautiful Music Site With Millions of Tracks

9:30PM July 5, 2011 | Alan Henry

Grooveshark is one of our favourite streaming music services, but new web service Cantio has stepped up to challenge it with some very similar features, including playlists, favourites and a library of songs millions of tracks deep. More »

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MyStream Lets You Share Your iPhone’s Music Without Sharing Headphones

6:00AM June 7, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Listening to a music with a friend comes with a few problems. Sharing headphones might be a little gross depending on ear cleanliness, plus you only get one earbud per person. MyStream is an app that lets you share that music wirelessly to your friend’s iDevice so you can both listen to the same music at the same time. More »

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AirServer Lets You Push Airplay Audio To Your Apple Computer

8:30AM May 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

AirServer allows your computer to show itself as an Airplay speaker to compatible devices, which might seem silly or unnecessary to some, but it’s actually pretty neat, especially if you think of iOS music apps. More »

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How To Use Spotify Outside Of Europe With A VPN Service

2:00AM May 7, 2011 | Lifehacker US Edition

When we called Spotify the best desktop music player we’ve ever used, we meant it. The trouble is, due to licensing restrictions, a lot of you try it out. Well, Australians (and non-Euros of all stripes), take heart: Here’s how to use Spotify from outside of Europe. More »

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ShairPort Turns Your Computer Into An AirPlay Destination

8:30AM April 12, 2011 | Adam Pash

Developer and hardware hacker James Laird reverse engineered Apple’s AirPort Express and packaged the important bits into a Perl script that turns your computer into an AirPlay destination. More »

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New Android Music Player Adds Better Controls, Cloud Streaming

10:00AM April 6, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Android: A new version of the Android Market leaked out onto the web today containing a new music player stable enough to use. The new stock player sports an improved interface, recent listening history, and some neat touch controls. The updated player even adds feature for cloud-based streaming — they’re just not available yet. More »

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DropTunes Is A Web Jukebox For Your Dropbox Music Stash

10:00PM April 5, 2011 | Kevin Purdy

You can play music tracks through Dropbox’s web interface, but only one at a time, in a very minimalist player. DropTunes provides a great web front-end for your Dropbox-synced tunes, offering Flash or HTML5-based streaming and continual playback. It’s pretty darned handy. More »