Mp3tunes is a music streaming service(also supports some video formats) that allows you 2gb of free data (10GB if you request it) or you can pay for more room. My favorite feature is that you can upload M3U files which in case you don’t know are playlist files. You can stream to Android, iPod, WebOS,  Windows, Mac, Linux, PS3, Wii, Windows Phone 7, and right to your browser (it really has support for almost anything you can think of). They also have API’s avalible for free and open source apps for you to play with .I think that its one of the best mp3 streaming services out there because it has alot of support.

I have my own account and I use it to sync music from my home computer to the cloud then play in on another computer. The online storage player is really neat and you can play any music or video you want from the player and there is a Flash and Html player. Also I use my phone(Palm pre) and stream music from the cloud down to my phone or to my Tivo. Currently the only problems I have encountered is syncing videos because on WebOS doesn’t support video streaming yet i guess. Also on Tivo you will sometimes get an error when streaming and the only way to fix it is restart the unit which takes forever. Besides for that I think it is a really great program and I would recommend it to anyone look to stream music to multiple devices.

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I received an email from Amazon when the cloud drive was launched and was given $2.00 in credit towards mp3 purchases. Intrigued by this new development (and the free music credits), I ventured to their website to check it out. I quickly found a song I wanted and clicked the buy button. It asked if I wanted to save the music to my cloud drive. “Simple enough,” I thought. Then I wouldn’t have to download it – I could just stream it. I immediately went to my new cloud drive, selected my new song (which was available immediately) and pressed play. It buffered up the song and played but I discovered it was also downloading to my computer as well. Bummer.

Next I decided to try uploading some music. I clicked “Upload to your Cloud Drive” and was prompted to download the “Amazon MP3 Uploader.” Wait a minute – so I have to use proprietary software to upload music? “That’s a bit inconvenient,” I thought, but I downloaded it anyway. After installing the software, it decided it had to scan my entire hard drive for music, which was a long and tedious process.  Once it finally loaded, it told me I had X playlists and X songs not in my cloud drive and asked if I wanted to upload it all now. I declined (as it would have been way more than 5GB of space) and chose a few albums to upload. What I found was that it killed my internet speed and I saw no way to limit the upload rate. Frustrated after about 20 minutes of sluggish internet, I killed the uploader until that night when it could run and not bother me.

In the meantime, I checked out the Android mp3 player from Amazon, wondering if it too would have to download my music before playing it. I discovered that while it can play the song through buffered memory, it still has to download; so listening while downloading isn’t a good option as the song often plays faster than it downloads (unless you’re using Wi-Fi). So once again I’m stuck waiting.

Ultimately, I was able to get the music I wanted uploaded and then downloaded again (to my phone). Now that I have done so, I can simply open the Amazon cloud player and quickly hear what I want (slightly faster than searching my hard drive and includes better filtering options). So was the hassle worth it?

Pros:

• Music can save directly to the cloud (optional). This allows me to download my new music at my convenience and on whatever computer or mobile device I wish to listen to it on.
• I no longer have to use a USB flash drive or external to move music around.
• Creating a playlist is simple
• Music can be viewed by songs, albums, artists, or genres.
• In addition to music, the cloud drive can also store documents, pictures and videos
• Music can be listened to through a web browser or via a mobile device using Amazon’s MP3 app.
• 5GB free storage space

Cons:

• Uploading and downloading again is time consuming
• No upload speed limiter makes for doing anything else while uploading nearly impossible (and I have a 15MB connection)
• Must use proprietary software to upload music
• Must buy an annual subscription if you want more than 5GB of storage at $1/GB.
• No true streaming – music has to be downloaded to each device you wish to listen on

Overall, I would say Amazon has a potentially great thing going on here. If they simply added the ability to stream without downloading, I would give the Amazon Cloud Player and Drive 5/5 stars. As it is now, and considering their hefty fees for storage in excess of 5GB, I give it 3.5/5 stars. It’s a great concept, but could use a few tweaks to make it the best.

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Its great to see that Skreemr now showcases the site in which the mp3 was found on. This will provide the websites with some additional traffic, but could hurt in terms of hosting possibly illegal mp3 files.

Skreemr was previously closed down due to pressure from the major record labels, so I’m wondering how long it is going to be available this time around.

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Most applications we can use related to YouTube are mostly for downloading videos, downloading only the audio file, etc.; but just a few are focused on the uploading process. MP32Tube fits perfectly for users who want to share music or some audio files using the YouTube engine.

Using this application is also very simple: Upload images (jpg, jpeg, gif and png supported); upload the audio file; edit the video info and create the video.

MP32Tube also offers a secure method for using your YouTube account: All the connections to the account are done through Google’s AuthSub API. Meaning they never have access to your password.

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Direct download for Windows here, and for Mac click here.

Among the features in MacX DVD Ripper Pro, we can find:

• Output formats: MOV, MP4, FLV, AVI, and MP3.
• Supporting portable devices: iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, and PSP.
• Remove CSS encryption, all region protection, Sony ARccOS Protection, APS.
• Rip Disney DVD with New Copy protection.
• Available for Windows and Mac.

MacX DVD Ripper Pro, freeware until a few days more, usually costs U$S39.99, so you better hurry and get yourself a copy!

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Songr

Since the Napster blast, the web did not have the chance to unify a good way for users to get music for free (and legally); tons of sites and applications appeared but not all of them are famous. Songr is one of those that are in fact quite powerful. You can download it from this link.

Here are some of the features:

Songr aggregates results from 16 mp3 search engines

• Full album search
• Download HQ/HD YouTube videos and optionally extracts the audio track as mp3
• It grays out low bitrate preview-only and mp3s
• Intelligent sorting: Songr tries to display high quality mp3s on the top of the list
• Double clicking a mp3 file opens it directly in Windows Media Player
• Songr converts links that point to a web page instead of the mp3 file
• It makes possible to discover the name of a song by typing some words in the Search by lyrics panel and listen to a preview of the song
• Automatic updates check, to get more search engine connectors
• Automatic mode
• Links to buy music from Amazon and Rhapsody
• It’s freeware, without ads or restrictions

The supported MP3 search engines: Audiodump.com, BeeMp3.com, DilanDau.com, 4shared.com, Goear.com, Hypster.com, Iask.com, JustHearIt.com (YouTube videos), Kohit.net, Mp3000.net, Mp3Realm.org, Mpeg-Search.com, Skreemr.com, Socbay.com, Soso.com, Wrzuta.pl.

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There are several sites and applications available to do this, but this is one of the simplest we can find.

1. Just access the web site ListenToYouTube.com.
2. Copy/Paste the YouTube URL. Click Go.
3. Wait a few seconds until the video is retrieved to a server, removed the audio and make it available to download.

We can even choose the type of quality of the audio we are going to download, standard or high quality.

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This new gadget is available only in a 2GB model. I know, this is not the best sized MP3 player, but still, in 2GB I’d say that you can have enough music for your swimming session. The interconnection system is, of course, USB.

Even though it could sound a little pricy, 89 euros, still the possibility to use it while you are showering or in a swimming pool it’s just awesome!

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As you probably know, MySpace is the favorite site for many bands to start distributing new songs but of course the only way to listen it is using the website with an Internet connection. Grab That File! gives us the possibility for a direct download of the MP3 file.

The use of it is pretty simple: Login using your Facebook account; enter the MySpace URL with that contains the music; and download the file you want.

Of course, there’s a big disclaimer saying that you should only download music that does not infringe any copyright laws.

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The site offers up the album art of some of the most sought after albums, straight from the homepage, but digging deeper you’re able to find what you’re missing after a search for a specific album. The categories give you a broad based idea of what you’ll find, and by clicking on the image you can go to Amazon if you’d like to buy the physical media. You can also bookmark and save the images for your own use.

So now there’s no reason for any of your playlists to be without album art. Dig in, find what you need and let us know what you think. There are other competitors out that I think do it better, but I like the ease of finding what I need on this platform.

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Sweetpea MP3 Player for kids

Don’t want your little one grabbing your iPod? I don’t blame you. Not looking forward to seeing your state of the art MP3 players dunked in water? Well neither do we. But the kids just can’t help but be interested in what you plug into your ears all the time. If you’ve got an Apple device, maybe they like the games, so it’s easy to see why they would be attracted to it.

Sweetpea has just the device for you, Baby’s First MP3 Player, a combination for durability and ruggedness perfect for little hands. The MP3 player  is a safe “non-toxic” device your kids can carry around with its oversized grip ring. The simple buttons make it easy for little fingers to press buttons and listen to the music they want. No longer do you need to worry about them banging it around, dropping it, or losing it. The design is purposely oversized and created with single-piece design of hard rubber that is FDA approved.

There is a menu for parents to adjust volume, so that the player will not drive you mad when it plays the same song over and over and over and over….well you get the picture. For $50 you can give your child the power to control their music while keeping your music player a very safe distance from curious hands. It’s also a great way to get your kids involved in technology, safe for kids 0-6 yrs of age.

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Entering the market of mobile speakers is Kerchoonz, which admittedly does not look like a name people will be talking about in households around the world, but don’t be so quick to judge. Despite it’s funky name, the practical purpose of this device is to turn surfaces into sound, providing for you just the right sound for your music no matter where you are.

Kerchoonz uses patented gel-audio technology to turn surfaces into speakers.

Hooking up to your mp3 player, computer, laptop, mobile device, and using patented gel-audio technology, Kerchoonz is able to turn any flat surface, table, wall, or box, into a full speaker with little problems. It offers up full bass response 40-20KHz with up to 20 hours of battery life, also rechargeable via a USB connection.

While it may not look like a lot, Kerchoonz has a lot to offer in such a small package. If you’ve got other small portable speakers you’d like to recommend, leave them in the comment section below.

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Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver

Having a laptop or desktop computer in the room that you’re in to play music is nice, but not always possible. The time it takes to set up your laptop or desktop and then play music can be a problem if not troublesome when worrying about battery life. Interestingly some are even happy just connecting their mp3 player to smaller speakers, but the audio comes out so awkwardly that you might as well put a pillow over the speakers because the clarity is just so muddied.

For those of us that enjoy the clarity and quality of good sound, we’d spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on equipment to plug in our mp3 players in order to play  music. Some of this equipment is easy to find, others is just troublesome and not everyone is sure about compatibility. Fortunately there is a now a solution that solves all of the above problems. The Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver ($50) is a standard Bluetooth device that receives the streaming data wireless and plays it on whatever stereo or sound system you happen to be using.

Considering the price tag, it seems like a no brainer that this would be the way to go. The device comes with 3.5mm to RCA and 3.5mm to 3.5mm cables to connect to nearly any piece of audio equipment. For those asking how far the distance, is 33 feet far enough for you? So now you can play music where your friends are without having to place them where your computer is, and you can save a ton of money from all the expensive audio equipment that you’d otherwise need. This seems like a great entry price point for music fans.

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There’s no doubt that the skeptics who thought that Apple had no chance in theportable music player department hid when Apple’s iPod hit the market and took the mp3 music players by storm. Very few technological innovations make such an impact on our culture and yet Apple redefined what it is to listen, interact, and engage our music. Their style of minimalist design served them well with the generations of iPods to come down the line, but now times have changed.

The market for mp3 players has widened with lots of entrants, but few are capable of toppling the giant, so instead they offer an alternative to those not willing to give into Apple’s tight restriction to the Apple iTunes store. Nevertheless, iPods have had to redefine how they are interacted with and that’s when the iTouch came out. This unique tactile surface mp3 player gave users a unique experience that was unseen in the market for portable music players. Since then Apple has never looked back, and the iTouch has swelled in huge numbers.

From June to November alone, the market share grew 5%, which in Apple’s world is a huge market. Most of this is attributed to the apps that you can install on the mobile device and the bevy of games that Apple is turning to to keep users entertained and constantly in contact with their device.

But is there a deeper agenda then just the one present? Mac Rumors suggests that Apple is quietly turning the iTouch into the gateway device for future iPhone users. Similar to the concept of a gateway drug, it’s opening doors and increasing familiarity that users will appreciate and then look for something more substantial. That’s where the iPhone comes into play.

It’s not surprising that this agenda may or may not have been planned because in the grand scheme of things it’s almost a natural progression. Users may still be carrying around two devices, interacting with their iTouch much more, but in time, the iTouch user will want to carry only one device but still have the access to the vast library of apps they are familiar with on the iTouch. The iPhone then comes into play, so I’m not quite sure if this was the intended plan or just luck that it’s working out that way, but in either case it’s a moot issue. Apple is still taking this concept all the way to the bank.

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Tunerec is a web based service, that ‘records’ songs off  internet radio streams and then tags them all for your convenience.  Since it has to ‘record’ the streams first, it takes some time to save them in your database. But the patience is eventually rewarded. It has an iTunes like interface, where you can search for artists, songs and albums; Make playlists and also share them with friends.

Although I don’t understand why it has to ‘record’ songs for each user, and not just once for all its users, it probably doesn’t take much time as the number of songs i had last week jumped a whopping 100K this week, taking the total, as of now, to 1 Million.

It may not have all the songs you want, and likely demands patience even for those it has, the audio quality is commendable with very less buffering interuptions. As for the ‘legal’ thing you may be wondering about, the site mentions that it is completely legal and RWW also notes that Tunerec “ has worked out an agreement with the Swedish songwriters association STIM and the musicians (or at least the labels) get paid for every every song played on the service. ”

You can also invite your friends to the service and share your playlists with them.

Tunerec is currently in currently in closed beta but i was able to get into the service right away after i signed up. People living in Europe have a better option than Tunerec and that is Spotify. But sadly, Spotify is only available in Europe and will take some time untill it opens up to the U.S and rest of the world. Untill then, you have Tunerec. If you don’t like it, go buy your own CDs

(By) An avid freelance writer and technology enthusiast, Keshav Khera is young geek from India. Fanatic about the web, he also writes a blog and makes unsuccessful efforts to avoid twitter.

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