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Hype Machine The Music Blog Aggregator is Working on an iPhone Application

The Hype Machine which is a very influencial music blog aggregator has announced while speaking at the In The City music conference in Manchester, UK, that they are already working on an iPhone application.

The site’s founder Anthony Volodkin discussed his plans for an iPhone app that would provide a “radio-like” experience with royalties for the music paid for by charging for the initial download of the app. There’s no word on when this would be released as of yet.

I know that The Pirate Bay and other such torrent sites has been getting a bit of a lashing of late, but sites like The Hype Machine which lets users listen to files add to the internet, seems to get away with copyright issues. The majority of the files that Hype Machine links to are copyright infringing, but no one really seems to care that much.

The Hype Machine is still in independent site, but the sites owners are always open to acquisition offers. The site currently makes the majority of their revenues from advertising and their audience seems to be growing at a very nice pace, so an iPhone application will only accelerate the growth.

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iHarp: Play Harp on your iPhone and iPod Touch

There are quickly becoming more and more companies entering the Application development space. Some examples are Tapulous and GClue. Today Gclue have announced a new iphone application that is the next musical instrument to hit the app store, the iHarp. The iHarp is of course a harp for the iphone and ipod touch. This new application has a clean UI and various functions such as an octave and half range or half tones controls.

iHarp allows users to record and play your music. There are also built-in songs so that if you dont know how to play a harp, you can learn.

Main functions:

  • 12 tones from Fa(F) to Do(C) and half tones
  • Sparkle effect (Playing each string will generate a sparkle)
  • Switch tones (2 ways)
  • Record and play (unlimited file size)
  • Skin selection (select your favorite theme)
  • Background selection (select pictures from your Photo gallery)