Spotify is about to release an API. That means Spotify is about to explode through the web, gaming, and PCs. But is it more than just “a magical version of iTunes in which you’ve already bought every song in the world“? And if so, is it brand friendly?

Yes. And yes.

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Earlier today I attended a WIRED seminar moderated by David Rowan, Editor of Wired UK, with Chris Anderson (Editor in Chief of Wired and author of The Long Tail). The seminar’s title was pretty promising. Anderson covers an astonishing array of new technologies and idea in each issue of Wired. But which out of them does he feel merits the title of the Next Big Disruptive Idea?

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Frank Rose’s article in Wired last month’s is spot on and gives the film industry the benefit of hindsight that music execs wish they had had. read full post »

Yesterday I got an email about Apple releasing a new version of the iPhone.

Following the very interesting article in this month’s Wired about the genesis of the iPhone, which talked about how Apple and Steve Jobs has ripped apart the fabric of the US carrier business, I was fascinated to see what the latest development was.

Was it the much anticipated 3G iPhone? Were they adding GPS functionality? Was there some new design?

Nope. Turns out it was just a memory upgrade - from 8Gb to 16Gb.

Does anyone really care that much about memory capability?