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Linkage: Nickelback vs a pickle, a mighty battle

Nickelback vs. The humble pickle A Facebook group set up to get a regular pickle more fans than staid rock bores Nickelback has succeeded! A sweet, crunch victory. http://short.ie/nickelpickle iTunes’ 10 billionth song downloader Louie Sulcer, a 71 year-old country fan from Woodstock purchased the 10 billionth iTunes download. The song in question was Johnny [...]

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Linkage: iTunes’ 25 most-downloaded songs

iTunes’ 25 most-downloaded songs With the world’s most popular digital music store fast approaching 10 billion downloads, Apple released the data on the most popular songs bought by iTunes customers. The list which is topped by Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling is almost exclusively made up of songs released in the last five years. [...]

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The 20 Best iPhone apps

With over 100,000 applications now available in the Apple store and with the rising ubiquity of the the iPhone in Ireland, many of you might be wondering what apps to use. Here are 20 of Day and Night’s must have killer apps. Dictionary.com – a complete English dictionary and thesaurus downloaded to your phone (free). [...]

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The Coolness Factor

What if there was a way to determine that the music you listen to is cool beyond peer acceptance, Pitchfork reviews, blog love and style? I’m talking about a quantifiable way in which you could be confident that the next time you put on Dirty Projector’s Bitte Orca or the latest Passion Pit remix at [...]

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The digital music store price war begins..

The biggest story in digital music last week concerned the advent of the MP3 price wars. Apple announced a new pricing system for iTunes worldwide which would change the standard €0.99 per song to a new three-tiered system. Under the change which came about under the pressure of major record labels, the Irish iTunes Store [...]

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