September 11, 2007
Episode 79: August 2007 Monthly Mix
Euro Kids: Everybody’s Downloading Music; We Will, Too
Other excuses included: the download is for personal and private purposes; the Web sites presumably remunerate the artists; claims of harm inflicted on artists lack credibility; and DVDs and CDs are simply too expensive.
Almost all of the children surveyed in the 27 European Union member countries as well as in Norway and Iceland said they expect to continue downloading. They also said the risk of downloading a virus was far more dissuasive than the risk of legal proceedings.
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How Apple has transformed automotive electronics: when Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPod in 2001, he knew it would change the way people interacted with their music. What he did not know was how much the device would change the way automakers and suppliers look at in-vehicle entertainment
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The iPod is the latest example of how far the auto industry has yet to move in order to progress at the speed of the consumer electronics industry. Both OEMs and suppliers are running at break-neck pace to assure they’re not caught behind the curve yet again. “We’re constantly looking for what is the next iPod. We do a lot of market scouting and talking to other consumer electronics companies. We also use a lot of proprietary research in the form of clinics and guerilla research–going into a big box retailer and talking to people who are tech savvy and watching what they do,” says T.C. Wingrove, senior manager of North American innovation for Visteon. Doing the research is one thing, making products that are cutting edge is yet another.
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Ford Prices Sync Music-Phone Adapter at $395
Sync was developed by Microsoft, and Ford is the first U.S. automaker to license Sync. Fiat licensed an earlier version it calls Blue&Me, but its one-year world exclusive ends this fall. Sync provides a USB jack for connecting virtually every music player (not just iPods) as well as USB keys containing MP3 or WMA files, and even USB hard drives; a Bluetooth adapter for cell phones (and some Bluetooth streaming of music); and a voice input system. While Fiat’s Blue & Me isn’t as advanced as Sync, it does contain a rudimentary navigation system that displays directions as arrows and icons, not moving maps. Ford says American customers aren’t ready for limited-features navigation, even if it’s essentially free when provided on top of the music-and-Bluetooth features.
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Sync will be offered in cars across all price ranges, Ford having realized that buyers younger than 25 are more likely to look at a $20,000 Ford Focus than a $40,000 Lincoln Navigator. On all Lincolns and the so-called high-line versions of Ford models such as the Ford Edge Limited and Ford Focus SES, Sync will be built into the base price. On entry-level models, it will carry the $395 tag. That’s less than you’d pay to add a rudimentary Bluetooth module and limited-function iPod adapter to most vehicles. Sync provides voice control for the music features as well as for phones.
According to Ford, Sync will be on the Ford Edge, Ford Explorer, Ford Explorer Sport Trac, Ford Focus, Ford Fusion , Ford Taurus, Ford Taurus X, Lincoln MKX, Lincoln MKZ Mercury Sable, Mercury Milan, and Mercury Mountaineer at some point in the 2008 model year. The first three models to get Sync this fall will be the Ford Focus, Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX.
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Report: Amazon to Launch Music Service in Sept.
The store will offer songs in the MP3 format and give consumers an alternative to Apple Inc’s iTunes, the report said.
Amazon had said in the spring that it would launch a digital music store by the end of the year.
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Amazon officials were not immediately available for comment.