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  • Paul McCartney to Receive NME Award

    Paul McCartney is set to receive NME’s special Songwriter’s Songwriter award later in February. It is expected that the former Beatle will be on hand to accept his award in person. McCartney, whose hit single Queenie has put him back on the music charts at the age of 71, is seen performing the track in the music video above.

    The Beatles’ co-frontman–he held the stage alongside the late John Lennon–launched the 5th decade of his music career with the release of his new album New in 2013. Now he is being honored for his own songwriting. He and John Lennon co-wrote hundreds of songs during their time together.

    The 2014 NME Awards will take place on February 26 at Brixton’s O2 Academy, where Paul McCartney will accept the coveted gong after being chosen by the world’s leading songwriters who voted him the “best practitioner of their craft.” Is there possibly anyone who could top Paul McCartney?

    NME’s editor Mike Williams said the following about McCartney.

    “We’ve spoken to the biggest and best musicians around, and they’ve told us: Paul McCartney is the world’s ultimate songwriter. Paul’s enduring and stunning talent is worth celebrating, and I’m incredibly honoured that NME are giving him the special, one-of-its-kind Songwriter’s Songwriter award to recognise that,” he said. “I’m equally thrilled for us to be singling out Belle & Sebastian at this year’s ceremony, an act who have always had a special place in our readers’ hearts and minds. And of course, to have Huw Stephens – a man who’s probably the most respected young DJ around, as well as a friend to practically every band in the room – presenting on the night is a dream come true too.”

    Belle & Sebastian are a Glasgow based band who will receive the Teenage Cancer Trust Oustanding Contribution to Music Award at the NME Awards.

    Who would have thought when they saw Paul McCartney take the stage on The Ed Sullivan Show back in 1964 that the fresh faced mop top boy beside John Lennon would still be making music–and being honored for his craft–in his 70s? He is certainly well deserving of the accolades.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Katy Perry And John Mayer’s Sexy Cover Photo

    Katy Perry and her boyfriend John Mayer posed together for a sensual black-and-white which will serve as the cover art for their collaboration “Who You Love,” which will be on the song list of Mayer’s album entitled Paradise Valley.

    The photo depicts a more demure John Mayer looking downward (probably to conceal his always-red eyes) and sitting below Perry with his fingers on the guitar strings. Perry’s arm is possessively but gracefully placed on his shoulder as she lies on a couch draped in a dark, velvet gown.

    Hopefully all of the attempted sincerity and successful sex appeal of the photo shoot is good enough to make you wonder what it’s all for, and what the song “Who You Love” is all about.  With all this promo, the song had better be worth the listener’s while.

    According to E! News, Mayer described the song as this:

    “Who You Love” is a sweet melody that tells the story of opening up your heart and allowing yourself to fully love the person in your life—or specifically to ‘love who you love, who you love’”… whatever in the world of tangled-up metaphors that is supposed to mean.

    But you shouldn’t expect much clarity from either of the two songbirds who have heart badges stitched all over their sleeves. Mayer continued to express his excitement about the song in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel:

    “It was a really great experience and the song is one of these like old FM ‘70s and ‘80s sort of like duets. And I listened back to it; it’s, like, really convincing. And I watched it get made and I am still taken aback.”

    So, um, basically all curious fans will just have to listen to the song in order to decipher the deep, heart-felt emotions that these love-struck crooners have poured into their music. If you need to ease your musical curiosity as well as any confusion that John Mayer has caused you, take a listen to “Who You Love” below.

    Image via John Mayer, Facebook

    Video via Youtube

  • Paul McCartney Performs For The Kids & Celebrates Anniversary

    Paul McCartney sure knows what a woman wants on her second wedding anniversary.

    The legendary musician performed some new material from his aptly named upcoming album, “New,” at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens on Wednesday. It also happened to be McCartney’s second wedding anniversary with wife Nancy Shevell.

    The 400 teenagers in attendance were quite surprised to get a concert from the ex-Beatle during class time.

    McCartney is making the rounds to promote his new album, “New,” set to be released Tuesday, October 15. This event with iHeartRadio had McCartney performing 13 songs. The set found McCartney performing songs from the Beatles, Wings, and his solo career. To name a few, McCartney sang “Hey Jude,” “Eight Days a Week,” “Jet,” “We Can Work It Out,” “Back In the U.S.S.R.” and “New.”

    “New,” which is from the upcoming album, is a song inspired by his wife Shevell. Before performing the number, McCartney looked at his lovely lady and said, “Happy anniversary, Baby.”

    McCartney retweeted Tony Bennett, the founder of the school.

    Bennett further explained why McCartney performed at the school.

    Not only did McCartney perform for the students, but he also answered some of their questions. During the Q&A, he gave some insight into what he’s learned over his years as a performer. Said McCartney, “When we first started out, I was terrified of doing anything wrong onstage. I got to learn, though, that people don’t mind. In fact, they kind of like it. People go, ‘I was at the show where he made a mistake!’ ”

    Before leaving the students, he gave them some words of wisdom, “You rock on. You be great.”

    [Image via YouTube.]

  • The Best Apps for the New IPad Retina Display

    The new iPad officially went on sale today, and if the long lines outside electronics stores are any indication, sales should be huge.

    Unfortunately, not ever app on the market is iPad retina display ready. Apple has upgraded theirs, but that’s to be expected. Some third party apps have not been lucky enough to get things ready for the release. Others plan to capitalize on the new technology by being the first out the door with HD graphics.

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    Neven Mrgan    A friendly request: don’t freak out at non-retinized iPad apps coming out this week. It’s a lot of damn work. 1 day ago via Twitterrific ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Updating all of your apps graphics to keep up the new technology has proved to be a daunting task for most developers.

    Here are some of the best HD apps out there right now. Expect many more to roll out in the next coming weeks.

    Apple

    You can’t go wrong with the official Apple apps, they were made specifically for the new iPad:

    iPhoto
    There’s so much power built into iPhoto for iOS, you need to touch it to believe it. Using only your fingers, you can make a blue sky bluer. A landscape greener. Or a smile brighter. From the moment you touch the screen, the way you see things will never be the same.

    GarageBand
    Whether you’re a musical prodigy or just love creating your own walls of sound, GarageBand for iOS gives you all the tools you need to lay down fresh tracks, have a jam session with friends, and record music anywhere you go.

    Social

    Twitter
    Follow your interests like never before.

    Facebook
    See your friends pics in high def.

    AIM for iPad
    Instant messenger.

    Business and Productivity

    Evernote
    The popular note taker and planner will feature crisp fonts.

    Trulia
    This real estate app will feature HD photos of your listings.

    StockTouch
    Watch the market unfold in high def.

    Games

    Infinity Blade II:

    Mass Effect Infiltrator:
    EA has updated the game for the retina display

    Sky Gamblers Air Supremacy

    Here is a full list of Apps that currently support the HD display:

    ABC Player
    AIM for iPad
    Another Monster at the End of This Book
    Art Authority
    Barefoot World Atlas
    Calcbot
    The Daily
    Day One
    Diamond Dash
    Dwellable
    The Early Edition 2
    Echofon
    Evernote
    Evernote Peek
    Flight Control Rocket
    Foosball HD
    Galaxy on Fire 2 HD
    Grace
    Incredibooth
    Infinity Blade II
    iStopMotion for iPad
    Joining Hands
    Kindle
    Labyrinth 2 HD
    Martha Stewart Cookies
    Mass Effect Infiltrator
    Mint
    MLS MatchDay 2012
    Modern Combat 3
    NBA GameTime
    NYTimes for iPad
    Order & Chaos Online
    Quotes Folder
    Readability
    Real Racing 2 HD
    Redfin
    Reeder for iPad
    SketchBook Pro for iPad
    Skitch
    Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy
    Solar Walk
    Soundcloud
    Star Walk for iPad
    StockTouch
    TouchGrind BMX
    Trulia
    Tweetbot for iPad
    Twitter
    Twitterrific
    Vimeo
    Facebook
    Flipboard
    Roambi Analytics
    Roambi Flow
    Wired

  • Glomper App Launches Today at SXSW

    Glomper App Launches Today at SXSW

    Glomper Event is a new app that allows users to get pertinent details about an event, with photos, conversations, comments, and interactions while on the go. It launched today at SXSW to give festival attendees a better glimpse of its capabilities with a pre-populated list of all the SXSW events.

    The Glomper interface looks a lot like Pinterest, with streaming photos from events aligning down the center of the page. The user can click on an event to see the full details, including pictures, people who are attending and comments. When you click to view an event, it sort of looks like a Facebook home page for parties instead of people. Glomper even includes a feature where you can “heart” something by clicking an outline of a heart which fills in when you “like”, um, “heart” something.

    The free app version is now available for iPhone or Android phones, and lists all of the parties and activities going on at SXSW. Event attendees can keep track of where all there friends are and share photos of what they’re doing.

    Glomper features

    • See full stream of one event – pictures, comments, tags, and conversation happening there
    • Offline mode
    • Interactive map so people can see where their friends are hanging out.
    • Uses Facebook Connect, allowing anyone to share pictures and posts.

    Here is what Glomper CEO, Alexander Borodich said about the launch and the hopes he has for Glomper:

    “Social media plays a huge role in our online and offline social lives – that’s how we hear about events, conferences, meet-ups; decide which clubs, restaurants, bars are the best; what parties are going on, if it’s rocking or if it’s a dud – and for the busy social butterfly, there’s currently no way to track it all in one place – instead we’re forced to scour our social networks for information and piece it all together ourselves. Glomper Events is the perfect mobile app for everyone with an active social life, who likes to explore new places, and meet new people – we want to bring the engagement of social media to their offline world, and what better place to launch than at SXSW.”

  • Yahoo! Adds New Calendar: Cleaner And Easier

    For those of you who care, Yahoo is updating their Calendar. Apparently Yahoo has been listening to users suggestions and is incorporating a lot of the intuitive design from Yahoo mail. Here’s an example of the new look below:

    The calendar is coming in the next few weeks and will feature improved navigation capability. Here’s what Yahoo has promised users with its release:

    *Cleaner design with easy discovery and navigation
    *Much faster interface
    *New toolbar buttons to navigate between day, week, and month views
    *Improved month view with full event titles and all the day events
    *All the themes that you use with the latest version of Yahoo! Mail
    *Holiday calendars from 15 new countries
    *And a lot more…

    Exciting news! A new calendar on the horizon….I can’t wait!

  • Nintendo DSi XL Receives New Colors

    Nintendo DSi XL Receives New Colors

    The Nintendo DSi XL handheld gaming console, is set to have a technicolour makeover this autumn, as three bright new colours – yellow, green & blue make their way to stores across Europe on 8th October 2010 for all to enjoy!.

    Since it’s European debut in March 2010, as part of the Nintendo DS range, the Nintendo DSi XL has sold over 3.6 million pieces of hardware globally, taking the total number of Nintendo DS range of consoles to over 132 million systems. In addition to the stylish wine red and dark brown consoles still available in stores, players will be given a wider choice of colours to choose from as yellow, green and blue join the offerings!

    The latest iterations of the Nintendo DSi XL will offer the same functionality as the wine red and dark brown consoles; featuring the same glossy sheen on top, matt finish on the underside that provides extra grip, bigger screens and wider viewing angle. It will still continue to be pre-loaded with two Nintendo DSiWare software: A Little Bit of…Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: Arts Edition and Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function, as well as the Nintendo DSi Browser, which enables you to easily access the internet wherever a wireless Internet connection is available

    The yellow, green and blue consoles will arrive just in time for players to enjoy some enjoyable new software on offer this season.  Join the supreme puzzle master Professor Layton and his young apprentice Luke, in their brand new engaging adventure ‘Professor Layton and the Lost Future’ when this launches for the Nintendo DS family across Europe on 22nd October. Players can attempt to solve more than 165 brand new brain teasers, riddles and logic puzzles guaranteed to challenge and delight both newcomers and fans of the Professor Layton games.

    Players with a Nintendo DSi XL will be able to experience the adventure with added comfort on a 93 percent bigger touch screen than the Nintendo DS Lite and with the larger pen like stylus which comes with the Nintendo DSi XL, and now in your chosen new colour!

    So get ready to be presented with a colourful choice this autumn, when the new Nintendo DSi XL in yellow, green and blue launch across Europe on 8th October 2010. It’s a bright future ahead of colours for Nintendo!

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  • Foursquare, The Next Social Up-And-Comer

    Foursquare, The Next Social Up-And-Comer

    It’s funny how early adoption works and how you start to see recurring patterns. When I started using Twitter there were numerous people who questioned what it was, why it was useful, and mocked it. A couple of years later, Twitter is still on a tear.

    I’m seeing the same thing with Foursquare today. Early adopters are using it, it’s starting to spread, and once again people I know are confused by it, think it’s useless, and that it has no real business.

    However, in some ways it may even have a brighter future than Twitter based on creating the location to local business connection. They’ve started to roll out some very interesting partnerships which I assume have revenue implications. If they don’t now, they will in the future as Foursquare’s user base takes off.

    Check out this quote for example:

    “Being able to drive foot traffic into our restaurant partners and our retail partners is a huge opportunity, because that’s where our product is sold,” said B. Bonin Bough, director of social and emerging media for PepsiCo.

    There are going to be some very interesting things that can be done with this, and it’s going to drive Yelp, Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, and others after checking in and driving local traffic to businesses.

    I had my first real example of this when I checked into my hotel for Ad Tech San Francisco, and Foursquare alerted me that I could get half off appetizers in the hotel bar. I had already settled in my room, but it made me think about actually taking advantage of the deal which would have driven more revenue to the hotel. That is worth something to the hotel, something worth paying Foursquare to drive to them. Foursquare also doesn’t appear to be waiting until they’re huge to make this happen, which seems like a wise move to get established as the early player working with businesses.

  • YouTube Still Rolling Out Page Updates

    YouTube Still Rolling Out Page Updates

    YouTube has been testing page design upgrades and last week added a highlights view for comments that summarizes top rated comments, uploader comments and responses that can be drilled into for more detail.  YouTube also made some improvements to their new like/dislike ratings system. You’ll need to opt-in to be part of the test of these new features.

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