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With the widespread availability of the Internet today, there are still times when it may not be feasibly available. Be it on a flight, during the commute to work or simply put the blame on poor network reach, such situations can arise frequently. For example, suppose I need to watch a lecture on YouTube but […]
What is video compression? Video compression is a technique of converting a video into a smaller sized file compared to the original video by erasing repetitive and non-functional content of the source video file. For eg., A video clip consists of frames. Think of each frame as an image that lasts for a specified duration […]
Apple has just launched a new iPod Touch, which comes with the iPhone 7’s processor, that is, the A10 Fusion chipset. Besides that, the new iPod Touch looks pretty much like the old one with its 4-inch display, a classic home button, and multiple color options. Just like the older version of the iPod, the […]
After a series of delays due to tussle with Warner Music Group, Spotify has finally launched in India. The popular music streaming platform had long due plans to venture into the Indian market, but the difficulty in reaching an agreement over the copyrights and legal battle with Warner Music was hindering the launch. Yesterday, Spotify […]
There is little doubt that technology has influenced people’s lives in many ways. Not only are you more likely to have a mobile phone in your pocket, but you are also likely to use the internet many times per day. While technology has brought a lot of great ideas to business and the way people […]
There are several websites allowing users to download YouTube videos such as odownloader but in 2016, Youtube-mp3.org (YTMP3), a popular YouTube-ripping site was taken to court by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with intentions to see the site burn forever and pay a sum of $150,000 (€126,172) for each copyright infringement. Now, it has […]
[fullsquaread][/fullsquaread] The file sharing giant, The Pirate Bay, is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. This time, two of its founders Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm are told to pay €405,000 (£373,220 & $478325) to music labels following a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in November 2011 by Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC), the International Federation of […]
Amidst the recent series of attacks launched on various computers through the WannaCry Malware, a relatively minor incident occurred in which Spotify took the hit by having its user’s credentials dumped on a public website for everyone to see. The Leak Boat The hacker group, Leak Boat, has claimed responsibility for publishing the usernames and […]
Short Bytes: What.cd, a widely popular music torrent website that first appeared in 2007, has shut down. This is a result of an operation by cybercrime unit of the Gendarmerie (C3N) in France. While French news sources claim that the authorities have seized the data, What.cd says that all the data has been destroyed in […]
Your desktop’s hard drive might be in danger of losing a few years of its lifespan if you are an avid user of Spotify’s desktop app for accessing tuneage or satisfying your music cravings. Several Spotify subscribers are facing a serious issue. Reportedly, Spotify’s Mac, Windows and Linux based apps are involved in writing hundreds […]
Many Spotify users are complaining that its freemium service is infecting their browsers with malware. Last year, the music and video streaming giant Spotify was in the bad news when Russian hackers were suspected to have hacked some of its users’ accounts or when the company’s CEO Daniel Ek apologized for collecting private data of its users. But now, […]
The brand new Torrents-Time browser plugin has helped The Pirate Bay take the industry of online video portal by storm as it has become the world’s largest video streaming platform. The famous torrent website now embeds “Stream It” link with all the video torrents, with which users can play the videos in a window without […]
The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has invented a “Kopimashin” that will cripple the music industry. The co-founder of Pirate Bay Peter Sunde has been in trouble for the last couple of years for his connections with the site, that’s the reason he owes a large amount of money to entertainment giants. But if you […]
Newsweek has revealed that Spotify (One of the giants of the Music industry) faced a hacking attack last week and thousands of email ids and passwords were leaked by hackers. Newsweek interacted within 9 of the users whose accounts were leaked and posted publicly on 2nd November. Out of those 9 users, a user claimed […]
A Bosnian music group has released a song in support of The Pirate Bay (TPB) and bashing the authorities on copyright related rules and regulations. A Bosnian music band Dubioza Kolektiv on Friday released the official video of their song “Free.mp3 (The Pirate Bay Song)” which the band has dedicated to the founders of the […]
Short Bytes: Developer Dave Yarwood has developed a music programming language Alda. Without any previous programming language experience, musicians can write music with the simple syntax. Today, to compose digital music, producers and composers need to make use of sophisticated tools. Everything about the way digital music is produced is about to change, thanks to […]
Spotify wanted to collect everything that you don’t want to share with strangers and that includes your personal photos. The Internet is overflowing with the reports about a music streaming service – Spotify, who has revealed an updated version of its privacy policy created an online counterattack against the service provider. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/stolen-accounts-bogus-nypd-badges-dark-web-market/”]Stolen Accounts, Spotify […]
Have you ever wondered how musicians write music? Do you think it’s possible to technically generate a composition and write lyrics to music? Like writing a program that could compose and simulate a song? Understanding and creating music by humans has always been a very mysterious concept owing to the complexity of the human brain. […]