Dolby Laboratories has announced that company founder Dr Ray Dolby OBE died yesterday at the age of 80.
Dr Dolby, who is best known for his pioneering work with the noise reduction and surround sound systems that bear his name, founded Dolby Laboratories in 1965.
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Media engagement company Shazam, which offers a mobile-based music identification service, says its free mobile app has now been used more than 10 billion times to identify and ‘tag’ songs, television shows and TV ads.
The 10 billionth song was ‘Applause’ by Lady Gaga, which was tagged on an iOS device in the US state of New Jersey.
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O2 says it’ll be switching on its ‘superfast’ 4G network in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29th August. It’ll then add a further 10 cities by the end of 2013.
The company’s 4G tariffs will cost from £26 per month.
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America Movil, which is Latin America’s largest mobile telecom network operator, has invested $40 million in mobile music recognition and media engagement company Shazam.
The money will help accelerate Shazam’s growth as well as funding the development of new products.
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MP3 versions of CDs and vinyl albums uploaded to cloud service
Amazon has introduced its AutoRip service to the UK today, having previously launched the service in the USA.
Customers who’ve bought eligible CD, vinyl and tape cassette albums from Amazon.co.uk since 1999 will automatically have MP3 versions added to their Amazon Cloud Player account. Future purchases from participating music companies will also be uploaded.
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