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Ausstellung zur Auktion "Artists against Aids" / Skulptur von Tony Cragg komplettiert die Sonderausstellung (BILD)

May 6, 2013
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Ausstellung zur Auktion "Artists against Aids" / Skulptur von Tony Cragg komplettiert die Sonderausstellung (BILD)

Bonn (ots) - Mit der Skulptur "Off the Mountain" von Tony Cragg ist die Ausstellung zur Benefiz-Kunstauktion "Artists against Aids" nun vollstndig. Alle 63 zur Versteigerung kommenden Kunstwerke werden bis zum Tag der Auktion in der Ostgalerie der Bundeskunsthalle zu sehen sein. Der Besuch ist kostenlos. Am 15. Mai findet um 19 Uhr die Auktion…

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Facebook Launches Feeds For Photos, Music, Friends-Only, And More

March 7, 2013
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Today at Facebook HQ, Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled a new look for news feed that uses a “mobile-inspired” consistent design across devices, lets you drill into specific content type feeds, and offers larger images. Photo albums have gotten a facelift as well to be more immersive, and links shared will have longer blurb to preview…

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Marvel’s on-demand subscription service lands on iOS, but falls short due to a dated back catalog

March 7, 2013
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Marvel’s on-demand subscription service lands on iOS, but falls short due to a dated back catalog

Marvel has launched a new iOS app today called Marvel Unlimited, giving comic book enthusiasts unlimited access to a broad range of titles via its existing online subscription service. The app is an extension of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, an on-demand, subscription-based service similar to what Netflix is for movies or Rdio for music. Once…

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Eau de unboxing: Australian artists create the scent of the opening of a new Apple product

April 17, 2012
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While videos and photos of unboxing Apple products have become commonplace, what about immortalising the moment through the memory of a smell? That thought came to three artists in Australia who have concocted a fragrance that will appeal to Apple fanboys the world over, the smell of the opening of a new Macbook Air, as…

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When ‘take this job and shove it’ isn’t enough

March 14, 2012
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When ‘take this job and shove it’ isn’t enough

This 1977 file image provided by United Artists shows Peter Finch as anchorman Howard Beale in a scene from "Network." The Goldman Sachs muppet manifesto — departing executive Greg Smith's lengthy and very public screed against the company's blind pursuit of profits — is only the latest example of taking bridge-burning to an art form.…

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Twitter strikes deal with Gracenote to make it easier for musicians to get verified accounts

March 14, 2012
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Twitter has closed a deal with the music database company Gracenote, which will make it easier for musicians and bands to get a ‘Verified’ account. Twitter’s hope with this deal is that Gracenote will help streamline its verification process, thanks to its existing relationships with labels, artists and managers. It is well known that verification…

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Online music service Senzari is now open in the US, Brazil and Spain

March 1, 2012
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The online music service Senzari is now open to all users in the US, Brazil and Spain with local language support, the company has announced. Besides leaving the invite-only stage, Senzari introduced a location-based feature and a new design. As we reported in December, Senzari first launched in Brazil and the US, with the ambition to…

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A copyright claim on chirping birds highlights the flaws of YouTube’s automated system

February 27, 2012
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You can barely hear the birds chirping in this YouTube video of a man picking some fresh ingredients for a wild salad, and yet that very sound has been identified as copyrighted material, belonging to music company, Rumblefish. YouTube user eeplox posted this to Google’s YouTube help forum a couple of days ago: I posted…

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Adele is the first artist to go double platinum on iTunes, with 2 million downloads

February 22, 2012
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Columbia records announced today that Adele has become the first artist to rack up double platinum sales on iTunes reports Jim Dalrymple at The Loop. The company’s press release lays out some impressive stats regarding the artists’ sales, especially since her six Grammy Awards. Adele passed up the 2 million download mark on the US iTunes store of songs…

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