Visitors to Ringtones.com can now download tones from the Sony BMG UK back catalogue, encompassing both local and international artists.
The deal will also see Mobile Streams offer the content though its other channels, including mobilewallpapers.com, mobilebikinis.com and mobilecomedy.mobi.
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Spotted on electronista, Philips portable new audio player, GoGear LUXE, a unique player built expressly to tie in with a phone.
The device is designed to be wearable as a fashion item and to serve as a Bluetooth headset; the LUXE not only pairs wirelessly with a phone to warn of incoming calls but carries dual microphones of its own to answer the call with active noise canceling. A one-line display shows incoming calls without having to fetch the phone from a pocket.
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Spotted on electronista, Philips portable new audio player, GoGear LUXE, a unique player built expressly to tie in with a phone.
The device is designed to be wearable as a fashion item and to serve as a Bluetooth headset; the LUXE not only pairs wirelessly with a phone to warn of incoming calls but carries dual microphones of its own to answer the call with active noise canceling. A one-line display shows incoming calls without having to fetch the phone from a pocket.
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A temporary error with the UK's iTunes Music Store has caused some inoffensive song titles to be censored reports the BBC.
Tracks affected include Hot by Avril Lavigne, which is displayed as H*t, while The Cheeky Girls' biggest hit has become Cheeky Song (Touch My B*m).
An Apple spokesman said a "database glitch" occurred when the service was checked for explicit references, and would be fixed as soon as possible.
Profanities are regularly blanked out on the online music store.
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It is easy to download free Bluetooth ringtones if you know how to do it. In fact, the term 'Bluetooth ringtones' is not quite correct, because Bluetooth do not provide ringtones, only the means to t... [...more]
In the US, the RIAA has a huge job on its hands policing people's computer use, but the Recording Industry Association of Japan is far more concerned with mobile phones when it comes to copyright infringement. That's because Japanese music lovers acquire new tunes on their handsets, not from their laptops. ars technica reports.
The RIAJ has announced that two men from Hyogo were taken into custody by police for running a mobile music download sites called "Daisan Sekai" ("The Third World").
They had no license to offer their tracks, although it's not clear from the announcement whether Daisan Sekai was a money-making venture or simply a file download hub.
The site attracted more than a million unique users and is regarded by the RIAJ as "one of the most popular illegal mobile music site[s]" in the country.
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