Archive for May, 2008

The web is abuzz with this guy Michael Pinto’s thoughts on the Zune, and why Microsoft has “only” a 4% market share to date here in the US. Apparently Pinto is a creative consultant that focuses on youth and interactive…

Greetings, music lovers, and welcome to another exciting edition of New Music Friday! Click on the links below to get to some free and legal MP3s to download for your Zune:

• First up this week, ‘Tracks has the new single from The Offspring (rock)


• Check out the new Sigur Ros single, over at Stereogum (rock)


• Pick up this song, over at Music-For-Robots, by singer/songwriter/guitarist Imaad Wasif


• Our buddies at MOKB post a few tracks from The Stills (rock)


• And if you’re a fan of hip hop/r n b, head over to ‘Different Kitchen for a John Legend track, feat Andre 3000 of OutKast


• And last but certainly not not-awesome, pick up a pair of tracks by 60s rocker Marianne Faithfull, over at Aquarium Drunkard!

Ok, enjoy the music and have a great weekend everybody!

Our buddy Max at Channel 8 came through to the Zune building and did a quick interview with me about the spring update. Check it:

I’ve been puzzling over transcripts of a couple of recent speeches by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates where he discussed his vision for the end of phone numbers. But it wasn’t until today, when I learned more about Microsoft’s “Echoes” services platform for telcos that I began piecing together how Gates & Co. thinks Microsoft can do this.

Microsoft is readying a new platform, code-named “Echoes,” that it is hoping will get more telco carriers to offer their subscribers Windows Live and other forthcoming Microsoft services.