Music helps harmonize motivation
Dave Scott-Thomas is about as influential a figure in Canadian distance running as the guys organizing your races or making your shoes. As the head coach of the Speed River Track Club at the University of Guelph, Scott-Thomas oversees the training programs ...

Murdoch-Backed Music Startup Beyond Oblivion Fails
(Reuters) - Beyond Oblivion, a digital music startup backed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and investment bank Allen & Co Director Stanley Shuman has filed for bankruptcy protection after spending millions of dollars building a service that never ...

Murdoch-backed music startup bankrupt before launch
(Reuters) - Beyond Oblivion, a digital music startup backed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and investment bank Allen & Co Director Stanley Shuman has filed for bankruptcy protection after spending millions of dollars building a service that never saw the light of day. Journalists were given a preview

Murdoch-Backed Startup Flops
(Reuters - By Yinka Adegoke) - Beyond Oblivion, a digital music startup backed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and investment bank Allen & Co Director Stanley Shuman has filed for bankruptcy protection after spending millions of dollars building a service that never saw the light of day. Journalists

One music fan's tale of Internet cloud hopping
For the Jan. 29 Good Life section of Daily Press, I wrote a story about the growth and popularity of music streaming services, companies such as Spotify, Rhapsody and Pandora that allow easy access to cloud-based collections of millions of songs.

Spotify boycotts 'alienate fans'
Singers and bands who withhold their albums from music streaming services, such as Spotify, are in danger of alienating their fans, an executive from record label Universal has said. Acts including Adele and Coldplay kept their latest albums off Spotify, which is seen by some as damaging sales. But

Report: Spotify Hits 3 Million Paid Users
Spotify has reached 3 million paid subscribers, 20 percent of its entire user base, the Financial Times has learned. That's up from the 2 million paid users it had in September, and 2.5 million in November, at which point paid subscribers were 15 percent of the Spotify user base, the FT said. "We

Medical sensor is powered by music
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A new type of implantable medical sensor can be powered by external sounds like music -- and rap music works best, its U.S. inventors say. Researchers at Purdue University say the miniature medical sensor ...

Now, implantable medical sensor powered by rap music
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Acoustic waves from music, especially rap, can now power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body, researchers say. Acoustic waves from music were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to

Rap music powers rhythmic action of medical sensor
Acoustic waves from music, particularly rap, were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to treat people stricken with aneurisms or incontinence due to paralysis. The heart of the sensor is a vibrating cantilever, a thin beam attached at one end like a