Skype is planning to launch its service for iPhone users today and for BlackBerry in May, as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers.
Skype has been pushing to make its service work on the most popular advanced phones with an aim to expanding its more than 400 million users who were mostly lured by the promise of cheap and sometimes free calls made using its computer application. More here.
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling and Longtail Studios today announced TNA WRESTLING for the iPhone and iPod Touch. All the superstars are on this one and the game is the deepest and most feature rich professional wrestling title to hit the App Store yet. You can almost feel yourself getting a forearm shiver!
Put on your spandex and download your application immediately on iTunes via the App Store.
MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, announced that MLB.com At Bat 2009, a ‘game-changing’ application developed exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch, is available from the Apple App Store. Sweet!
This season’s MLB.com At Bat will feature the addition of MLB.com Gameday Audio to the application.You will now be able to listen to live audio broadcasts of every Major League Baseball game from Opening Night on April 5 through the final game of the World Series wherever they go and without any blackout restrictions. Each game will offer you the choice of listening to the home or away broadcasts and you can get real-time, high quality video highlights delivered directly to the iPhone or iPod touch quickly after they happen on the field.
MLB.com At Bat for the 2009 baseball season, including the entire postseason, is available for a one-time fee of $9.99! Click here to see more.
It justs keeps getting better! The 2009 CMA Music Festival has added Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, and Taylor Swift to the performance lineup for the Nightly Concerts on the VAULT(TM) Concert Stage at LP Field. They join an already impressive list of performers previously announced here.
Two-time CMA Award nominee Jason Aldean is a Music Festival favorite with his high-octane performances. His third album, Wide Open will be available April 7 and the lead single, ”She’s Country” is currently in the Top 10. Take a peek at Jason performing “She’s Country” live below.
Most people wouldn’t even attempt to tie these two together and they are very different talents, but there is a place where they meet. Both are great live performers, both are highly respected guitar players and both have a passion for giving their fans their all.
It’s been three years since Keith Urban‘s last record and his new release is Defying Gravity. It’s filled with uptempo stuff that Keith says will lend itself to a great live show. And that’s where you get the best of Keith Urban anyway.
The single “Sweet Thing” is his latest number one and his new single “Kiss A Girl” is making its way toward the top too. Enjoy the video for “Sweet Thing” below.
And, then there’s Prince, who let everybody know he’s still Prince with three appearances on “The Tonight Show” last week, that as they say, “Tore the roof off the mutha!” The man is a genius, plain and simple.
Available exclusively through Target and Target.com, Prince’s three cd set will include two new albums — “LOtUSFLOW3R” and “MPLSoUND” — as well as a third by his new artist, Bria Valente, for the price of $11.98.
Here’s Prince on his final “Tonight Show” appearance last week. “Don’t Hate. Celebrate!”
Prince on The Tonight Show Thursday Night. Aw Yeah!
COMEDY CENTRAL announces the second season premiere of “Atom TV,” featuring all-original broadband programming from Atom.com. “Atom TV” will premiere Monday night, March 30 at 2:30 a.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL.
“Atom TV” is a weekly comedy show featuring a selection of random and hilarious Web videos, each one of them developed or handpicked by COMEDY CENTRAL and Atom. Each episode of “Atom TV” features a line-up of original programming that includes animation, live-action narratives and sketch comedies. Some of the Web series that aired on the first season of “Atom TV” included, “Stickman Exodus,” “Legend of Neil,” “Border Patrol” and “Steven and Stephen.”
Our crack team (Ok, Bob) is back from SXSW and here’s three new artists he’s putting on your radar.
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. First of all, how great is that backing band name? Thao is from San Fransisco and she looks like a really sweet girl, but when she straps on her guitar, she becomes a charasmatic performer who’s got the musical chops to back up her swagger. Here’s what the New York Times recently said: “Thao Nguyen and her band might draw some comparisons to both Regina Spektor and Modest Mouse, but how is that really a bad thing?”
Ben Sollee. Here’s how this one goes: Your friend says, “You gotta see this guy. He plays cello and he sings and he’s awesome”. You say. “I gotta do laundry.” But, one listen and you’re hooked. People weep at his shows they’re so moving. It’s a talent you don’t often see and so is Ben. Very different and very worth it.
Local Natives is one of those rare bands who is defined by their ability to deliver live. In fact, it has been more of challenge for the group to translate the vibrant and exciting nature of their performances to a recording than vice versa. Take a little Talking Heads, throw in some Broken Social Scene and mix with Sufjan Stevens. Shake it all together and you have five guys from Los Angeles doing percussion driven indie rock their way.
The quintessential modern rock band Pearl Jam is making radio history this week as “Brother,” a previously unreleased track recorded more than 18 years ago, went to #1.
With the #1 success of “Brother,” Pearl Jam joins the Beatles (“Free As A Bird”) and Elvis Presley (“A Little Less Conversation”) as one of the select few bands or artists to ever hit #1 with a track recorded decades prior.
On Tuesday, four special edition packages of Ten, each of them featuring two versions of the album: the remastered version of the original album PLUS an accompanying remixed version done by the band’s long-time producer, Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Audioslave) were released. ”Brother” is available for the first time as a bonus cut on this reissue.
Animal Planet announces the return of JOCKEYS, the network’s popular docu-drama. Seven episodes will air this summer allowing us a further look into the world of horse racing.
“It’s our goal in the second season to bring viewers even deeper into the exciting, challenging and complex lives of the jockeys,” says Marjorie Kaplan, President and General Manager of Animal Planet.
Six of the jockeys from season one return along with two new jockeys. Here’s the cast list:
New Jockeys: Garrett Gomez (“Jockey of the Year” this year) and Corey Nakatani (who he boasts seven Breeders’ Cup victories).
Returning Jockeys: Chantal Sutherland, Mike Smith, Kayla Stra, Alex Solis, Joe Talamo and Aaron Gryder.
*Jockey Jon Court departs in the first episode of season two as he makes his way to the racetrack in Kentucky. And, expect to see more of professional handicapper (gambler) Jimmy the Hat this coming season.
