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...payments or finite disk capacity. Last week the Swedish company behind Spotify's streaming music provider announced plans to release a free iPhone application that will let users listen to songs played directly off of its online service, with no need to download. That would give iPhone users instant access to any of Spotify's 6 million songs, without taking up precious memory space - way more than the maximum 7,000 tracks that a 32 GB iPhone can hold. Songs can also be temporarily stored, or cached, ready to play during those moments when Web connection drops, like when...
...prefer downloading songs, sometimes illegally. Now Spotify wants to make streaming mobile. The new application won't be available to everyone, only those who opt for the premium service, which costs $15 a month for unlimited streams (the same amount buys you about 15 songs from the iTunes Store), access to prereleases and better audio quality than the free service, which forces users to listen to ads after every few songs. Spotify says it can't reveal exactly how many of its members are currently using the premium service, but spokesman Jim Butcher says recent developments, such...
...room for both streaming and downloading in music lovers' lives. "People like to consume music in a variety of different ways," he says, pointing to the enduring popularity of vinyl as proof. "Some music fans will continue to prefer ownership of their music, while others will be happy with access to millions of tracks." Whether you'll soon be able to do both on your iPhone all depends on how Apple reacts to this latest killer...
...getting the word out about flu to non-English-speaking citizens and communities that are not regular viewers of prime-time press conferences or followers on Twitter. "Right in the middle of our biggest cities, where we assume everyone knows everything, there are people who don't have access to information," explains Bobby Pestronk, who directs a trade group of local health officials. "The new virus is exploiting weaknesses in the public-health system...
...broadly administered, despite federal recommendations. The pandemic was integrated into normal camp life, just another reality like bug bites and sunburn. "The kids made light of it. It was just the flu," says Howie Salzberg, the camp's director. To help pass the time, quarantined kids were given access to television, DVDs and video games, causing some healthier campers to feel jealous. "They were saying, 'How do I get sick?' " Salzberg says...