The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the ...

While millions use streaming services like Apple Music or Spotify to listen to music, there's something about having your own collection of albums that can't be replicated by a streaming playlist.

Licensing for MP3, the digital audio coding format that Apple used for music downloads on the original iPod, has officially ended. The announcement comes from The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated ...

When the MP3 first came out in the 1990s, it was a revolutionary digital audio coding format that significantly reduced the file size of audio content. It dropped sizes by 95 percent. This changed the ...

Wax cylinders, reel-to-reel tapes, eight-tracks, cassettes, and CDs have all been relegated to the dustbin of musical history (you keep doin’ you, vinyl albums). Now, that list includes its first ...

Though it seems as if the iPod has been around forever, the device is actually only eight years old as of last week. Portable digital music players in general aren’t much older, as the first clunky, ...

Yes, there are still portable music players in 2019, and we don't just mean the iPod touch. The question is whether you need one, and if so, which is the best MP3 player to buy? I've been a ...

The term MP3 player is used loosely here, as playing lossy MP3 files is the least of what these digital audio players or DAPs can do. From the powerful DACs and amplifiers for premium sound when ...

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