Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:20:54 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/ Rhapsody Music Web Services en-us http://webservices.rhapsody.com/images/rws-logo.gif http://webservices.rhapsody.com/ mlapora2@real.com http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=76 As many of you may have heard, Rhapsody is now selling DRM-free 256kbps MP3s. And coupled with this release, is a release of a new flash-based web player. I personally worked on both of these projects, and I'm excited to see what everyone else thinks. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:20:54 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=75 I'm a big Netvibes fan. I think they do a fantastic job at the whole RSS/desktop/reader/ajaxy thingy. That's not to say I don't like the other alternatives, but Netvibes grabbed me away from google/ig early on and I've never looked back. Tue, 27 May 2008 19:53:32 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=74 A handy Rhapsody mashup: Grazrhapsody. Grazrhapsody takes the best of Grazr and the best of Rhapsody Web Services and sticks them together in a great little application that will get you diving into our music catalog in more ways than you thought possible. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:59:05 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=73 Anyone out there interested in FOAF aside from me? Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:25:38 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=72 I, once being in a band myself, was looking for guidance on how to get my band's music onto major music services like Rhapsody, iTunes, Napster, etc. The first step is very easy, simply submit your CD or Album to CD Baby. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:21:39 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=71 A long time ago I came to the conclusion that the test of a first-rate application was the ability of the consumer to use 95% of the application without ever resorting to any documentation. Everything should be patently obvious and available at the right place and the right time. A few years in, I also came to understand that great applications were often used in ways that were completely unanticipated by the development teams that designed the application and created the features. Breaking the rules and moving beyond the documentation was a surprising common usage pattern. Sure, new uses for application features were partly due to the sheer combinatorial possibilities of mixing features to enable new effects. And then, of course, on occasion there were those pathfinder customers that hit some artificial ceiling and simply broke the rules of the product and struck out for new territory, turning features and product design on edge. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:26:33 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=70 I'm sure some of you are familiar with Yahoo Pipes. You may have already created your very own Rhapsody pipe. I on-the-other-hand have not done much with Pipes and the recent news that it was their first year anniversary reminded me I’ve been remiss. So, in this post I will talk about a Rhapsody Pipe that I recently put together. If its been a while since you played around with Rhapsody Web Services this may be a great time to reengage via Yahoo Pipes. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:00:40 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=69 A few days ago Bungee Labs officially opened their Platform As A Service (PAAS), called Bungee Connect, to all developers as a public beta. Here's the link: www.bungeelabs.com. We've had the pleasure of working with the Bungee Labs folks to test drive our own Rhapsody Web Services, and we have been universally impressed with their offering. While much has been written about their launch, I thought I'd take a few moments to highlight some of the good press they've received, and discuss how I feel the Bungee "cloud" analogy relates to the Rhapsody "cloud" analogy. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:44:09 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=68 Now that Ben Rotholtz has kicked off the new blog for us, I wanted to explain a little bit about what you are going to see from this blog in the coming months. A group of us here at Rhapsody will be rotating through highlights and different aspects of our web services. Some may be announcements, some reviews of web services customers, some contemplations on new technologies, and some just random thoughts. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:13:10 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=67 2007 was a great year for development efforts that used Rhapsody Web Services. We saw a number of implementations that infused Rhapsody artist, metadata and playback assets in a highly integrated manner. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:27:20 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=66 Today RealNetworks, MTV Networks and Verizon Communications announced that they are combining technologies, content and expertise to create an unparalleled music experience for consumers across every platform including mobile phones, portable players, in-home devices and the PC (see http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/index.html). Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:35:58 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=65 Last week an update to the iRiver Clix was released that includes support for Rhapsody DNA. You can read the official press release here. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:20:18 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=64 We have released a new version of our developers guide and added a new type of RSS feed. Also, we have added artist images to our artist data.xml feeds. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:48:22 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=63 There’s a lot freedom to choose the music you listen to: What you listen to, where you listen to it, how often you listen. Listening takes a lot of time and it’s no wonder we sometimes (or often) fall into the rut of the same-old-same-old. There’s no reliable method for speed reading through music and even then you would have to question the goal. “She who listens to the most music wins.” Hmmm. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:52:25 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=62 New RealPlayer is Now Available The new RealPlayer for Windows is now available in beta. You can download it at http://www.realplayer.com. The Mac version will follow by the end of the year. We are also working on a Linux version but have not yet announced a delivery date. It would be great to get your feedback about the new RealPlayer and what we can do to improve the product experience. Ben Rotholtz, General Manager Web Services & Syndication Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:23:23 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=61 Today we announced a new RealPlayer. This is our eleventh version and with this release the RealPlayer has become our video platform, just as Rhapsody is our music platform. Thu, 31 May 2007 14:02:28 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=60 This week at Web 2.0 Bungee Labs took the wraps off of Bungee Connect, a radically new development environment that will accelerate the creation of a new generation of cool web-based applications that support SOAP, JSON and REST APIs. Bungee Connect is an incredibly exciting development environment and we can easily imagine it becoming a standard to build new music applications using Rhapsody’s extensive SOAP and REST APIs. At Web 2.0 Bungee demonstrated a Rhapsody enabled application that played music. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:51:20 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59 When Nokia and Real announced that Rhapsody would be made available for the new Nokia N800 Internet tablet at CES in early January there was only a very rough implementation and an aspirational glimmer of what could be accomplished by tapping into the Rhapsody DNA Direct SOAP APIs for metadata, search, library, account management and playback. We remember telling a number of you that the Rhapsody DNA Direct APIs were really easy to use but nothing helps underscore the claim like robust shipping product. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:42:36 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57 For those of you integrating Rhapsody Web Services into a WordPress site here is a quick tip on how to ease the integration of Simple.js (our easy to use JavaScript playback library). Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:08:23 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=56 We issued a small update to our Affiliates Program Documentation. You can find the updated PDF here. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:52:45 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=54 The results are in! The Grand Prize goes to Aaron Murrell for Rhapsody Remote. This Pocket PC remote control for Rhapsody took the top prize in novelty and was the clear number one favorite of our judges. Aaron just won a trip for two anywhere in the world to see his favorite band. He also won a Sansa Rhapsody Player and a one-year subscription to Rhapsody To Go. Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:06:48 -0600 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=52 You've all probably seen the Rhapsody Sansa announcement. If you're interested in working on Real's DNA initiative to get Rhapsody off the PC and on to various devices, send your resume along to rws[at]real.com. Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:42:29 -0500 http://webservices.rhapsody.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=51 Over the last few weeks there's been a lot of Rhapsody news. Sonos and SanDisk announced several completely new products that will set new industry standards. We've just released a ground-breaking new version of the Rhapsody jukebox. Rhapsody Online has now gone live with an entirely new set of features and capabilities. All of these products and services were constructed using Rhapsody DNA: We've cranked on the lights in the Rhapsody network. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:09:47 -0500