One of the most renowned Big Tech companies in the world continued to deliver a device dedicated to streaming music, and that ...

Back in the days before smartphones, it seemed like everyone had an MP3 player. The best-known device was the iPod, which debuted in 2001. It wasn't the first portable media player, but it definitely ...

You can play MP3 files on an iPhone using four methods: the Files app for direct playback, Apple Music to sync files from a Mac, third-party apps like VLC for more features, and cloud storage services ...

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These days, MP3 players have largely been pushed aside for cell phones, which can not only play music but also search the web, make phone calls and more. But most modern MP3 players are small and can ...

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Since its standardization in 1991, MP3 has gone from being a little-known portion of a video file format to the kind of ubiquity that most brands can only dream of having. It's both widespread, with ...

The FLAC file format is a great way to capture the sonic breadth and power of your sprawling CD collection. If you want your digital tunes to sound just as immersive as they do on the album, FLAC ...

The absolute lowest MP3 bit rate you should consider is 128kbps. This was often referred to as being CD quality, but it's far from being so. This bit rate will allow you to get much more music on to ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where there’s only one file format for every byte of audio-video content? Crashing back to reality though, we’re stuck with numerous codecs, and one of these ...

"The death of the MP3 was announced in a conference room in Erlangen, Germany, in the spring of 1995." But now, 22 years later, the MP3 truly is dead, according to the people who invented it. The ...