Earlier this month we reported that Audiogalaxy had been acquired by Dropbox, and on Audiogalaxy’s blog, they stated that they would no longer be accepting new users. It would have been a fair speculation to think that they would no longer accept new users until the new management took over, but as it turns out the reason they aren’t accepting new users is because the service will be shutting down on the 31st of January 2013. This was announced by Audiogalaxy on their Facebook page where they simply said that their service would be shutting down. It is still no clear what Dropbox has planned for Audiogalaxy, but hopefully they will not be taking Audiogalaxy too far from its core competency.
For those unfamiliar with Audiogalaxy, it is basically a service where one of its features allows users to stream songs from their computer (as long as it is turned on) onto their mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet, through Audiogalaxy’s dedicated app. For those on unlimited data plans or who don’t stream that much, using Audiogalaxy is a good way to save memory on your mobile device especially if your music library is pretty huge. Until then it looks like Audiogalaxy users will have about a month to start looking for alternatives – Google Play Music, perhaps?
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Wondering what sort of cool headphones you can expect to be shown off at CES 2013? While we will probably come across several during our time there, for now Australian company Audiofly has taken the wraps off several new high-end earphones which they will be putting up for display at CES. This includes the AF120 – the most affordable of the range, the AF140 and the AF160 which will be the highest priced which you will have to decide it is worth spending you money on. 
The world is full of firsts, and we all clearly celebrate those achievements with plenty of pomp and grandeur. The arts, whoever, do not seem to have that many ‘firsts’ compared to the world of science, but now is a moment where both fields intersect. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, commander at the International Space Station (ISS) program, who is aboard Expedition 35 at the moment circling the earth, decided to try something different as he spends Christmas in space – by recording a song in orbit.
Hmmm, it does seem very likely that Sonos will soon introduce a soundbar to keep their collection of wireless speakers happy, having picked up the collective nod of approval from the FCC for their Playbar, where you can see the label right above. So far, FCC filings of the Playbar seem to indicate that this Sonos device will rely on Wi-Fi connectivity to stream music in a similar manner as that of other devices. Label location mockups of the device do indicate a rectangular object which should not be too different from your standard issue soundbar.