Onto the long list of “things I wish I had when I worked in an office cubicle” I’m adding the Avvenu Music Player, which gives you remote access to your iTunes library through a Web browser on any other Internet-connected Windows or Mac computer or Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone. Unfortunately, your iTunes library must reside on a Windows XP PC, since that’s the only version of the client available for download. The computer must be up and running and connected to the Internet, too, in order to remotely access your music and you’ll only have access to the unrestricted MP3, AAC and WMA files. It’s free though, and definitely worth a look-see so you don’t have to worry about loading up your work computer with gigs of music. God (and your IT department) only knows what kind of a slow down you’ll create streaming your music all day. Make Your iTunes Library Mobile [techcrunch] → Read More
Avvenu has a new product that allows you to listen to your iTunes music connection from any web browser on a Windows PC, Mac, or Windows Mobile 5 smartphone. MobileCrunch covered an early version of the product that only worked on Windows Mobile phones here. The base computer storing the music must be a Windows PC. As long as that base PC is powered on and online, your entire iTunes music library will stream to the browser on the remote computer, and playlists will also be available. Avvenu also allows users to store up to 250 songs on their servers, allowing you to play those songs remotely without your base PC online (this is getting into a legal gray area). Avvenue plays only unrestricted MP3, AAC and WMA files, no iTunes DRM’d songs will work. Users can also share some music with others – but only the 250 songs stored on the Avvenu servers. An email is sent to the recipient, which as a link to open a browser window with a Flash player that plays the song. Here’s an example that was sent to me by Go2Web2, which also wrote about Avvenu this evening. The ability to listen to this on a phone is what really intrigues me. Hopefully Avvenu will come out with a version that works with Macs and the new iPhone as well. → Read More
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