MP3 players had once been the de facto audiophile gadget, the thing you needed to have if you wanted on-the-go music sessions. Apple, in particular, has had a stake in the MP3 market for many years ...

We may not realize it, but digital audio technology is one of our closest companions. Do you listen to music, podcasts, and watch TV or movies on your smartphone? These days, audio and video ...

Neil Young and opinionated sound engineers everywhere have a reason to smile: The organization responsible for the MP3 audio format is closing the doors on its licensing program. The Fraunhofer ...

Whether you grew up listening to MP3 files on an iPod or spinning 78 RPM vinyl records on an all-in-one jukebox, the way you’ve listened to your favorite music has almost certainly changed in your ...

December 14, 2004 MP3, the world's most popular audio compression format is about to go multi-channel. Scientists and engineers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, who developed ...

Digital file formats don't usually get the rock star treatment when it comes to entering the public's consciousness, but if one ever did, the MP3 format is it. But that's all coming to an end -- or at ...

July 14, 1995: The MP3 file format receives its official name as the new .bit file extension gets changed to .mp3. The technology allows the compression of a standard CD .wav file to one-tenth its ...

Mp3s have embedded themselves into daily musical life so thoroughly that they're taken for granted. They don't call attention to themselves as aesthetic objects like records; instead, we interact with ...

Twenty years ago, Amazon’s Audible released the first portable audio player designed specifically for listening to audiobooks. It cost $200 and could only hold about two hours of audio. Today, readers ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...

Sound is one of the many motivators of our day, whether it’s that song that powers you through an extra rep at the gym or that podcast you like to unwind to after a long day at work. As sound has ...