As one of the features of the new update for the Xbox 360 dashboard, we are now able to change the LIVE ID associated with your Gamertag/Zunetag. Because the Zune tag and Gamertag are merged, this will affect us as well. However, I am not aware that we will be able to change the link anywhere but on the Xbox 360 dashboard.
[Image via: Major Nelson's Flickr]
After almost a year of thinking about getting it, I have now subscribed to the Zune Pass. My initial thoughts were not positive. What is the point of paying to just rent music? After you stop paying all your music is gone? I just didn’t see how I could benifit from it on the long run. Well, I was wrong.
20 minutes into my purchase, I had downloaded six albums! This is something I could not do before. 30 second samples turn into full songs, letting you listen to the full song before you add it to your collection — or buy it. ZunePass is really a great way to sample tons of music, the ones you really want you can buy. In the social, when friends send me albums, I can actually listen to the whole album and give a true feedback based on an entire album, not just 30 second samples.
You can subscribe for one-month or three-months. To people not sure, I recommend getting it for a month — try it out! You have nothing to lose.
from ZuneInsider:
As part of the expanded Zune 80 availability plan we’ve set in place, we’re featuring Zune 80 in the Zune Originals site starting today. I’m told the first order was placed at 3:38 AM PST. In case you need it here’s a quick refresher on Zune Originals:
Waxploitation presents Causes 1: Darfur
Although estimates of the number of people killed by the conflict in Darfur vary widely from 200,000 to 400,000, what is certain is that more than 2 million people have fled their homes because of the fighting, and 4 million are now in need of humanitarian assistance—making this one of the worst crises in the world today.
Waxploitation is committed to humanitarian activism, with a focus on helping victims of the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
Track Listing:
Animal collective - safer (exclusive live version)
black keys - stay all night (exclusive chulahoma Session)
bloc party - rhododendrons
bright eyes - coat check dream song (exclusive live version)[MP3]
cornelius - wataridori (exclusive piano version)
david sylvian - late night shopping (exclusive chris vrenna remix)
death cab for cutie - world shut your mouth (rare julian cope cover)
(international) noise conspiracy - washington bullets
the cure - the walk (exclusive live version)
the shins - turn on me (exclusive clint mansell remix)
spoon - rhthm & soul (exclusive middle version)
teargas & plateglass - one day across the valley
thievery corporation - passing the stars
travis - gimme some truth (exclusive john lennon cover)
100% of the proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America
Zune, obviously, is my MP3 Player of choice. Sharing, rating music, downloading new music from the marketplace are things I love to do. The is only one problem — I’m on a mac. As a designer, we are trained to work on Macs and pretty much forced into it. After awhile we grow used to Mac’s and just the sight of Windows brings chills to our spines.
Zune changed all this for me. Because of it, I grew the courage to go back and show Windows who’s boss! Really, they aren’t too different and Windows is not as bad as I though. But I still need to be on a Mac and do my Zune’n Windows.
How is this problem fixed? Parallels. Unlike Mac’s bootcamp, where Windows takes a chuck of your HDD and even restart is required every time you need to use Windows or switch back to Mac, Parallels allows you to run Windows side-by-side. Letting me use Zune software to listen to music, sync, download while working on my next big project on the Mac. If any Zune fan uses a mac, I highly recommend this software!
