Most of the top-selling bands in the world sell their music through iTunes, but it was Adele that became the first to break the double platinum sales plateau.
Columbia Records said on Wednesday that since the singer won six Grammy Awards and performed “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele had her biggest sales week ever, selling 730,000 copies of her album.
The double platinum means that Adele sold more than 2 million copies of the album, all within a year of its initial release.
Columbia Records also noted that the album is in its 21st non-consecutive week at No. 1 on The Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, and that 21 is the longest running #1 by a woman in Billboard’s nearly 56 year history.
The album has been certified 7x Platinum in the U.S. and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. The album has over 16 million singles sold in the US alone, including 7x Platinum certified “Rolling in the Deep,” 4x Platinum certified “Someone Like You,” 2x Platinum certified “Set Fire to the Rain” and Gold certified “Rumour Has It.”
[Editor’s note: 2/22, 4:20PM: Lots of people are asking me if this is a hoax, and I’ve suspected from the start that it is. I submitted it without comment because I want our readers to come to their own conclusion. Mat Honan from Gizmodo, a long-time friend of the Loop, has been doing some digging, so if you’re really curious about the story behind this, feel free to check in.]
Russ starts at the beginning with opening and saving a session, then goes into recording and editing audio, using virtual instruments, built-in effects and exporting your masterpiece for CD and the internet.
I really like the Pro Tools videos at Groove3. This video is a great place to start your Pro Tools training.
While we haven’t been able to confirm all the “several” supposed cases of this happening, we did hear back from Tesla issuing a statement (after the break) that more or less affirms this could happen. Tesla uses a number of so-called “countermeasures” to prevent this, up to and including calling the owner should a battery pack trail dangerously low.
To recap, a Web site called theunderstatement reports that Tesla’s all-electric roadsters can incur very expensive, out of warranty repairs if their battery cells are completely discharged – expensive to the tune of $40,000 to replace. Tesla says its vehicles have countermeasures to protect against this from happening.
I think the old adage “out of sight, out of mind” comes into play. Tesla roadsters are, by and large, the playthings of very wealthy people who don’t use them every day – and at least in some cases, don’t use them for weeks or months at a time. Enough time that the batteries can completely discharge and then run them very expensive bills.
My takeaway: If you’re going to fork out $109,000 or more for one of these things, the least you can do is take care of it according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Running a $40,000 bill just because you’re being careless with it tells me that you’re pretty stupid with your money and your toys, and you probably don’t deserve either.
Let’s get one thing straight: We did not fabricate this story, nor did we fake the images in any way. A Microsoft employee, not a contractor, demoed a prototype of the app for us. We were repeatedly told that it wasn’t the final build and we did not report it as such, which is probably why Microsoft has said that it isn’t their software.
Microsoft says everything will be made clear in the coming weeks. We’ll find out the truth eventually, but so far, it looks like the blogosphere is leaning towards the idea that Microsoft is just stalling for time, and that some form of Office for iOS is headed to the iPad eventually.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Shares of Dell Inc fell more than 7 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday, after the world’s No.3 personal computer maker forecast weak sales for the current quarter.
Nightline has aired its report from Foxconn’s factories on ABC. In the report, host Bill Weir speaks directly to factory workers as well as their managers. You would think that this “unprecedented” look inside Apple factories would reveal much we didn’t know, but the show was relatively light on information.We’ve compiled a list of the most interesting facts in bullet points, but we’re left feeling like there wasn’t much meat on the bones of the 30-minute report.
I hope no one was expecting some kind of Mike Wallace “60 Minutes” explosive, rip-the-lid-off-the-industry kind of exposé.
Markus Spiering, senior product manager for Flickr, is very happy to be making extensive changes to the Flickr interface, the first of which will roll out next week, as he explained in a meeting with Betabeat, Yahoo’s Jason Khoury, and Flickr.com, looking pretty on Mr. Spiering’s Macbook Air.The new photo view will hit on Feb. 28, Mr. Spiering said, and with it comes a new upload interface. Flickr’s uploading page now looks more like an app than a website. Goodbye, retro blue links. Hello, swoopy drag-and-drop.
I’ve used Flickr for years and am looking forward to the revamp. The interface is definitely long in the tooth.
A new kind of outdoor advertisement is being tested on Oxford Street in London’s West End. The interactive advertisement uses a high-definition camera to scan pedestrians and identify their gender before showing a specific ad. The built-in system has a 90% accuracy rate in analyzing a person’s facial features and determining if they’re male or female.Males won’t be able to see the full ad and will be directed to Plan UK’s website instead. The purpose of this was to show men “a glimpse of what it’s like to have basic choices taken away.”
This is the tip of the focused advertisement iceberg.
Apple has a serious problem on their hands, and it is one they need to fix it as soon as possible. This is an issue that Apple’s biggest ally – iOS developers – are complaining about, one that hurts the user, and one that could end up damaging the iOS ecosystem more than any set of labor issues ever could.The issue we are facing, is the proliferation of scamming apps. Apple needs to take better care of its walled garden.
While none of us particularly enjoy reading through posts where readers fantasize about caving in our skulls or impaling us because we dared to like a game that they hate (or hate one they love), such posts don’t really have the impact the authors hope they will. They don’t make us rethink our positions on anything, they don’t drive us to abandon game journalism, we don’t suddenly understand how wrong we’ve been and mend our ways. We just call you an asshole and go about our business.
Arendt is the managing editor of The Escapist, a gaming magazine Web site, and what spurred her to write this blog post is the recent abuse heaped on Dragon Age developer Jennifer Hepler – much of it vile, abusive, misogynistic garbage. Arendt has, of course, faced some of the same.
Arendt is right, for the most part – if you wanna disagree with me, go ahead. But being a dick about it makes it really easy for me to ignore you. In the words of the inimitable Wil Wheaton (the actor who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation), don’t be a dick.
Looking at the graphics hardware differences between Mac models that are currently supported in Mountain Lion, at least one clear pattern emerges: older Intel integrated graphics aren’t going to be part of OS X’s future going forward. MacBook, MacBook Air, and Mac mini models with integrated Intel GMA 950 or X3100 seem to be out. Newer models with NVIDIA 9400M, NVIDIA 320M, or Intel HD3000 appear ready for the new hotness.The division for the iMac also appears to be pretty straightforward. The earliest Core 2 Duo models, which had a white polycarbonate enclosure, featured discrete GPUs with a 128MB of VRAM. The later aluminum enclosure iMacs, which are supported under Mountain Lion’s developer preview, include GPUs with 256MB or more of VRAM.
It’s worth noting that Apple has not yet announced final system requirements for Mountain Lion, so this information is subject to change. Regardless, if you have a machine that falls into the category Chris Foresman describes, it’s probably time to start thinking about a complete system upgrade if you plan to upgrade to Mountain Lion when it becomes available later this year.
While RIM touts the ability to get e-mail, it’s actually using Exchange ActiveSync, and not the company’s own secure BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Without RIM’s secure network, the PlayBook’s e-mail access isn’t any better than what can already be found on an iPad or Android tablet.
I’m convinced RIM doesn’t want anyone to buy the PlayBook.
What begins as a seemingly cheesy commercial for the Central Institute of Technology in Australia quickly devolves into a morass of extremely dark silliness. But yes, it’s actually a real ad for a real school. Very creative, twisted, and funny.
Utterly demented video.
[Editor’s note: It’s also a bit NSFW, so tread carefully – especially if you find gore off-putting.]
“Microsoft omitted important information from its blog post today,” Google wrote in a statement. “Microsoft uses a ‘self-declaration’ protocol (known as ‘P3P’) dating from 2002 under which Microsoft asks websites to represent their privacy practices in machine-readable form. It is well known – including by Microsoft – that it is impractical to comply with Microsoft’s request while providing modern web functionality. We have been open about our approach, as have many other websites.”
Portland police said Canterbury swung the Star Wars sabers — one in each hand — at three customers on Dec. 14 at about 9:50 p.m. at the store at 1800 Jantzen Beach Center. He then carried the light sabers outside the store and swung at police. Officers tried to use a Taser to subdue him, but Canterbury successfully deflected one of the wires away.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint files can be created and edited locally and online. But it’s unclear if Microsoft will support other Office apps at launch or at all.
Keflavik International Airport (KEF) in Iceland has been voted the best small airport in Europe by participants of an extensive airport service survey conducted by Airports Council International (ACI).
I can’t speak to how it compares to small airports throughout the rest of Europe, but I’ve flown into KEF a couple of times, and it is gorgeous. I’ve heard it referred to as like an Ikea catalog as an airport, which is an insult. KEF has a very clean, modern, Scandinavian design without appearing cheap and prefab. If you have a chance to fly through Iceland, check it out. And if you have a chance to actually go to Iceland, take it – it’s an unforgettable experience.
