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Windows 8 adds Adobe Flash an incremental improvement

Microsoft now allows Windows 8 to display Flash content another rung in the ladder of necessary enhancements

Adobe Flash now allowed with Windows 8

Microsoft has turned the switch to allow Windows 8 users to see Flash videos in both versions of Internet Explorer 10.

When Microsoft shipped Windows 8 only sites that were white-listed were able to play Adobe Flash content.

Windows 8 users are no longer subject to the irritating and senseless requests to update Adobe Flash.

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This is one of the many changes Microsoft must make to Windows 8 to fix the user-unfriendly interface they slapped on the latest version of Windows. Continue reading →

Mumford and Sons and Bruno Mars – Sales and Social Media Grammy Winners

Mumford and Sons saw their sales go up but Bruno Mars got more social media heat from Grammy Award Show

Bruno Mars performing with Sting, Rihanna, Damien and Ziggy Marley

Mumford and Sons CD “Babel” is the big winner of the Grammys with a sales increase of more than 50% according to Soundscan and 394% for the song “I Will Wait” on 7Digital.

In social media, NextBigSound reported that Bruno Mars saw the biggest increase with 125K Twitter new followers and 1.7 million new YouTube views from February 8-10. Continue reading →

How to find the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Winners

The 55th Grammy Award Winners represent the best in old and new artists – here’s how to find music from the top 10 winners

55th Grammy Awards

The annual Grammy Award is the most coveted award for musicians.

This year’s winners represent the best in new and old artists from around the world who have made an impression in the United States.

As a side note, the Latin music market in the United States is so large they have their own separate Latin Grammy Awards. Continue reading →

HD Video Taylor Swift at Grammys We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

HD Video – Mad Hatter or just mad at her ex, Taylor Swift ups ante at the 55th Grammys with a wild performance of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Taylor Swift turns the Grammy’s into an Alice in Wonderland Cirque du Soleil (photo CBS)

Taylor Swift did not win a Grammy at the 2013 Grammy Awards which just goes to show how silly those awards can be.

But her fans got the best of the night when she opened the show with a new performance of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

Taylor Swift opened with Alice in Wonderland meets Cirque du Soleil. Continue reading →

Mumford and Sons win first two Grammys

Mumford and Sons win Grammys for the CD Babel and the movie Big Easy Express

Folk group Mumford and Sons win two awards at 55th Grammys (photo Grammy.com)

Mumford and Sons won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for “Babel” and Best Long Form Music Video for “Big Easy Express” with Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Mumford and Sons were also top performers on the 55th Grammy Awards show blowing the doors off the Staples Center with a rousing “I Will Wait” from “Babel”. They were so hot that Taylor Swift was singing along in the audience.
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Review: Mumford and Sons Big Easy Express Blu-ray

Emmett Malloy’s movie “Big Easy Express” captures the fun and magic of Mumford and Sons on a train ride from Oakland to New Orleans

Mumford and Sons performing with the Austin High School Marching Band in Big Easy Express

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“Big Easy Express” is a great music film about Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

I reviewed the iTunes version of “Big Easy Express last year. “I did not want the movie to end,” I wrote at the time.

“It felt like I had been with the bands on the trip and in the audience. “Big Easy Express” left me with that mixed emotion of joy and nostalgia all at once.” Review – Mumford and Sons Big Easy Express. Continue reading →

Watch The Beatles on Tour in 1964

This rare video series shows The Beatles in their early days on the 1964 World Tour in Melbourne Australia

John Lennon You Can’t Do That Melbourne The Beatles World Tour 1964

These 3 rare videos of The Beatles are fun to watch. The world-famous rock band are In their early days during the 1964 World Tour in Melbourne Australia.

The video is not pristine and the sound is sometimes off but these are classic and priceless videos.

The performances have all the talent, energy and charm of The Beatles. You can see how polished the band was but also pick out their mistakes. Continue reading →

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