The MP3 made the iPod possible. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac July 14, 1995: The MP3 file format receives its official name as the new .bit file extension gets changed to .mp3. The technology allows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the summer of 1995, vinyl records were almost obsolete. People listened to music on the radio, cassettes or CDs. Then along ...

The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the ...

MP3 file format (short for MPEG Audio layer 3) is a lossy audio data compression format, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This format is used to compress normal ...

We are now living in an age where the life cycles of technologies are becoming shorter and shorter. The latest victim to fall to the wayside is the much beloved MP3 file format, which will no longer ...

M4a and Mp3 are two formats many people are conversant with. From downloading audio files and video files on the internet, you will have come in contact with two file formats more frequently than ...

How often have you found multiple audio editing tools under a single program? Hardly any programs have this facility. But just a few days ago I happened to come across a newly released tool called MP3 ...

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 ...