Spotify and other streaming services get own chart

Official weekly chart to rank plays on platforms including We7, Napster, Deezer, Zune and ChartsNow. By John Plunkett

Spotify iPad app – review

No built-in apps or Android version for now, but does promise of a 'unique experience' hold true? By Stuart Dredge

The online copyright war: the day the internet hit back at big media

As the demise of the Sopa anti-piracy act showed, established arguments for protecting the rights of content creators are almost impossible to apply to a digital world

Converting audio CDs into digital files

Ask Jack: Michael Stevens would like advice on ripping CDs once so that he never has to do it again

Spotify launches Play Button for websites to stream music

Tumblr support for bloggers alongside big media websites, but no brands allowed. By Stuart Dredge

Keeping Word documents private, and other queries

Ask Jack: Four questions this week – John's partner wants to edit Word documents privately, Stan has a CD stuck in a laptop drive, Derek's CDs are skipping, and Mary can't turn on Windows XP's auto-update

As Apple and Twitter have found, digital revolution can take time

Dan Sabbagh: It is easy to be seduced by the power of an idea – and hard to know how to cope with the long wait for dollars

Music rights agency Merlin wins illegal file sharing battle with LimeWire

Settlement, worth up to $10m, is victory for agency whose clients include indie labels representing Adele and Arctic Monkeys. By Mark Sweney

Call of Duty helps Vivendi to record profit

French media, entertainment and telecoms giant hails game's 'exceptional' performance as it posts record profit of £2.47bn. By Mark Sweney

Muve Music subscription service looking to expand beyond the US

Stuart Dredge: With 600k paying subcribers, bundling unlimited music with voice, texts and data is working well

Steve Purdham: ‘Music is so powerful a song can chemically change people’

The boss of We7 reveals how he co-created the online jukebox with Peter Gabriel and why he believes it is the future of radio. By Josh Halliday

Google plans home entertainment system

Internet search giant reportedly planning move into consumer electronics with a new music streaming system controlled by Android smartphones. By Josh Halliday

Recording phone calls for podcasts or broadcast

Ask Jack: Darryl is working for a community radio station and needs to record telephone interviews. What's the best approach?

I’m all for sharing, but why the online obsession with revealing every detail of your life?

Charlie Brooker: Facebook and Spotify automatically want to share my every waking action, so that I'm like a character in The Sims. Hover the cursor over my head and watch that stat feed scroll

Spotify says Facebook partnership and new apps should allay growth fears

Stuart Dredge: Music streaming service says artists such as Adele, Coldplay and the Black Keys are wrong about impact on iTunes sales

Rhapsody takes battle to Spotify by buying Napster’s European operation

US digital music service challenges rival with push in UK and Germany using long-established brand name. By Mark Sweney

CES 2012: 10 things we learned about the gadgets of the future

Retailers and distributors show what they will offer in the year ahead at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. By Charles Arthur

BBC’s Tim Davie says radio must offer more visual screen-based content

Head of audio and music says radio needs to establish itself on smartphones and tablets to attract the young. By John Plunkett

Click to download: Rick Ross’s midwinter rhymes

Rick Ross's latest giveaway sets the bar high for his forthcoming album, writes Chris Salmon

iPhone apps SpotOn Radio and Soundrop.fm use Spotify API

Stuart Dredge: Developers are building innovative apps on top of the popular streaming music service

Digital downloads overtake physical music sales in the US for first time

Figures show digital album sales passed the 100m mark for the first time in 2011. By Josh Halliday

Click to download: the sound of January

New year, new bands. Chris Salmon wonders who will make it big in 2012

Music service Beyond Oblivion folds before launch

Digital music streaming startup that aimed to compete with Spotify and iTunes closes weeks before it was due to launch. By Josh Halliday

UK music sales decline for seventh successive year despite downloads

Combined digital and physical album sales fall by 5.6% but British acts account for half of 2011's top 10 selling records

Click to download: Undiscovered Christmas tunes

Want great music at Christmas? Ho ho ho! Chris Salmon tracks down the best festive releases

Click to download: Spotify’s next step

Spotify is now helping users sift through its songs, writes Chris Salmon

Spotify shows that doing one thing at a time is never enough

If only other media industries would follow music's lead and were happy to pool their content for profit

Why artists and indies shouldn’t write Spotify off – at least not yet

Helienne Lindvall: Mercury-nominated artist Jon Hopkins sparked debate by attacking the streaming service – but do the numbers offer hope?

Click to download: Xmas calendars

Digital Advent calendars are spilling from behind every digital door this year, writes Chris Salmon

Guardian Northerner man triumphs in Leeds’ debut digital fest

Tributes to Guardian Leeds as the city flexes its blogging, Tweeting, Storifying and all else muscles. And this post shatters all previous Northerner records for hyperlinks...