LOS ANGELES — Headbangers have a reason to be still a bit now that Metallica has made its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica.” In the game, players tap areas on the screen in time with the music, much like players strum or drum plastic instruments in video games such as "Rock Band” and "Guitar Hero.” The 10 songs on the game, including "Enter Sandman,” sell for $4.99 each.
Music purveyor skips Mp3s LOS ANGELES — Online music retailer Lala is preparing to launch an iPhone application that its co-founder says paves the way for the end of downloading songs in the MP3 format. The app allows users to buy the right to stream songs from a digital locker forever for just 10 cents each. The song quality is lower than what Apple Inc.’s iTunes offers, but "intelligent caching” lets the tracks load and play in seconds, with playback possible even outside of cell phone coverage.
Google offers new voice mail SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can’t or just don’t want to talk. In its latest bid to become a bigger player in telecommunications, the Internet search leader is giving people a chance to have its free voice mail service answer calls to their cell phones. The voice mail feature is part of Google Voice. Taking advantage of all of its tools requires getting a new number from Google Voice. The process requires requesting an invitation from Google and then following a few steps outlined at www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html. Invitations are also available from current users.
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