Avvenu Now Lets Users Remotely Play Any Song in Their Entire Music Collection From a Mobile Device Anytime, Anywhere.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Avvenu, Inc., the company that provides free remote access to home and work computers from around the corner or around the globe, today announced My Media Play, a new feature that gives users access to the entire music collection stored on their computer anytime, anywhere. Whether at work or on the go, My Media Play lets users play any of the MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. music files stored on their home computer from any computer or Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. 5-equipped phone. The Avvenu service with My Media Play is free and available now at www.avvenu.com. With My Media Play, there is no advance preparation required. Users are liberated from the time-consuming task of syncing their music collection to a portable player or specifying a set playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. . So wherever they are, whenever they want to listen to their music, Avvenu users have the convenience of selecting any music file they want to play from the complete collection stored on their computer. Using My Media Play is simple. After using the browser to log into the Avvenu service and accessing their home or work computer, users simply navigate to the song or playlist of their choice and click the Play button. The user's media player software automatically launches and plays the selected music. "The My Media Play music capability is another example of how we're giving users access to their entire digital life," said Richard French Richard French (June 20, 1792 - May 1, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Boonesborough, Kentucky, French attended private schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Avvenu. "Every document, every photo, and now every song, is immediately available. Now that's true mobility." About Avvenu Avvenu, recent recipient of the prestigious PC World Innovations Award and the Best of Mobile Technology Award, is a free service with optional premium features that lets business users and consumers securely access their office and home computers (up to four computers) from any web-enabled mobile device or computer. Avvenu's powerful remote access features let users securely view, download and edit files and photos directly from the user's computer. The Avvenu service also allows users to share files, photos and folders with friends and co-workers. The content being shared doesn't have to be downloaded to the mobile device or uploaded to a centralized server -- all sharing is directly off of the host computer. There are no file size limits, so users can quickly share hundreds of megabytes of data. While Avvenu offers its service directly to consumers, the company is also working with major corporations to enable them to deliver this capability to their customers. Partners include Motorola, Palm, Adobe Systems and Maxthon. The Avvenu service is based on patent-pending technology in media routing and managed peer-to-peer content access and distribution. Avvenu, Inc. based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with venture funding provided by Charles River Ventures, Worldview world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Technology Partners, and Motorola Ventures. For more information visit www.avvenu.com. Avvenu is a trademark of Avvenu, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. |
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