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Apple Acquires Its Own Mobile Ad Network

Source: PC Magazine
January 6, 2010

Apple review, Apple commentary, Apple news... Everything Apple Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless, giving the consumer-electronics giant a mobile ad network to rival the AdMob network that Google is in the process of purchasing. The announcement was not disclosed by Apple, but in a blog post by Andy Miller, now vice president of mobile advertising at Apple. “We are thrilled to let you know that Apple has acquired Quattro," Miller wrote. “We want to share with you our excitement about ...

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Site News: Seven Ways to Get STLJN

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 6, 2010

With the start of a new year, it seems like a good time to highlight all the various ways you can get the latest posts from St. Louis Jazz Notes. Several new options have been added in recent months, and you can now get all the news on jazz, creative music and improvisation in St. Louis served up more different ways than a bowl of Cincinnati chili:1) Read the main site at http://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/. You'll see the latest stories, ...

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Average Person Spends 13 Hours Online Per Week

Source: PC Magazine
January 1, 2010

The average person now spends about 13 hours online each week, according to a Wednesday report from Harris Interactive. Online times differed greatly depending on who you talk to. Of the 2,029 adults polled by Harris, about 20 percent of adults are only online for two hours or less a week, while 14 percent are on for 24 hours or more. The reported times exclude e-mail -- only time spent surfing the Web. The results are down slightly from last ...

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10 Predictions for 2010

Source: PC Magazine
January 1, 2010

Every December I look forward to compiling a list of predictions for the coming calendar year. I have been doing this for almost 20 years now, and thanks to a combination of heavy research and a little bit of luck, I've had a pretty high accuracy rate. Sure, there have been some misses in the past, but the majority have been on the money. Don't believe me? Check out last year's list. Admittedly, my eighth prediction was off by a ...

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10,000 Sonicbids Members Get $4 Million from Soundexchange

Source: HypeBot
December 29, 2009

Nearly 10,000 Sonicbids members got holiday presents in the form of $4 million from SoundExchange. The two companies partnered to identify indie artists using the Sonicbids electronic press kit system that are owed unclaimed digital performance rights.

SoundExchange is a non-profit that collects performance royalties from satellite and Internet radio, streaming sound recordings and other mostly online music sources. They also recently partnered with ReverbNation to find indie artists eligible for royalties. Artists can log on to their Soncibids account ...

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Pandora Hits Holiday High Thanks to Mobile

Source: HypeBot
December 29, 2009

“Xmas day was twice as big as our previous high... Def a sign of the growing footprint of devices/mobile."

- A tweet from Pandora founder Tim Westergren early on Monday morning.

Less than two weeks ago the online music service announced that it had topped 40 million total registered users. Pandora says that it is adding 600,000 new registered users a week, 300,000 of whom are mobile -- Pandora added a total of 20 million registered users across ...

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ArtistData Adds Facebook Integration

Source: HypeBot
December 26, 2009

As of Christmas Eve, ArtistData users can post events directly to Facebook Fan Pages. “We wanted to roll this out for the holidays, but remember it's still in beta and you might encounter some bugs", said excited ArtistData founder Brenden Mulligan. “And stay tuned .. in early 2010, we'll be releasing some big changes."

ArtistData designs solutions to automate the updating of artist websites, social network profiles, concert databases, Twitter, official news feeds, local press, newsletters, and tour books. When ...

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eMusic Considers Sale, Shift in Strategy

Source: HypeBot
December 26, 2009

Apparently the recent shifts in ownership at imeem, iLike and particularly Lala have the executives that run eMusic thinking about selling the company or at least making some shifts in their strategy.

“They started out looking for financing, but after Apple bought LaLa, they began thinking that some of that pixie dust would sprinkle onto them," one source familiar with eMusic told the New York Post. And eMusic CEO Danny Stein did not disagree. “We're opportunistic stewards of capital," he ...

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