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Techstars Music Accelerator Launches Global Search For 2018 Class
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Launched by respected startup accelerator Techstars and led by former Topspin and Twitter music head Bob Moczydlowsky, Techstars Music graduated its first class of 11 startups earlier this year. Now, a global search for worthy 2018 candidates has begun. Techstars Music 2018 accelerator starts in Los Angeles on February 5, 2018; and leader Bob Moczydlowsky and his team have launched a worldwide tour “to meet founders who are solving real problems for the global music business." Applications close on October 15th and ...
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Microsoft Names Spotify Preferred Music App On 400M Windows 10 Devices, As Tech Giant Exits Streaming
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Two years ago Microsoft launched a music app and streaming service called Groove, available to 400 million Windows 10 users. Most Windows users barely knew that Groove existed, and today Microsoft acknowledged the failure by partnering with Spotify. In a big boost for Spotify, Microsoft today announced that it is shuttering its own streaming music service and making Spotify the preferred option within its Groove music app. The Groove app comes preloaded on all Windows10 devices, now estimated to number ...
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Music And Technology: 4 Disrupters You MUST Pay Attention To
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As the music industry continues its second year of promising recovery following the disruption of the digital marketplace and embraces streaming as the dominant form of music consumption, the question is already being raised—what technology will be the next industry disruptor. Guest post by Sergey Bludov, Senior Vice President of Media and Entertainment Practice at DataArt The music industry has marked a second consecutive year of global growth, making it appear that the initial disruptive shock of digitalization has faded. As ...
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280 Is The New 140: Twitter To Double Character Limit
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News came late yesterday that Twitter was doubling its character limit to 280. Various sources call it a test, a beta and a slow rollout. But whatever the pace of the character expansion, it's clear that 280 is about to become the new 140 on Twitter. Can’t fit your Tweet into 140 characters? We’re trying something new with a small group, and increasing the character limit to 280! Excited about the possibilities? Read our blog to find out how it ...
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Amazon Music Adds Alexa Voice Control To Mobile Streaming App
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Amazon today added Alexa voice control to its Amazon Music app. Early studies show that voice control could be the feature that accelerates mainstream adoption of streaming music. Alexa voice control is now available within the Amazon Music app on iOS and Android in the US, UK, Germany and Austria. Users can ask for music based on genre, decade, mood, tempo, activity or lyrics, if they can’t remember the name of a song. With Alexa in the Amazon Music app, listeners can utilize the power ...
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Chatbots: Reality Or Hype?
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Chatbots, also known simply as bots or interactive agents, are programs designed to mimic human conversation via text or audio. The implication of these programs for the music industry could be huge assuming that it isn't all just hype. Guest post by Moses Namara of The Message A chatbot is a computer program that is made to mimic a human in order to conduct a conversation either via audio or textual mediums. Chatbots known as bots or interactive agents can use ...
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How The YouTube Algorithm Works: A Guide To Getting More Views
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At over a billion users, YouTube has become a key component of any artist's online marketing strategy. This means it's important to play ball and work with the platforms algorithm to increase the number of views your videos receive. Guest post by Ric Mazereeuw, originally published on the Hootsuite blog. With more than one billion users—or nearly one-third of all internet users—YouTube is a cultural (and marketing) force to be reckoned with. Each day YouTubers watch a billion hours of video. And it’s not ...
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Using Topic Clusters As An SEO and Content Marketing Strategy
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As search engines have developed to become more intelligent, the way artists formulate their content strategy online must also adapt and allow them to take advantage of modern day search engine optimization, in particular through topic clusters. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Through the years Google and other search engines have gotten a lot smarter, and the way we use them has changed as a result. In the past, if we wanted to search for a guitar ...
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