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mySpoonful - Music Discovery for Busy Bodies

Source: HypeBot
January 27, 2011

There's a zillion music blogs out there. Hype Machine aggregates the best of them. Even if you only follow a few, there's tons of info to sort through. There's another zillion sites that champion themselves as music discovery tools, but good luck finding a one that can suggest a song that feels spontaneous and alive. It just doesn't happen. What you end up with is a bunch of bands that you've been discovering for the last ten years, because the ...

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Musikki - Your New Music Search Engine

Source: HypeBot
January 27, 2011

Just when you thought that you didn't need another search engine, a couple of folks have gone through the trouble of creating one. Musikki is a music search engine that aggregates all of the info on your favorite band and artists in one place. It's a little slow-going at first, but once you've typed in an artist, you're given music videos, concert updates, bio, discography, and many other things. Musikki isn't anything elaborate at the moment, as the company is ...

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Sony's Music Unlimited's Big Secret: It's Powered by Gracenote and Omnifone

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2011

Gracenote and Omnifone used MIDEM to announce that their tech is driving the back-end of “Music Unlimited," Sony's new cloud digital music service designed to take on both iTunes and music streamers. Consumers may not care, but competitors and the industry certainly do. All four major labels have signed on to this new Sony network designed to help sell connected devices—much as iTunes sells iPods. Omnifone provided its platform to develop and deliver the Cloud-based service for “Music Unlimited by ...

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The First 3D 360-Degree Music Video Arrives

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2011

In 2010, we saw several highly innovative and interesting music videos debut. Some of these were worth writing about due to the sheer amount of work and timing that went into their production. Others enabled fans to choose their own adventure in the video and end it as they wished. In my opinion, this new music video by the Black Eyed Peas beats all of those. In their video for the song “The Time: The Dirty Bit," which is accessed through ...

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An Ocean of Pennies - Pay-Per-Play Music Streaming Service Launches in UK

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2011

Psonar is a UK music startup that will let users stream songs they don't own for a penny. There's no advertising or monthly subscription required. The company bills users directly on their phone bill, as well as, though PayPal and credit cards. This Pay Per Play streaming service is being built on top of their current locker system. Users can also give tracks to friends—almost like a prepaid phone card, but song plays instead—and post playlists to Twitter and Facebook. Psonar ...

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Fanity - It's Google Alerts on Crack - For Music

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2011

Fanity, a brand-new music startup, is both awesome and scary. On one hand, the company has put together a very clean and comprehensive way for fans to track their favorite artists. On the other, it almost does too good of a job at it. If you're a Katy Perry fan, which I'm sure most of you are, you can cross-section your fan updates into blogs, photos, and tweets, among other things, and get up-to-the minute news on what Perry is ...

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#Midem Digital Music Future Panel - Going Cloud or Getting Cloudy

Source: HypeBot
January 23, 2011

Steve Mayall, the Managing Director, Music Ally moderated a MidemNet Saturday panel. The participants included: Thomas Hesse of Sony Music Entertainment, Christoph Lange, of German music streamer Simfy, Harry Maloney of Catch Media and Daren Tsui, the CEO & Co-Founder of mSpot. But will 2011 be remembered as the year of cloud music? The panelists all say yes, but of course these gentleman are all based in the cloud music space. They point to smartphones and an often superior user ...

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Rumor: iTunes and Safari to Merge, Become Web App

Source: HypeBot
January 22, 2011

This is only a rumor, but it's an interesting one. Three Guys and a Podcast claims that Apple is planning to replace the current version of iTunes with a web-only application that is exclusive to Safari. The move would help Apple bring a large audience to their niche web browser. Apparently, this software merger has been in the works for a long time and may be announced this fall at Apple's annual iPod event. Maybe. This move would also utilize their new ...

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