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Music Power Network Ramps up Online Music Business Learning and Toolkit
You've seen the Music Power Network ads on Hypebot for several weeks now, but just in case you haven't clicked through to check it out, its time to share a bit about what Dave Kusek, co-author of “The Future of Music" and VP at Berklee College of Music has built and how well it can serve ...
Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet
The biggest threat to the open internet is not Chinese government hackers or greedy anti-net-neutrality ISPs, it's Michael McConnell, the former director of national intelligence. McConnell's not dangerous because he knows anything about SQL injection hacks, but because he knows about social engineering. He's the nice-seeming guy who's willing and able to use fear-mongering to manipulate ...
Wiseguys Indicted in $25 Million Online Ticket Ring
A ring of ticket brokers has been indicted in connection to an elaborate hacking scheme that used bots and other fraudulent means to purchase more than 1 million tickets for concerts, sporting events and other events. The defendants made more than $25 million in profits from the resale of the tickets between 2002 and 2009. According ...
Spotify: We're Not Cannibalizing Download Sales!
But Offer Little Proof Responding to a recent NPD survey, that it “cannibalizes" download sales, a Spotify spokesperson told Fast Company: “There is other data out there to prove the exact opposite of that report," a spokesman says, pointing to a report in Billboard magazine in which Scott Cohen, the London-based founder/VP of The Orchard, ...
MOG Gets $12.5m, Expands into Spotify Territory
Music discovery and subscription service MOG.com has announced another $9.5 million in funding and a pending expansion into Europe. The round was led by Menlo Ventures which was joined by new investor Balderton Capital. Dharmash Mistry, partner at Balderton Capital, has been appointed to MOG's board. The company had raised $12.5 million in previous rounds. MOG ...
Facebook Awarded Patent for Its News Feed
Facebook has secured a patent to a feature that many of its competitors have adopted in recent years the news feed. The patent, officially granted on Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, governs a “method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment." Facebook applied for the patent back in August 2006, ...
Targeted Audio Ads: Coming to a Cellphone Near You
Many of us grew up hearing ads on the radio, but those ads never knew where you were, what kind of radio you had, or your general demographic information. TargetSpot, a CBS-backed venture that calls itself the nations largest internet-radio advertising network, announced deals this week with Slackers music-streaming service to bring the first-ever targeted mobile ...
FCC: 'Up To' Claims for Internet Connection Speeds Next to Worthless
The Federal Communication Commission determined in a recent report that “actual broadband speeds lag advertised speeds by as much as 50% to 80%," particularly at peak usage times from 7 to 10 p.m. Providers promise maximum transfer rates, but actual speeds may be as much as 80% slower during peak periods. When it comes to high-speed ...
No Lie! Your Facebook Profile is the Real You
“On the Internet," one dog tells another in a classic New Yorker cartoon, “nobody knows you're a dog." The internet is notorious for its digital dens of deception. But on Facebook, what you see tends to be what you get -- at least in one study of tailless, two- legged young adults. College-age users of Facebook ...
Film 72 Musicians Released Using Topspin Platform
Could the Topspin direct to fan music marketing and sales platform also serve as a launchpad for indie film and other digital media? 72 Musicians was shot in Kansas City and asks the eternal question, “Why the hell do we chase this music dream, anyway?". 72 Musicians was made and released by Topspin's VP of Product ...
