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How to get your missing scroll bars back
Note: See the comments section below for the Windows tip. Wondering what happened to the scroll bars on your Mac’s desktop windows? Believe me, you’re not the only one. In older versions of the Mac operating system (as in just a couple of years ago), prominent scroll bars were present at all times—handy for letting you ...
Echo Nest Engineers Create MusicRadiator
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Music fans, by definition, listen to music. We don't always listen in the same way. Sometimes, we know just what we want to hear; sometimes we have a vague idea; and other times, we grow sick of what we already know, and maybe even feel a creeping sense of guilt ...
Radical.FM Launches Streaming Music Service in U.S. with iOS App
Radical.FM today launched an iOS app that apparently both introduces the full service to the U.S. but also represents a bit of a relaunch from last year's open beta. However the basic concept of web radio that one can fine-tune via genres or get more granular with song picks remains the same. Radical.FM also remains ad-free ...
Audio Apps Combining Music and Talk
By Dexter Blumenthal of Evolver.fm. It's up for debate whether hearing an audiobook is the same as reading, but nobody doubts that listening is a unique way to process not only music, but information. It frees up your eyes, for one thing, so you can drive, pedal, or run, in cases when carrying a book would ...
Nonsoft Breaks Record, Makes Musical Programs In 64 Bytes
Nonsoft, the independent software. music, and game producer, has recently announced that their lead programmer has potentially broken several world records by creating an engine for audiovisual programs in 64 bytes or less. This is roughly equivalent to less than half the space of a Twitter text message for each tiny program. Nonsoft has used this ...
Google's Changing SEO Policies and How to Optimize Your Music Site
New search engine changes are rolling out from Google that may affect you if you've been taking certain approaches to link building to boost your site. Other changes may affect how well your site does in mobile searches. But if you're not hardcore enough to keep up with the latest from Matt Cutts and company, you ...
Email Still Top Marketing Tool, Says New Study
With the many discussions, studies and success stories touting the importance of social media, email is still the most useful tool in the kit, according to a new survey of marketing professionals by the Direct Marketing Association. Though it's starting to shift, email is the #1 channel for 55% of marketers. In the future, email will ...
3 Key Music Marketing Lessons Based on Eye Tracking Studies
Given the importance of your website and email for marketing your music online, it's key to understand what people do when they interact with your site and email newsletters. Eye tracking is a particularly powerful research approach that is designed to help you understand where people focus when they look at your site. Here are three ...
How Google Music Works: Somebody Tell Jimmy Iovine They Don't Just Rely on Algorithms!
As it turns out even Google, possibly the company most associated with removing humans from decision making systems, is using human curation in its development of the Google Play Music All Access streaming subscription service. Insiders recently explained how Google combines algorithmic decision making and human insights to power its music experience. It's a good thing ...
RFTD and Cashless Payment: Intellitix Founder Not Interested in Ticketing
By Kat Drucker (@kitkat5656), event consultant and conference programming for and Digital Media Summit. Sitting down in Quebec City with Serge Grimaux, founder of Intellitix, I intended to discuss ticketing and the social media integration potential of RFID. Knowing about the success of last year's Ford sponsorship at Bonnaroo (See Video) and having heard that the ...
