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Twitter and iTune's Ping Link for Music Discovery
Ping, iTunes' music social network, and Twitter have linked in ways that enhance and encourage the viral spread of music. Ping users now can link to their Twitter account and find other Ping users among those they already follow on Twitter. When the user posts, likes, reviews or tells why they purchased on Ping, it will ...
Video: How Twitter and Ping Link for Music Discovery
Yesterday, Twitter announced that they had linked with iTunes Ping in ways that could enhance and encourage the viral spread of music. This official Twitter video is a bit more of a commercial than a product demo, but it shows the potential of the partnership which includes track samples. Watch the video:
Will Streaming Overtake File-Sharing and Downloads?
Elliot Van Buskirk at Evolver.fm points to the latest numbers released by the NPD Group, which suggest that streaming music is growing faster than music downloading in the United States. The interesting part of their findings is that they back up the contention that the streaming is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it pushes fans ...
Rockmelt Brings Social to Your Web Browser
RockMelt is like Google Chrome with Facebook and other social features bundled in. Reviews have called it everything from completely necessary to Chrome with extensions. Though at times, a platform like this would be great to have, it feels like nothing would get done. It's more for power social users than for those that simply want ...
Facebook Introduces "Modern Messaging System"
(Updated) During a press conference today Facebook announced a new “modern messaging system" that combines email, text messaging, instant messages and Facebook messaging into a single stream that founder Mark Zuckerberg says goes “beyond email." Users can get an @facebook.com email address, but it is not an essential component of the system and can continue to ...
In Another Napster Moment, Industry Stalls as Consumers Embrace Music Streams
It appears that the recorded music industry may be preparing to shoot itself in the foot yet again. Even as record labels, publishers and pundits debate the pros and cons of music streaming, the consumer has already decided. The popularity of streaming in France, Scandinavia and elsewhere is clear, and the music industry is fond of ...
Indentify Songs and Collect Them Instantly with Limili
Just when you thought your music discovery efforts were optimized to their full potential, Limili takes them one-step further. Remember that time you heard a song playing and wanted to know what it was, but hadn't the slightest clue? Well, companies like Shazam and Soundhound solved that problem. Limili is similar in concept to those services, ...
Why Artist Websites Are Rapidly Becoming Obsolete...
“A website is important, and I'm not suggesting any artist today simply forego having one. But, it's not the future. It is what was important yesterday, and is quickly being replaced." Michael Schneider, Mobile Roadie, on midemblog November 8th. Do you agree with this statement? Or, does the concept of an 'artist website' transcend the desktop, ...
Study: More Time Spent on Social Media Than Email
Futurist Gerd Leonhard predicted this would happen back in 2008 and now its true. People send more time on social networking than they do on email worldwide. eMarketer's TNS “Digital Life" survey of internet users around the world found in September 2010 that on average, surfers spent 4.6 hours a week on social sites, compared with ...
A Guide to Creating More Engaging Newsletters
Ariel Hyatt gives some great tips on writing engaging newsletters and emphasizes that newsletters are important especially if your audience is older than 24! A key theme for newsletters is to personalize them. You can include interesting things like stories and hobbies. In addition, it is important to send out newsletters on a consistent basis.The most ...
