Big changes have been happening at MySpace over the past several months as the once dominant social networking site tries to re-orient itself in a post-Facebook world. Shortly after unveiling a slick new design this month, the Beverly Hills based company launched an all new music video recommendation app for web and iPad called Music [...]
There has been a barrage of apps and services lately that have focused on socializing your iTunes experience. The latest is from Kentucky-based ParkVu, called Music WithMe. This app adds social features to iTunes by publishing your iTunes music collection to Facebook, giving your friends the ability to comment, share and like individual tracks. Sounds [...]
ToonsTunes is a virtual world that allows young kids to create and share their music online. Developed by Connected Studios, ToonsTunes hopes to encourage children to pursue their musical endeavours by creating an accessible and entertaining environment where they’re free to chat with their friends, play mini games, and even create and perform music with [...]
I recently had a chance to check out a new socially driven music recommendation service called Yoogli. Offering a playlist generator, artist recommendation engire, news aggregator and social network all in one, Yoogli hopes to serve as a platform upon which to share and discover new music. It also syncs with iTunes and generates playlists [...]
Pandora CTO Tom Conrad recently held a talk at Digg detailing the online streaming music company’s trials and tribulations during their transition onto mobile devices. His discussion outlined 5 broad lessons the company learned during this time, and how they affected Pandora’s foray into mobile.
It’s been over a decade since the first ever online musical collaboration took place, pioneering an entirely new way for musicians to create and share their work. Since then numerous companies have started offering services that allow artists from all over the world to collaborate with each other without having to physically share the same [...]
The world of mobile streaming music just got a little more interesting as social music blog MOG and startup Rdio prepare to enter the market with apps for Android, Blackberry and iPhone users. Pitching themselves as cloud-based alternatives to the iTunes store, both companies hope to make a dent in a market which includes players [...]
