There are all sorts of slideshow creation tools out there, from Animoto to Picasa, but Easy Hi is launching a new slideshow creation tool in an attempt to make slideshow creation easier and faster than ever. It’s called Slide.ly and it lets users create video slideshows using pictures from across the web, set to popular music literally in seconds.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
‘Zuckerberg: The Musical’ tells the story of Facebook, set to the tune of songs from popular musicals like Westside Story, RENT, Phantom Of The Opera and more.
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LinkedIn Launches iPad App With Bells and Whistles (SocialTimes)
Professional social network LinkedIn has finally launched an app for iPad. The social network obviously has a lot on its plate, having gone public and serving 150 million users per month, but it’s great to see that they took time to reach out to iPad users with a native app. The Washington Post LinkedIn says users often log on to the site through their iPads in the early morning to prepare for meetings and in the evening, on the couch. The iPad app targets these people with a calendar function and other features optimized for the device. Before, they had to use iPad’s Web browser or use an iPhone app that doesn’t take advantage of the iPad’s screen size. VentureBeat Typically, LinkedIn’s most avid users are a relatively affluent crowd, and they’re in their early 30s to 50s, which lines up nicely with tablet ownership demographics (college grads under 65 years of age who earn $75,000 or more per year). PCMag The new iPad app is available for free in Apple’s App Store. In addition to the app, LinkedIn also rolled out a new mobile website for the Safari browser on the iPad. Read more
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Spotify Launches Android Redesign (CBS News / Techtalk)
The new Spotify for Android will be completely redesigned from “top-to-bottom.” Some of the new features include: new “slide-out” navigation, the ability to view profiles and playlists, related artist view, high-resolution imagery and 320kbps listening. Support for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is also included in the update. PCMag “That’s not the end of it,” Spotify said. “We’re working hard on adding further features, including folders and Last.fm scrobbling, before the app goes live in Google Play.” Computerworld If you can’t wait for it to hit Google Play, Spotify is offering a preview version you can install right now. Cnet Before any Spotify users head to the company’s blog to download the application, though, be aware that it’s only available to Premium subscribers who pay $9.99 per month for that offering. Spotify’s free and Unlimited plans do not include mobile support. Read more
Back in November of 2010, on 10.10.10, filmmakers from all over the world shot footage for a documentary project called One Day On Earth. The footage has been cut into a documentary film, which will screen in every country in the world on April 22, 2012. In anticipation, One Day On Earth has released an amazing music video that was created entirely from the footage submitted on 10.10.10.
Music lovers—if you don’t have any plans tonight, you may want to check out The Switch, an interactive music experience on YouTube, powered by 5 Gum, that lets you literally switch back and forth between two live music performances. They’re calling it “live music that matches your energy.”
Over the weekend a tweet from The DigiTour let fans know that YouTuber Nice Peter would not be performing at his remaining Digitour dates. Angry fans wondered what had happened. In a video released earlier this week called ‘I got fired from the Digitour’ Nice Peter provided some insight.
A new VEVO-Yahoo announcement has hit the web—you can now watch VEVO videos on Yahoo! Music.
South by Southwest is approaching fast, and it’s unique hybrid of cutting edge independent music and state of the art technology has given birth to all sorts of trends, including Twitter and Foursquare. A recent infographic looks at the effect of South by Southwest on the artists who perform there — how do their social networking fans erupt after the show? How do some artists’ fans grow as they perform?
We’ve covered Instagram plenty of times as the service has improved and won awards over the last few months — its quality filters combined with dead simple interfaces make it one of the best photo apps around. Well, at the 2011 Music Hack Day Boston conference, Johannes Wagener and Katharina Birkenbach combined it with SoundCloud to create StoryWheel, and it’s pretty cool.
