Twitter Use Rises, But It’s Still Far From A Mainstream Platform, Say Studies
A new Pew study showed Twitter usage has risen from 8% of US internet users in the fall 2010 to 13% in May 2011. That's a 62.5% increase, but still. Continue reading
Echo Nest Maps Music API With Facebook, Offers $10,000 Developer Prize
The Echo Nest has added Facebook to its free "Rosetta Stone" music ID mapping service in a move that should mean more socially-connected music apps on Facebook, and is putting. Continue reading
Top 2 Things Gaga, Akon, Maroon5, Top Artists Know About Facebook & Twitter: Reach & Communicate
This guest post comes from Mike More, the founder and CEO of Headliner.fm, a social recommendation network for musicians. LadyGaga, Akon, Diddy and crew are not buying fans or followers;. Continue reading
MySpace Bidders Down To One: Activision’s Kotick
Myspace is in advanced deal talks with an investor group that would include Activision’s Chairmen and CEO Bobby Kotick, according to reports. Kotick's investment would apparently be outside of his. Continue reading
MySpace Still Pays $60,000 A Month For Parking & Other Stats From Company In Decline
As NewsCorp reportedly moves closer to deal to unload MySpace – or at least partner with someone to try to rebuild it – a variety of stats about the struggling. Continue reading
ThinkUp: Capture, Analyze, Share Your Social Network Activity
ThinkUp is an open source software solution for monitoring all that social network activity you've been doing to market your music or on behalf of your music clients. It's available. Continue reading
David Pakman: The Best Part Of ‘Social’ Is The Data
"The most exciting thing about everything “going social”… is the data. Our participation online leaves bits of data about ourselves everywhere we go. That data, I have long believed, is. Continue reading
The Power Of Sharing: Study Shows Facebook Dominates Share Traffic On Web
A new study by ShareThis along with Starcom MediaVest Group and Rubinson Partners looked at the the sharing and clicking habits of the more than 300 million who each month. Continue reading
10 Tips To Get Your Music News & Content Into Facebook’s Top News Feed
Since Facebook separated its News Feed into Top News and Most Recent, it's become really important to get into the Top News feed which is the default and where you're. Continue reading
Apple iCloud Advances Major Labels $100-$150 Million, Indies Get $0 (Zero, Zip, Nothing)
Apple is advancing the major labels $100 – $150 million to allow the launch of its iCoud music locker next week, according to reports. Google had apparently offered the same. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Focuses on “Playing Music Together”
Turntable.fm is a new twist on music sharing that one might call social dj'ing. Basically you create a "Room", or listening room, that can be public or private, upload music. Continue reading
