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MySpace Beats Facebook With Twitter Synch

MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to sync their MySpace status updates with a Twitter feed.  Any U.S. user can opt-in so that updates created on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/21/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MySpace Music’s Homepage Gets A Makeover

With just a mention buried on its blog for an announcement, MySpace Music's homepage got a makeover earlier this week. It's slicker, more focused and divided into clearer sections for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/18/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Loudcrowd Gets $3M. Will Visitors Follow?

Conduit Labs has gotten $3 million in second round financing to expand its Loudcrowd social music community.  I admit that I had not even heard of the site before the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/17/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Music Is Losing The Facebook Fan Race

Who has the most fans on Facebook?  A dead pop star, the president and Vin Diesel.  While quantity does not equal quality, it's instructive to note that when it comes. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/16/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (10)
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The Steady Decline Of MySpace

MySpace's sloppy layouts and big brother corporate ownership has made it an easy target.  But its hard to deny that for the last few years MySpace has been one of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/14/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (14)
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TweetDeck Adds MySpace And Facebook

  An upgrade to the popular TweetDeck browser based Twitter utility adds MySpace and Faceboook to the mix.  Users can now post simultaneously on all three services, as well as,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/10/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Nimbit Launches Facebook Artist Commerce Platform

Music commerce services provider Nimbit has launched launched Nimbit MyStore for Facebook, which the company says is the first direct to fan social commerce solution. Previously, fans on Facebook who. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/08/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (20)
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WaTunes Wants To Become The New MySpace

"WaTunes to Become the New MySpace?" is the headline of the press release, but we'll all have to wait until after Sept 28th to learn more more. That's when the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/08/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (12)
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Study: Facebook Makes You Smarter While Twitter & YouTube Dumb You Down

Keeping up to date on Facebook seems to have the same positive effect on your brain as playing complex video games and solving Sudoku puzzles, according to Dr Tracy Alloway. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/08/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (2)
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5 Ways Your Band Can Avoid The Twitter Time Suck

This guest post comes from Kevin Breuner – CD Baby podcaster, musician, and indie artist advocate. It first ran on his personal blog. I’m in a new band called Hello. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/03/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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