YouNow.com Mixes Live Web Performance With Instant Death
YouNow.com presented last week at TechCrunch Disrupt and received a warm welcome though I have to wonder if the deluge of startup conferences that week undermined the amount of publicity. Continue reading
Another Indie Label Pulls From Spotify
A third independent metal label Prosthetic Records has pulled it's content from Spotify. "There [does] not appear to be an upside," Prosthetic co-owner E.J. Johantgen told the L.A. Weekly. The. Continue reading
Spotify Responds To Artist Payments Controversy
(UDPATED) In an email to Hypebot over the weekend, Spotify responding to our post last week "How Much Does A Band Earn From Each Music Platform?" which shared payment figures. Continue reading
Coder Discovers More Facebook Music Details Including Featured Services
Dutch coder and digital detecive Yvo Schaap did some digging in the code underneath Facebook over the weekend and came up with a list of services particpating in Facebook Music. Continue reading
Yahoo!’s Abandoned App: Music Blogs On Facebook
I initially thought that Music Blogs, a Facebook app that uses music blogs as the source of streaming audio, was something new after finding it via Evolver.fm. It's an interesting. Continue reading
Study: Music Fans Prefer Ownership vs. Streaming
In a new research study concluded by eMusic, and administered by Insight Research Group, 92% of music fans are concluded to prefer they own their music rather than stream it. Continue reading
Spotify Releases Major App Upgrade
Spotify has just released a major update for their iPhone and iPod Touch app. It includes many fixes including a reprise of the popular feature which remembers your location in. Continue reading
Watch Out Spotify! MOG Is Going Free.
MOG will be launching a new free streaming music service tomorrow that competes directly with Spotify. But instead of giving free users a limited number of hours per month, as. Continue reading
Official: Turntable.fm Grabs $7 Million In Funding, 600,000 Users In 3 Months. iPhone App Launches
It's not a big surprise, but turntable.fm made it official today that they've raised $7 million in venture funding. Along with that announcement came news they've hit 600,000 users in. Continue reading
Songza Closes Funding Round, Adds Mobile Apps
(UPDATED) Songza has launched what the company says is the only free mobile apps that create personalized and sharable music collections in the cloud. Songza also announced the close of. Continue reading