Who Will Win The Home Music War?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The cassette player, compact disc, MP3 player, and today’s smartphones and tablets were all portable music evolutions. Newsflash: Humans are not always in motion.. Continue reading
Musicians: Put Yourself On The Map, The Google Street View Map
Though many of us are balking at Google's ongoing drive to connect products, such as the widely attacked, integration of Google+ comments on YouTube, sometimes those connections open up great. Continue reading
Smarty Ring: Mobile Music Control On Your Finger
Smartwatches are having trouble getting established in part because they're often simply extensions of one's phone. While that does allow people like runners to more easily control phone functions without. Continue reading
Sidestep Takes The Lead With Dedicated Mobile Merch App
Sidestep is a new mobile app to make it easy for fans to get music merch via their smartphone with the option of picking it up at the show or. Continue reading
Songza and VEVO Come To Google’s Chromecast Along With… 75 Christmas Playlists
Google's hit $35 digital streaming device, Chromecast, just got two new music channels. Curated streamer Songza and music video site VEVO both announced today that they are available on Chromecast. Continue reading
SoundCloud Adds Explore With Trending Music and Lean Back Discovery
Yesterday SoundCloud introduced Explore, a discovery feature that should help connect more listeners with artists using SoundCloud though a more prominent homepage position would be a nice touch. It's available. Continue reading
Microsoft In Talks To Acquire AOL’s Winamp and SHOUTcast
Earlier this week, it was announced that AOL was shutting down media player Winamp. But a new report says that Microsoft is in talks to purchase both Winamp and media. Continue reading
Fetchnotes’ Users Help Make Social To Do Lists More Useful For Music Fans and Musicians
Fetchnotes is a social note-taking app that began life with a focus on improving to do lists and notes to self by keeping things simple. As the team closely watched. Continue reading