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
Listen To Actor Richard Dreyfuss Read The iTunes End User Agreement
End user license agreements and terms of service are almost universally too long and convoluted. Prior to a roundtable discussion on this dry but important topic, Academy Award winning actor. Continue reading
Start Your Web DJ/Talk Radio Career With MixCloud
London-based Mixcloud recently released an iPhone app for their service which resulted in a fresh wave of visibility for this popular service. Dubbed the "YouTube of radio" in late 2009. 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
AM News: Facebook Tests ‘Happening Now’, Pandora IPO Bump, Sony Hack Arrests, PledgeMusic & More
Facebook has begun testing "Happening Now", a new feature displaying at-a-glance a list of what their friends are sharing, who they are adding as friends and displaying checkin notifications in. Continue reading
Google Offers A Playable Homepage. Let’s Hear Your Musical Creations
UPDATE – Due to popular demand Google is leaving it's special playable home page up through Friday in the US. Start creating and share it here! On today's Google homepage,. Continue reading
Tumblr Improves As Tool For Musicians & Marketers
Microblogging service Tumblr has been around since 2007 yet, though a variety of corporate entities now use it, Tumblr still feels fresh and youthful. A number of recent developments have. Continue reading
Bieber Meets The Blades: Will Justin Blend? [VIDEO]
The Blendtec guys are at it again. Putting an iPod or iPad 2 in a blender was just the beginning. This time the target is ten idol Justin Bieber. Watch. Continue reading
Do Social Networks Really Help Musicians?
On Music Think Tank, Dan Morgan writes about the problem of overcrowding and social media. It’s hard to catch the attention of A&R reps with overcrowding, but Dan looks at. Continue reading
