May 2012
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May 16th
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Pandora is the 2nd most downloaded app in the... →
They now have 150mm users. Via CNet
May 9th
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May 7th
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Make beats on anything
Celluon’s Magic Cube. “The device employs laser technology to pick up users’ finger movements. The platform works as a keyboard, multi-touch mouse and handwriting recognition device. It works with all computers and smartphones and will set you back just $169 USD.” Via Slamxhype and the homie Graham Scott L.
May 2nd
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May 1st
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April 2012
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See who made the top 40 most trafficked .fm... →
China in at #1. Via Peter Watts
Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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iOS vs. Android in Realtime
At 6:20pm PST today, 68.266% of mobile traffic in the USA is powered by iOS, compared to 27.653% powered by Android. Realtime analytics firm Chitika is tracking this data at their mobile dominance page. AlthoughtGoogle holds the market share, iOS is straight manhandling according to user time. Via SAI
Apr 24th
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Apr 12th
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“Spotify is used by one-third of the Swedish population; piracy has decreased by...”
– “… what happens when our model gets to scale.” Daniel Ek, CEO Spotify via DMN
Apr 9th
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March 2012
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Mar 27th
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5 billion Spotify streams have been pushed into... →
Mar 26th
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Mar 24th
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iPhone has officially destroyed iPod
Via DMN
Mar 23rd
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Mar 22nd
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“In 2011, $3 billion was paid by Apple alone to independent app developers.”
– Via Mobile Year in Review
Mar 22nd
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Nokia patents a tattoo that vibrates when you get...
No more missed calles. Via LA Times
Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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PULSE: Songkick gets $10mm. Superglued acquired ... →
Mar 20th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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“Adele’s app hits 1.5mm downloads. A new record for Mobile Roadie.”
– App here.
Mar 19th
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The FADER + MSN join forces on Sound Discovery
“The ultimate music festival experience” Provides you with quick bits, facts and artist info on upcoming music festivals. Get their SXSW run down here. www.sounddiscovery.msn.com
Mar 9th
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Mar 9th
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China now has 1 billion mobile phone users. →
And the USA just reached 100mm. How many of them want music on their device? Via SAI
Mar 8th
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Battle of the Digital Jukebox
Turntable.fm and their slew of competitors showed us how voracious music lovers can be when they can come together to play tracks. The next craze: digital jukeboxing. We’re seeing a handful of startups pop-up, all with a similar goal in mind: let patrons at bars choose what they’re listening to on the house speakers via their own mobile phones and music libraries. The most common...
Mar 7th
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“Lady Gaga is the first person to have 20 million Twitter followers.”
– By comparison, Barack Obama has 12.8mm. Via The Guardian
Mar 7th
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Mar 6th
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Inmates in select prisions will soon be allowed to... →
For the first time ever. Talk about incentive for good behavior. Via Digital Music News
Mar 6th
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“We want music to be like water - available everywhere and shareable seamlessly.”
– Daniel Ek, CEO Spotify
Mar 5th
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Mar 3rd
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Email Less, Live More.
The solution: www.calmbox.me As much as I’ve always loved working with bands and technologies, about 6 months ago I found myself hugely drained-out on the reg. I took a step back from my daily workstyle and did some analyzing… I was spending almost every minute that I was not in a meeting (and sometimes even during meetings), in my inbox. Now this has become the norm for most us...
Mar 1st
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February 2012
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Feb 29th
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WatchWatch
Raditaz: Location-specific user-created radio stations via HypeBot. A new approach to streaming or just another hard-to-look-at music experience (see: rara.com)?
Feb 23rd
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MTV Unboxed: Music X Tech in a new format
MTV O Music Awards’ new Unboxed series is an attempt to create a new kind of event drawing together music, art and technology in a party-friendly environment. Performances by MNDR and the good homies at Cameo. Tix: Tomorrow! Weds Feb 23rd at Webster Hall. Via HypeBot
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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“Most Spotify subscribers spend twice the amount of money on Spotify as the...”
– Daniel Ek (paraphrased) via Grammy.com. That’s $120 per year on Spotify vs $60 on iTunes.
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Ex.fm raises $1.5mm. Backplane raises $4.5mm. →
Pack the canon. Via DMN
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Grammys 2012: The Most Social Event in the History...
“The Grammy Awards garnered a cool 13 million comments or social media messages over the length of the broadcast.  That utterly dwarfs last year’s Grammy total of  546,000 (by more than 2,280 percent), but most importantly outdid Super Bowl XLVI, the most-watched and most social Super Bowl in history…” Via DMN
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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A bright future for music tech: take-aways from SF... →
Knowledge dropped from Ian Hogarth at SongKick. Via HypeBot
Feb 18th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 4th
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January 2012
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Jan 27th
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“Digital music is now a $5.2 billion global industry”
– With a growth of 8% in 2011. Via DMN
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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“There can be no gainsaying of the fact that a great revolution is taking place...”
– MLK Jr, 1968 via Digital Music News
Jan 18th
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