“In 2011, $3 billion was paid by Apple alone to independent app developers.”
Nokia patents a tattoo that vibrates when you get a call
No more missed calles. Via LA Times
Mobile Year in Review 2011
“For the first time ever, there are more wireless subscriptions than people.” Via MYR
PULSE: Songkick gets $10mm. Superglued acquired by Complex. Setlist.fm aquired by Live Nation.
MTV launches Myspace competitor.
Sign up at Artists.mtv
Wale feat. Meek Mill & Rick Ross // “Ambition”
Via Baller Status
“Adele’s app hits 1.5mm downloads. A new record for Mobile Roadie.”
App here.
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.
Usher X Diplo “Climax”
Top 3 tracks of 2012 so far…
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
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 features so far are voting on tracks in the que, point and reward systems, and new approaches to music discovery. This is who Cantora has talked to so far
More to come…
“Lady Gaga is the first person to have 20 million Twitter followers.”
By comparison, Barack Obama has 12.8mm. Via The Guardian
