Facebook’s rumored music service is allegedly going to be uncovered and detailed at the company’s upcoming F8 conference in just a few short days (September 22nd). And while the actual details of Facebook’s event are still a mystery, a Netherlands developer by the name of Yvo Schaap has uncovered a slew of HTML code on a number of popular streaming and online music discovery sites including Mog, Spotify, Rdio, Soundcloud, and more. The code in...
Fan/user of Spotify? We’ve been a rather frequent user of Spotify ever since the service launched earlier this summer. During that time, however, we’ve had to learn how to split our time between both Spotify and Last.fm for the sole fact that Spotify doesn’t feature a randomized radio feature like Last.fm. Add to that the lack of any web based portal for Spotify users and you can see where the novelty of the European based app wears off. But along...
For some time rumors have swirled around Facebook either making their own music service or partnering up with someone else. Come September 22nd at the social networking giant’s F8 conference, the truth may finally be set free. But unlike past rumors, the actual announcement may prove quite surprising… CNBC is now reporting that Facebook will in fact announce a new streaming service at the F8 conference later this month. But instead of launching their own...
Apple’s iTunes Store just got a more serious contender by way of Rdio. Today the popular music streaming and discovery service announced the availability of both physical and digital gift cards. The former can now be found at a Target shopping center near you in $10 and $25 ammounts while the latter…well…can be found online. Digital gift cards offer a few more options: $10, $25, $50 and $100. Customers can also choose to purchase Rdio gift cards in...
Back in December 2010 Apple unveiled new, longer 90-second song previews for iTunes music. The move was highly welcome especially for longer songs where a 30-second preview may not catch the entire dynamic of the song. The only problem then was that various licensing deals across borders prevented Apple from rolling out the longer previews globally. The U.S.-only status is now gone as Apple has officially enabled 90-second song previews to the residents of: Australia,...
It’s pretty sad when a new, innovative company’s first month in the U.S. is welcomed with large patent infringement lawsuit — Welcome, Spotify! The company patent troll, PacketVideo, purchased the patent in question a few years ago — 5,636,276 which itself is incredibly general and vague. Hell, even back in 1995 when the patent was originally filed many people considered the content of the patent pretty ridiculous. Nevermind the fact PacketVideo...
