6 technologies and innovations that could finally go mainstream in 2013

Living in the technology and startup ecosystem, we are constantly bombarded with the latest hot new app, device, technology, or company. They get their 15 minutes of fame and then something newer, hotter, and latest-er comes along to replace them. But every now and then, something sticks around for a while. Since it’s nearly impossible [...]

Move Over Siri: WonderVoice’s New Virtual Assistant Lets You Speak To Interact With Facebook While On The Go

  WonderVoice, a Tel Aviv-based startup I first ran into at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Alley, is today launching its brand-new iOS application which allows you to listen to content from Facebook while on the go. Yes, it’s another audio-based virtual assistant of sorts, joining an ecosystem that’s been booming since the debut of Apple’s Siri. [...]

Campaigns Use Social Media to Lure Younger Voters

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photo credit Gretchen Ertl for The New York Times Social media campaigns are in full swing. It’s hard to imagine a time not long ago when we were without social media. As we get ready for the Presidential election in just a few short weeks, the buzz of social media continues about the candidates.   [...]

Tunecore Fires CEO Jeff Price…

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Facebook Subscription Payments Go Live, But Will Spotify and Netflix Pay The 30% Tax? | TechCrunch

See on Scoop.it – Internet Billboards Internet News If Facebook could collect its 30% tax on what we pay monthly for Spotify, Hulu, or Netflix using the subscription payments system it’s rolling out today, it’d have nice new revenue stream to swim in. See on techcrunch.com

Jango – Free Music – Internet Radio that Plays What You Want! Listen to Music Online Radio Stations

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See on Scoop.it – Music4All Jango is about making online music social, fun and simple. Free personal radio that learns from your taste and connects you to others who like what you like. See on www.jango.com Related articles free online music radio rock(mathewhughes4.typepad.com) KCRW Becomes First U.S. Radio Station To Launch Free App On Spotify(allaccess.com) [...]

YouTube Music: Bigger Than Pandora, Spotify, Rhapsody, & Grooveshark Combined!

See on Scoop.it – Musicbiz Evidently it’s not necessarily about auditory quality anymore. See on www.digitalmusicnews.com

New iOS App For Spotify That Emphasises Social Curation: ShareMyPlaylists

See on Scoop.it – Contentmarketing Excerpted from article: “While Spotify now has a rich seam of third-party apps built for its platform, ShareMyPlaylists has been around almost as long as the music streaming service itself, helping users curate collections of music for each other.   Now with its completely rewritten iOS app, it’s taking the [...]

We Must Boycott Grooveshark And The Reason Why!

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:: The New Face of Music ::

Via Scoop.it – Information Economy Spotify recently announced an embeddable play button that will work on blogs, websites, and tumblr. Via soshable.com

Spotify Just Came Up With The Best Use We’ve Seen For The Facebook Timeline

Via Scoop.it – Enterprise Social Media “1,000 years of music history….”   Actually, the musical milestones on Spotify’s page go back to the birth of pop music in 1001. Note: that’s just one year after the big doomsday craze of 1000 A.D http://bit.ly/HWSCtf    Coincidence? Party like it’s 999?   Via @TyOlson Via www.businessinsider.com

Black Keys Refuse to Stream New Album

Via Scoop.it – Musicbiz ‘El Camino’ not available on Spotify, Rhapsody, other services (Black Keys refuse to stream new album on Spotify, Rdio & MOG http://t.co/IcXNfTpi – Unfortunately, I suspect this… Via www.rollingstone.com

Spotify Introduces Apps to Point Listeners to Music

Via Scoop.it – Cloud Computing the future or Not so much? The streaming music service, which is dependent on its users’ picking what to hear, introduced apps that allow Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Billboard, among others, to be a guiding influence. Via mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

Social Consumers and the Science of Sharing [INFOGRAPHIC]

Via Scoop.it – Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond This post is from Mashable and it has valuable information for your brand marketing strategy. It tells you what your social consumer is most influenced and much more.”This is an excellent article and a great analysis of the new age, social consumer segmentation. says Chris Abate [...]