By John Johnson Twitter officially joined the crowded world of online music today with the launch of its Twitter Music app. The premise is to help users find music via Twitter in a few different ways—through the bands you follow, what’s trending on the site, what your connections are listening to, etc….
From: http://www.newser.com/story/166458/twitter-launches-its-music-app.html
After evidence started appear online late last week, Twitter has formally unveiled its new music service, #Music, which allows you to discover and listen to new music based on what you’re friends are listening to, other people you may follow, and artists and songs that are trending worldwide or near you. Like Vine, Twitter #Music isn’t baked directly into the browser and mobile versions of Twitter. You can access the service by visiting music.Twitter.com or by downloading the dedicated iOS app. Currently there’s no word on Android or Windows Phone support.
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/18/twitter-launches-music-service
By Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool
Filed under: Investing
From Facebook‘s initial rollout of its redesigned timeline to Samsung’s launch of the new Galaxy S4, this was a big week in tech. Here’s what you need to know.
A music-discovery service from Twitter?
A visit to We Are Hunted’s website delivers disappointing news to fans of the music-discovery service, with a message reading, “We Are Hunted is not available at the moment.” Coincidentally, hours before the message appeared, CNET reported that Twitter had acquired the music-discovery service with plans to release its own standalone music app, to be called Twitter Music.
CNET‘s unnamed insider asserts that the service could launch as early as the end of this month. The report says Twitter Music will suggest “artists and songs to listen to based on a variety of signals, and is personalized based on which accounts a user follows on Twitter. Songs are streamed to the app via Soundcloud.”
If rumors are true, Pandora‘s competitive landscape is about to heat up. Beyond Twitter, Google and Apple are both reported to be working on their own music-subscription services as well.
There’s more to Facebook’s new timeline than a “cleaner look.”
While a cleaner layout may be the defining feature behind the way Facebook is promoting its new timeline, investors can be thankful that there is more to the redesign than that. Available to a select few users on a random basis, the new timeline allows for greater customizability for users in the way their profile page is displayed and the type of content they want to browse in the news feed.
For instance, users can now differentiate between books they’ve read versus books they want to read, as well as movies they’ve watched and movies they want to watch.
Source: Facebook press release.
“The new design is all about making content richer and more immersive,” Facebook’s Julie Zhuo, director of product design, said to investors on March 7. Greater engagement and customizability, of course, is excellent for Facebook advertisers; with more detailed information from members and a more captive audience, advertisers can provide more targeted, relevant, and effective campaigns. The new timeline, therefore, looks like yet another point on the scoreboard for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he continues to build out Facebook’s competitive position.
Netflix deepens its integration with Facebook
Also revealed in the March 13 press release from Facebook was Netflix‘s deeper integration with the social-media company: “If you’re a movie buff, you can add your favorites to your movies section or use apps like Flixster and Netflix to share what you’re watching,” the press release stated.
Source: Facebook press release.
The statement was short and sweet, but it has huge implications for Netflix.
After a court ruling last December, Netflix had been prevented from sharing users’ viewing data. But after a long legal battle, users can now link their accounts to Facebook and share their viewing data with their friends. This move brings Netflix a significant …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
After the release of Vine, there were little clues as to what Twitter would do next in the standalone app world — until now. CNET claims that Twitter has acquired music service We Are Hunted and will use the technology to create its first standalone music app, Twitter Music. A timeline is also in place, according to the publication: Twitter Music could be out for iOS as early as the end of this month. No confirmation from any party was obtained on either the acquisition or the project, but the publication produces pretty compelling evidence that the company will dip its toe into the music scene soon.
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Tech
