Posted May 3, 2013, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Looking to discover some new music but perhaps you’ve grown tired of the usual suspects like Pandora, Grooveshark, Rdio or Spotify? Want a recommendation engine that actually caters to what you are in the mood for? If you answered “yes”…
Following a limited rollout last week with music artists and influencers, Twitter’s new #music discovery service is now open to everyone either as a web app at music.twitter.com or a standalone iPhone client. As you’d expect from the microblogging social…
BlackBerry has announced plans to discontinue their BBM Music service starting June 2, 2013. The Canadian handset maker recently announced the decision in an e-mail sent to subscribers. The message notes that paying customers won’t be billed for May and…
Posted April 3, 2013, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
Following a few short months in private beta and over a year in development, Vdio, the video streaming counterpart of music service Rdio is making its first public appearance. Initially, only Rdio Unlimited subscribers in the U.K. and the U.S.…
Posted January 29, 2013, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
Rdio, the online music streaming service that lets customers listen to more than 18 million songs without ads or interruptions, has announced they are offering a number of international customers the same six months of free music streaming that users…
Posted November 21, 2012, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
It’s been over a year since we last heard about Vdio, an upcoming online video service founded by Janus Friis, the same guy who co-created KaZaA, Skype, Rdio and Joost. But according to a report by GigaOm, things are moving…
Posted August 10, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Warner Music Group, a major player in the music industry who's labels include the likes of Atlantic, Elektra, Warner Bros., Reprise and East West, has released their fiscal third quarter results. The results? For the first time ever, online music streaming…
Internationally popular music streaming outfit Spotify has released an infographic which illustrates some interesting statistics since last year's U.S. launch. The Swedish company is celebrating its first anniversary in America and by all accounts it looks like a success chock…
Posted October 18, 2011, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Serial entrepreneur Janus Friis, who co-created KaZaA, Skype, Rdio and Joost, is getting back into the online video business with a new venture called Vdio. Details are scarce at the moment but GigaOm reports that Friis has been quietly assembling…
Rdio has officially launched its promised free music streaming option that will give users in the U.S. on-demand, ad-free access to their 12-million song catalog. There's a limit on the amount of music you can listen to each month, and…
Posted September 16, 2011, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
Not to be outdone by Spotify, Pandora and MOG, Rdio has announced that it will launch a free music streaming option. Launched last year by the founders of Kazaa, Skype and Joost, Rdio charges $5 a month for songs on…
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