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Is Netflix’s Facebook App Illegal in U.S.? 5 Things To Know About Strange Law Debacle
Netflix has not released a Facebook app in the U.S. because of a privacy law called the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) that prevents video renters from publishing customer's rental records.
HTC Beats Set to Acquire MOG
Beats Electronics, majority-owned by HTC, is close to acquiring digital music subscription service MOG for an undisclosed sum, according to an anonymous source familiar with the matter.
SXSW 2012: Turntable.fm Signs Deal With All Four Major Labels
Turntable.fm, the popular New York-based music streaming service that lets groups listen to music together and virtually DJ for each other, has taken a massive step toward becoming more legitimate: The company has announced today at SXSW that it reached agreements with all four major American labels -- Sony BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner.
Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup Announced: Radiohead to Play [Video]
Bonnaroo has finally made the long awaited 2012 lineup announcement. The lineup was exclusively announced by Spotify on Tuesday, with Radiohead headlining one of the four days of the music festival on the 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. This isn't the first time that Radiohead will be playing for the Bonnaroo crowd. In 2006 the band was a headliner along with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Beck.
Facebook Timeline: 10 Ways to Reverse the Changes
Many don't like Facebook's new changes in Timeline, and luckily, there are a slew of solutions to revert the social network to the way it was. Delete your News Ticker, revert your News Feed, and get your old chat back with these great add-ons and extensions.
Why Facebook is Force-Feeding Timeline To Everyone
Facebook will soon force everyone to update the social network to the latest iteration, Facebook Timeline. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has never been shy about his vision a world that shares information seamlessly.
Facebook Launches 'Listen With' Feature: How it Works
Facebook just made listening to music even more social, with its new Listen With button that allows users to share music in a chat room.
New Year's Eve 2012: Playlists for Your Party
Try Pandora, Spotify or Last.fm.
My latest app-arition: Too many ‘App’ Platforms, Few Will Succeed
I've tried my best to embrace Spotify. Ever since news broke of its collaboration with Facebook, I've done my best to remain an active user. That's what Mark Zuckerberg wants. He envisions a world of seamless sharing on the internet. I know this because he said so at his F8 presentation, the annual Facebook developers' conference. But of course, Zuckerberg just wants more users on his company's app platform.
Introducing the Spotify App Platform [VIDEO]
Spotify, the online music streaming service, has announced its very own app platform that aims to bring users music related info through third party applications.
Pandora Media beats on profit and revenue
Online streaming music service Pandora Media Inc reported a rise in total revenue on strong advertising sales, beating expectations.
Google launches music service
Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label.
World online music sales seen up 7 percent in 2011
Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion as digital services such as Spotify and iTunes gain momentum, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.
Online music sales seen up 7 percent in 2011 -Gartner
Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion as digital services such as Spotify and Apple Inc's iTunes gain momentum, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.
BBM Music Launches: RIM Seeks to Revitalize BBM Usage Through Cloud Music Sharing
Research in Motion (RIM) launched BBM Music this week, a music-sharing app a spokesman for the company has said evolves the mixtape. Seeking to capitalize upon - and perhaps revive - its BlackBerry Messenger network of 45 million users, RIM's newest app allows users to choose 50 songs from an extensive cloud-based library of content licensed from music giants Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI, as well as from smaller independent labels.
Google Getting Ready to Launch Music Service
Google Inc. is reportedly gearing up to launch a music downloading service sometime in the next two weeks that it will link to its Google+ social network. The application - currently referred to as Google Music - will be an extension of Google Music Beta, a free service that allows users to store their existing music collection in the cloud.
Facebook Privacy Settings: The How To Guide
Learn how to share only what you want on the world's largest social network.
Music streaming site Deezer to launch in 100 countries
French on-line music streaming service Deezer will launch in more than 100 countries in the coming weeks, and the start-up is negotiating with roughly a dozen telecom operators on partnerships in a bid to expand its global reach.
Exclusive: Spotify now has 250,000 paying U.S. users: sources
Spotify, the European music streaming service backed by digital entrepreneur Sean Parker, has more than 250,000 paying users in the United States since it opened up shop in July, according to three people familiar with its data.
Spotify Now Has 250,000 Paying U.S. Users: Sources
Spotify, the European music streaming service backed by digital entrepreneur Sean Parker, has more than 250,000 paying users in the United States since it opened up shop in July, according to three people familiar with its data.
Spotify makes a loss despite strong customer demand
The popular digital music service Spotify made an operating loss of 26.5 million pounds ($41.5 million) in 2010, despite growing revenue more than five-fold due to increased advertising and attracting more subscribers in Europe.
Rdio Launches Free Online Music (No Ads); Users Can Share on Facebook
Rdio, pronounced Ar-dee-o, is offering free, on-demand streaming music in the hopes of winning customers.
Rdio (Pronounced Ar-dee-o) Offers Free Online Music; Users Can Share Through Facebook
Rdio, pronounced Ar-dee-o, is offering free, on-demand streaming music.
Relativity partners with Spotify for film promotion
Relativity Media has become the first studio to partner with the digital music service Spotify for film promotion, announcing on Monday that it will run promotional media on the service to boost the November 11 launch of the action-adventure film Immortals.
Rhapsody snaps up Napster to build market share
Two of the longest-running names in digital music, Rhapsody and Napster, are combining in a bid to grow market share and stay ahead of newer rivals like Spotify, Rdio and MOG.
Ashton, Demi Split Rumors 2011: Kutcher Breaks His Silence -- Sort Of
A day after rumors surfaced that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were on the rocks, primarily due to allegations of his philandering with Sara Leal on his sixth wedding anniversary, the 33-year-old Two and a Half Men star broke his silence. In a way.
How to Control New Facebook Privacy Settings
The new version of Facebook has plenty of new and exciting features, and enhanced privacy control is one of them. Here's how to control application and Timeline settings on your new Facebook profile.
Facebook Music: Impact on Spotify, Netflix
Facebook Music went live on Friday, as the social networking giant seeks a deeper integration of music, movies and other media into its service. The move could allow users to spend more time on its site, thereby enabling it to generate more advertising dollars.
After Facebook event, a dot-com boom-scaled party
When somebody who has been played by Justin Timberlake in a Hollywood movie decides to throw a party, the expectations are pretty high.
Facebook Music: What to Watch Out for
When Engineer Adam Reiss was confronted with a login message on his Spotify account asking him if he wanted to connect with Facebook music, he thought why not? After all he thought that would only entail having access to friend's playlists who had consented to share.