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31 Aug, 2007

BlastMyMusic Now Works With Facebook

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Not so long ago, BlastMyMusic launched a widget called MusicBlaster offering users an opportunity to sell music via their blogs and websites.
The MusicBlaster widget can now be embedded into your Facebook page, making it the first to let you sell your music through your Facebook account. To use the widget, artists need only [...]

30 Aug, 2007

MySpace Launches Music Tour

Posted by: ants In: General

MySpace has announced that it will launch a series of concerts & events, produced by and branded for MySpace. The Music Tour’s official sponsor is Extreme Style by VO5. The tour is set to kick off next month (October 16) in Seattle, WA, spanning across the US with over 30 shows planned through November 2007. [...]

29 Aug, 2007

JamStudio Remix Music Widget

Posted by: ants In: General

JamStudio offers an interactive widget for your MySpace page. This widget allows users to remix the song(s) you’ve created from your JamStudio account directly from your MySpace profile.
You can personalize the remixes but cannot save them or tweak the track(s) on the JamStudio website. It seems that in the near future, additional features will allow [...]

28 Aug, 2007

Create Your Own Social Network

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You can now set up and run your own private social network thanks to Famster, who just announced that they are launching a white label service. This new service lets companies build and launch their own networks using the Famster code. You can integrate and customize your network using your own brand and logos while [...]

27 Aug, 2007

Hey! Nielsen Measures Buzz

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Created by the Nielsen Company, the media and market research company, Hey! Nielsen will measure online “buzz.” Hey! Nielsen is the place to share opinions on your favorite entertainment ranging from TV shows, movies, music and so on.
So essentially this means that you can now become an “insider”, providing feedback on what’s important and relevant [...]

24 Aug, 2007

TubeStop To The Rescue

Posted by: ants In: General

As you may be aware, YouTube has been receiving lots of negative comments about their plans to roll out in-stream video ads. If your unhappy about this decision to monetize videos and are asking yourself “is there a way to block these ads?”, the answer is yes, provided you are using the Firefox browser.
Developer [...]

23 Aug, 2007

Playboy U Social Network

Posted by: ants In: General

The Playboy U portal is a “non-nude” social network aimed solely at college and university students. This new network will feature some of the same tools found on the very popular sites like Facebook and MySpace. This is not a adult oriented site, so do not expect to see any nudity, it’s focus is on [...]

22 Aug, 2007

YouTube Integrates Overlay Ads

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Unlike Revver and other video sharing websites, YouTube have opted to integrate an almost transparent animated flash “overlay” to monetize videos.
Google figures that pre/post-roll ads are a major deterrence to view clips, and that advertisements are most valuable when viewers opt-in to watch them. Google’s research confirms high rates of abandonment of ads (and [...]

21 Aug, 2007

Bebo Partners With Microsoft

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Bebo, a player in social networking world has announced a partnership with Microsoft to use the Windows Live Instant Messaging platform on the Bebo network. This is the first time the software giant has partnered with a social network to provide instant messaging tools.
With this new deal, Microsoft will be able to embed an [...]

20 Aug, 2007

WiTV Internet Television

Posted by: ants In: General

WiTV is a web based media player (still in the beta phase), which can run on Linux, Mac and Windows. It can also be run as a standalone player and integrates with Apple TV offerings. It’s been compared to Joost but unlike Joost, it does not rely on P2P technology but rather sends the [...]


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