MySpace will be targeting competitors Spotify, Vevo, and iTunes as it works towards becoming a full fledged music hub.
Friday, August 26, 2011
MySpace to re-launch as music hub under Specific Media
MySpace was purchased by advertizing network Specific Media at the end of June, and pop music star Justin Timberlake took a stake in and will help shape its future. NewsCorp purchased the social networking website for $580 million in 2005 when its popularity was still on the rise.
MySpace will be targeting competitors Spotify, Vevo, and iTunes as it works towards becoming a full fledged music hub.
MySpace will be targeting competitors Spotify, Vevo, and iTunes as it works towards becoming a full fledged music hub.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Mentos Facebook App Offers Help for "Boring & Vain" Friends
Are any of your Facebook friends boring or vain or in need of a love-life makeover? Well, help is on the way from Mentos.
The candy brand has rolled out an app on its Facebook Page that features Life Guidance videos from the brand’s guru-like spokesman Dragee. The videos automatically integrate information from the recipient’s Facebook Page. For instance, in the “Vain” video, Dragee notes how many times the person uses “I” or “me” in his or her status updates and includes some recent examples.
The candy brand has rolled out an app on its Facebook Page that features Life Guidance videos from the brand’s guru-like spokesman Dragee. The videos automatically integrate information from the recipient’s Facebook Page. For instance, in the “Vain” video, Dragee notes how many times the person uses “I” or “me” in his or her status updates and includes some recent examples.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Students join think tank to boost Music Row
What do you get when you bring budding philosophers and political scientists, techies and performers together for the summer with the mission to create new ways to save the flagging music industry?
In the case of nine Belmont University students hand-picked to be part of a fledgling think tank called the Pipeline Project, the results both surprised their mentors and included surprisingly low-tech, back-to-basics approaches.
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In the case of nine Belmont University students hand-picked to be part of a fledgling think tank called the Pipeline Project, the results both surprised their mentors and included surprisingly low-tech, back-to-basics approaches.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Nation building through social networks
the Planning Commission tried to play ball and be more than an 'institution.' It posted a page for the 12th Five-Year Plan on Facebook (FB) and opened itself to comments, tweets, wall-posts, status updates - even 'likes' from a wider and younger audience.
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Face The Music
A new study claims that facebook could well be obsolete in the next 10 to 15 years.
mo elzubeir, founder of mediastow, tells us about the fickle-mindedness of social media...
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