Facebook announced that it has acquired TBH, a positive-focused anonymous polling app that has become an overnight success with teens. Facebook and its Instagram app are fighting for teen engagement and loosing so far. Launched just three months ago, TBH has gained amazing traction with the demographic that Zuckerberg &…
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Spotify For Artists Gets Its Own Free iOS App
The free Spotify For Artists toolkit and analytics are now also available to all artists and their teams via a dedicated iOS app. Artists and their teams can now track new music as it goes live, control their presence on Spotify, and learn more about who is playing and playlisting…
Best Cheap Tablets And Apps For Editing Music
For artists looking to successfully record music on a budget, there are a broad range of relatively inexpensive tablets and apps easily accessible by consumers. Here we break down some of best, depending on the exact needs of the artist in question. _____________________ Guest post by Jeffrey Ulrich of Chinavision…
Live Nation Launches Facebook Messenger Concert Finder Bot
While the term ticketing bots usually conjure up images of shady ticket brokers for people in the live entertainment industry, Live Nation is hoping that their spin on the term might change people’s minds. The company launched a new chat ‘bot’ integrated with Facebook Messenger that the company says will…
Spotify Adds New Personalized Playlist: "Your Time Capsule"
Spotify has launched Your Time Capsule, a personalized playlist that compiles the 30 most nostalgic tracks from the user’s teens and early twenties. Available today for all users across all markets, Your Time Capsule uses age and country as a baseline, and personalizes the song list based on their current…
Amazon Music Adds Alexa Voice Control To Mobile Streaming App
Amazon today added Alexa voice control to its Amazon Music app. Early studies show that voice control could be the feature that accelerates mainstream adoption of streaming music. ____________________________________ Alexa voice control is now available within the Amazon Music app on iOS and Android in the US, UK, Germany and…
Zedge Acquirehires Freeform, Will Launch Marketplace for Artists to Monetize Their Work
Zedge, a smartphone personalization platform, announced plans to roll out a marketplace for artists to monetize their creations later this year. To accelerate development, Zedge has acquired IP assets from Freeform and retained co-founders Tim Quirk and Bryan Calhoun. Quirk will become SVP of Marketplace at Zedge. Quirk is a…
Spotify Adds iOS Integration with Google’s Waze App
Spotify has added integration with the iOS version of popular Google owned navigation and crowdsourced traffic app Waze. Waze users can begin navigation from inside the Spotify app. The integration also allows access to Spotify playlists from the Waze app. Users can skip tracks, play, pause and more. Spotify launched…
All The Music Announcements From Tuesday’s #AppleEvent [UPDATED]
[UPDATED] There were no major Apple Music announcements or Beats hardware launches at today’s Apple launch event. But there were a number of important announcements about how music is consumed and shared across Apple devices. Music And Other Related Announcements From Today’s Apple Event Apple is renaming its retail stores…
Is Spotify Ending Support For Apple’s Safari Browser A Tech Glitch Or A Bitch Slap?
Spotify users who listen on their Mac or elsewhere using Apple’s Safari browser need to find another option. Spotify is no longer supporting the browser, politely suggesting that users switch to Firefox, Opera or Chrome web browsers. __________________________________________ Spotify has offered no explanation for suddenly discontinuing support Apple’s Safari browser….