Posts Tagged ‘ music ’

The Top Spiking Tweets Of 2011

The Top Spiking Tweets Of 2011

Which event caused a greater spike in tweets this year, the Japanese earthquake, Steve Jobs’ death, or Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement at the MTV Music Awards? Yup, it was Beyonce. Twitter just released the top tweets per second for the year as part of its ongoing Year in Review . Yestreday it revealed the...

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The Kindle Fire, What Is It Good For?

The Kindle Fire, What Is It Good For?

When the Kindle Fire first shipped a couple weeks ago, the reviews were mixed. Uncle Walt calls it good, but not great . David Pogue at the NYT thinks it is “sluggish,” lacking “polish or speed.” But the Kindle Fire is still selling like hotcakes . Some reviewers are disappointed that it is...

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Millennial: Android Leads Mobile Ad Impressions For 11 Month In A Row

Millennial: Android Leads Mobile Ad Impressions For 11 Month In A Row

Mobile ad network Millennial Media is releasing its October Mobile Mix report this morning. In October, Android led the Connected Device and Smartphone OS Mix on Millennial with 56% of the impressions on the ad network. Android has now been the leading OS on Millennial’s platform for the past 11 months. iOS was...

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As Google Music’s First Carrier Partner, T-Mobile Lets You Charge Tunes To Your Monthly Bill

As Google Music’s First Carrier Partner, T-Mobile Lets You Charge Tunes To Your Monthly Bill

We’d been wondering why T-Mobile was lurking about at Google’s Music event , and we’ve finally cleared things up: T-Mobile will be Google Music’s first carrier partner, allowing their subscribers to charge their track purchases directly to their monthly bill. This isn’t the first time T-Mobile has been quick to have Google’s back;...

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The Platform Wars: Will Music Bring Harmony or Discord?

The Platform Wars: Will Music Bring Harmony or Discord?

Editor’s note : Joel Resnicow ( @resnicow ) is Co-Founder & CEO of Rexly , a social music startup that l aunched at Disrupt NYC . A digital music executive recently told me, “The elephants are increasingly angry at each other.” I laughed, but quickly realized this was more than a cheeky metaphor....

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