2011 has been a big year for Spotify, first the company launched in the United States with hundreds of thousands of paying members, then they announced a major partnership with Facebook which brings the service to 800 million user accounts […]
With the internet an integrated part of many people’s lives it might surprise some of our readers to learn that search engines are still the preferred choice of navigation for many online users. A recent study conducted by Experian Hitwise […]
GoDaddy on Friday announced their withdrawal of support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The announcement comes after thousands of customers began abandoning the company for its support of the program. One of those customers was Ben Huh who’s I […]
Rhapsody on Friday announced that the music streaming platform has surpassed the one million paying subscribers milestone on the heels of its 10-year anniversary. The company also announced that they are now delivering more than 10 million songs to […]
Holiday shoppers have flocked to the Apple website in record numbers, allowing the company to score more visitors than Walmart, Best Buy, Sears, eBay and other popular holiday shopping locations. According to a recent comScore report Apple’s website scored 79.2 million unique […]
Activist investment fund Starboard Value has purchased a 4.5 percent stake in AOL Inc. and have requested a meeting with company CEO Tim Armstrong to discuss what they consider to be strategic failings. In their letter the company calls AOL […]
Yahoo on Wednesday announced the expansion of their Yahoo stories sharing feature via the Facebook social network. Originally launched for the company’s news section the sharing feature will now be included in 26 parts of Yahoo’s site including entertainment news section […]
Social media advertising firm AppsSavvy announced on Tuesday that they have raised a new $7.1 million round of funding from AOL’s AOL Ventures group. News of the funding comes just one week after social ad network MediaBrix managed to secure […]
Top social media reporting website Mashable has awarded Spotify with their 2011 “Best Music Service or App” award this year, wrapping up a 2011 that saw the service arrive in the United States with huge success along with Facebook integration […]
Microsoft and their consortium of partners will soon enter their bid for a minority stake in Yahoo according to sources close to the deal. The Microsoft consortium is said to include some of the biggest names in the tech investment […]
The team at streaming music service Spotify has teamed up with Sonos to give away three exclusive Sonos PLAY:3 systems designed by London-based designer Richard Robinson, best known for his forays into the worlds of fashion and music. Among Robinson’s work […]
AOL Europe is losing its vice president of marketing and communications as Sarah Gavin steps down from her role as the company looks to cut certain roles and consolidate others. Gavin has been with the company for almost six years, moving […]
While watching your favorite clips on YouTube or your favorite TV series and movies on Hulu might make up a bulk of your online video views a new study by comScore shows that 15% of all videos viewed are actually […]
Sony Music and Warner Music have joined Universal music in their copyright lawsuit against online music provider Grooveshark. Filed in November the lawsuit alleges that Grooveshark executives uploaded copies of song they had no rights to distribute, thus violating the […]