Category: Music

• Why I really like This Is My Jam

  I love This Is My Jam. Period. This service, which only came out of private beta a few months ago, is as simple as it is effective.  This Is My Jam (‘TIMJ’) lets users select one track at the time (your “jam”) which will expire after one week. As a result, you tend to get recent…

  marcabraham

  July 12, 2012

  Music, Online Trends, Social Media, Startups

  Facebook, Music, Rdio, socialmedia, startup

• Rdio vs. Spotify: when it comes to user experience, the first round is for Rdio

  Last year I wrote about Rdio, about its affiliate programme and data partnerships respectively. At the time, Rdio was only available in the US and my interaction with its streaming service was therefore limited. I had heard, however, that its user experience design (‘UX’) was great. I have now had a chance to try Rdio…

  marcabraham

  June 10, 2012

  Digital Content, Music, User Experience

  Music, Rdio, Spotify, streaming, UX

• Learning about streaming, Part 2: ubiquitous streaming from the cloud

  A few blog posts ago, I wrote about streaming and tried to clarify what this involves. One of the upcoming digital trends of 2011 is cloud-based streaming of music. Good examples of this new trend are Apple’s iCloud service and Amazon’s Cloud Drive, but also the likes of Spotify, Pandora and Google are now very active in…

  marcabraham

  March 22, 2012

  Cloud, Music, Online Trends

  Cloud, Music, streaming

• Facebook follows Turntable.fm with “Listen With”

  Keen to get a piece of the action that Turntable.fm has generated, Facebook has just launched its own “Listen With” feature. Like Turntable.fm, the main concept behind “Listen With” is simple: sharing music with your friends. These are the main things that this new Facebook feature will enable you to do: Listen to music with your friends – You…

  marcabraham

  January 21, 2012

  Music, Social Media

  Facebook, Music, Rdio, Spotify

• What’s happening with Spotify?

  It has been a big week for Spotify. At a special event last Wednesday the online music company announced its shift from being ‘just’ a provider of music online to a ‘music platform’ that ties in with third party applications. In short, this means that Spotify will turn its service into a platform for developers, who…

  marcabraham

  December 14, 2011

  Digital Content, Music

  7digital, Music, Spotify