Category: Music

• 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

• Facebook’s new music platform – what will happen tomorrow?

  Interesting times for online music. A few months ago I wrote about the likes of Rdio and 7digital, where I work, stepping in to offer serious competition to iTunes. A few months later, in July, Spotify launched in the US and the picture of online music looked complete. It now turns out that this observation was way […]

  marcabraham

  September 21, 2011

  Digital Content, Digital Strategy, Music, Social Media, Startups

  Facebook, Music, socialmedia, Spotify

• You don’t have to go out to enjoy a social DJ

  A few weeks ago I learned about Turntable.fm a great new service which combines social media principles with music. The idea behind this new site is simple: ‘social listening’, with users having shared experiences around music. Turntable.fm has only been around for a month or so but has already picked up over 140,000 users which is […]

  marcabraham

  July 17, 2011

  Music, Social Media, Startups

  Mixcloud, Music, Rdio, Shazam, socialmedia