Category: Startups

• Will Bardowl become the Spotify for audiobooks?

  I recently came across Bardowl, a British startup that is looking to become the ‘Spotify for audiobooks’. Bardowl provides a streaming service for audiobooks, currently only available as an iPhone app. This new service is looking to upset established audiobook download business Audible (owned by Amazon). How is Bardowl looking to do this? Streaming – Bardowl streams audiobooks directly…

  marcabraham

  August 14, 2012

  Digital Publishing, Startups

  Amazon, book, ebooks, startup, streaming

• WillCall – Pushing event info to you

  Impressed as I was by the success of online ticket seller Eventbrite, a recent announcement by WillCall then triggered my interest. WillCall is a San Francisco based-startup which started off by sending users in the San Francisco area a push notification about discounted tickets or VIP packages a few hours before a concert was due to start.…

  marcabraham

  August 3, 2012

  Music, Startups

  events, Music, startup

• 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

• zeebox – the value is in sharing and discovery

  Like music, TV is another traditional medium that has gone social. Forget about ‘just’ watching a show on TV’ that is only half the fun nowadays. Watching something on telly is one thing, but the conversation around it on  social media such as Twitter and Facebook is pushing the way in which we consume TV…

  marcabraham

  June 6, 2012

  Digital Content, Social Media, Startups

  content, cross-platform, discovery, Rdio, socialmedia, Spotify, startup, TV

• Being able to say “sorry” – a great example by Balsamiq

  I guess people’s (in) ability to say “sorry” is not unique to the digital landscape. However, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to see that the web and social media have made mistakes and public relations disasters a lot more public and transparent. I am always particularly interested in one’s ability to hold…

  marcabraham

  April 26, 2012

  Online Trends, Startups, User Experience

  Balsamiq, startup, UX