Category: Startups

• Rdio creates API and launches affiliate program

  It all seems to be happening in the world of online music services; in January I blogged about the linkup between music stream service Spotify and mobile music discovery service Shazam and last week I learned about on-demand social music service Rdio opening its API to developers and starting an affiliate program. Rdio is the…

  marcabraham

  March 14, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Music, Startups

  API, Music, Rdio, Shazam, Spotify

• Setting the record straight through ICorrect

  “Setting the record straight” is what ICorrect.com promises to do. This site was officially launched earlier this week to give people and organisations a chance to correct any information about themselves that they believe to be untrue. Sir David Tang, the founder of ICorrect, believes that 99% of what’s written on the Internet is based on…

  marcabraham

  March 12, 2011

  Online Trends, Social Media, Startups

  ICorrect, Online, socialmedia

• Amazon and its quest into the online video market

  Earlier this month Amazon, the world largest online retailer, acquired Lovefilm which specialises in online DVD rental, either via post or through streaming films online. Even though Amazon already owned a minority stake, this still is the kind of acquisition that grasps my imagination. It makes me wonder about things like ‘strategic motive’ and next steps.…

  marcabraham

  February 1, 2011

  Startups

  Amazon, Netflix, strategy

• Spotify and Shazam hook up: logical like ABC

  What do you get when you combine a highly successful mobile music discovery service (Shazam) with an equally acclaimed music stream service (Spotify)? A “Play in Spotify” feature in Shazam that links directly to Spotify. How does it work? Use Shazam to discover music – With a Shazam app on your Android, Blackberry or iPhone…

  marcabraham

  January 24, 2011

  Music, Startups

  Music, Shazam, socialmedia, Spotify

• Quora: making Q&A incredibly popular

  Today I learned about Quora. Quora is an online Q&A service which launched publicly in June 2010, and provides a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited and organised by its (expert) users. I had heard lots of people raving about it, so I just wanted to see for myself whether it was…

  marcabraham

  January 10, 2011

  Social Media, Startups

  Facebook, Online, Quora, socialmedia, Yahoo