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Guest Post: Apple’s iTunes turns 10 years old
by John Oswald, business design lead, with Fjord
Apple reached a milestone on Sunday [April 28th 2013] with its iTunes online service turning ten years old. Today it is so easy to forget how ‘revolutionary’ this fore-runner of the modern app store actually was. iTunes legitimised digital music in an era where MP3s were synonymous with piracy. Continue reading
USA poised to overtake South Korea in mobile streamed music
Rating: Juniper Research says impending iRadio launch will drive growth
The most significant growth in mobile music streaming has come in the USA, which is poised to overtake South Korea this year as the leading market for mobile streamed music services. That’s according to a recent report from Juniper Research, ‘ Mobile Music: Market Prospects 2013-2017‘. That trend is likely to accelerate as Apple is poised to launch its iRadio services. OTT [Over-The-Top] players like Apple are also set to challenge existing service leaders – such as Pandora and Spotify, for supremacy in the streamed music space. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Mobile Stats, Music
Tagged Dr Windsor Holden, Juniper Research, pandora, simfy, south korea, spotify, streamed music
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Guest Post: Trends in m-commerce from MWC 2013
by Mark Haviland, md with Rakuten LinkShare UK
Mobile World Congress Barcelona has morphed from a telecoms sector-specific trade show in years past to an industry event that has implications for everything digital. From retail, music and entertainment to gaming and social networking, smartphones and tablets are ubiquitous and many are waiting to hear how the latest apps, handsets and periphery technology will improve their everyday lives. The retail sector in particular has benefited from advancements in the mobile technology, and here are my three trends in the mobile shopping space which should cause a stir in 2013. Continue reading
Posted in MWC, augmented reality, m-commerce, mobile location, retail
Tagged augmented reality, Aurasma, blippar, Motilo, spotify
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Kopparberg Cider announce ground-breaking music alliance between Spotify & Last.fm Kopparberg Cider announce ground-breaking music alliance between Spotify & Last.fm
Press release
May 15th 2012. Kopparberg, the premium cider from Sweden, will tomorrow launch a unique music app; the Kopparberg Festival Player. Employing the expert talents of Spotify and Last.fm, this is the first time these two music services have worked together on a brand-led project. Continue reading
Spotify hooks up with Virgin Media
Rating: Will it increase subscribers as result?
How bizarre. Despite being a customer of both Virgin Media and Spotify, this GoMo News hack only learnt today [July 6th 2011] that there are very definite plans for a link-up between the two. According to a report in the UK’s FT here, Spotify and Virgin Media have struck a deal that should help the music streaming service boost its numbers. Virgin Media has an estimated 4 million customers in the UK. If the deal goes through then customers will be offered access Spotify’s catalogue of 13 million songs through their TV set-top box. Customers should also be able to get Spotify services on their netbook or mobile phone. Continue reading
HuffPost UK advertises for bloggers
Rating: Comes with choice of 3 mobile apps
The Huffington Post UK officially launches today [July 6th 2011] and one of its first acts has been to advertise for bloggers. GoMo News spotted an advert for the news site on the back page of a free newspaper – the Stylist – in London, yesterday. Next to the headline, ‘Blog all about it’, the advert explained, “We’re looking for your contribution. Make your opinion count.” Don’t hurry, though, because the option to ‘Send us a blog-pitch’ is bugged. At least it does say the software is still in beta. Never mind because the news site does at least have almost a full compliment of mobile apps (where’s the Ovi one?). It’s hard to tell whether they point at the UK or US site at present. Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, Mobile applications, android, iOS, mobile news
Tagged Andrew Fisher, android, Daneil Ek, huffington post, iOS, RIM, Shazam, spotify, UK
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Freemium players can do a Spotify says Analysys Mason
LONDON, UK, 28 March 2011 – Global telecoms, media and technology (TMT) adviser Analysys Mason (www.analysysmason.com) estimates that Spotify will report revenue of about EUR59 million (USD78 million) for 2010 – almost five times its 2009 revenue. The European online music streaming service provider, which is soon to launch in the USA, announced the sign-up [...]
Mobile marketing and advertising top news: text, food and freemium
Welcome to the round-up of the top mobile advertising and marketing news stories from GoMo News! We’ve got moves in text-to-screen advertising, mobile site building, food ordering and more… Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Marketing, mobile news
Tagged advertising, ivision, marketing, mobile, mobile advertising, Mobile Marketing, olo online ordering, spotify, wapego
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Mobile music: Spotify announces 1 million simultaneous subscribers
For an app that was once trapped by Apple in “development hell“, Spotify has done bloody well for itself. It took an FCC investigation to get the music streaming app green lit by Apple – and now it has announced it’s one millionth subscriber. And the company has confirmed that it doesn’t mean “one million subscriptions sold since launch” – that would be a misleading number that counts people who have since cancelled their service. No, no, Spotify means that it has over 1,000,000 paying subscribers on the service right now. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Mobile applications, mobile news
Tagged mobile, mobile app, mobile application, Mobile Music, spotify
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Two mobile giants combine for music mega app: Shazam and Spotify
The world of mobile music has gotten somewhat brighter, with the announcement that two of the most exciting services in the industry are joining forces. Music discovery service Shazam and music streaming service Spotify are integrating their services. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Mobile applications, Music, mobile news
Tagged android, iphone, mobile, Mobile Music, Music, Shazam, spotify
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Sony’s Qriocity music may run on Android
Rating: Foolishly adopts a monthly subscription model
Sony appears to have launched its new ‘cloud based’ music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity, initially only in the UK and Ireland. The service, which is powered by Omnifone, offers six million songs at launch from four big labels: -Universal, Sony Music, Warner and EMI. There are actually five big labels and by comparison Apple’s iTunes has 14 million tracks. Initial reports say that the service will run on Android devices such as smartphones. However, there’s no mention of such things currently on the official Qriocity site here. So this must be down to speculation that it will run on the fabled Sony Ericsson Z1 PSP phone. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Sony, android, iphone
Tagged Crazy Frog, itunes, Music Unlimited, Pocket-lint, PSP, Qriocity, Sony, sony, spotify, Z1
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Mobile music gets rooted in your home: Spotify teams with Sonos
Mobile music app Spotify has had an interesting history. The music streaming service went from being trapped in “development hell” in the Apple store, to being one of the most popular music apps available. And now it has teamed up with wireless music system maker Sonos to bring that music into every room in your house. Continue reading
Mobile music says HELLO USA! Spotify buys server space in America and confirms launch plans
It’s a great feeling when a big band finally comes to your town – and American mobile music enthusiasts should be getting that same buzz from Spotify. The awesome streaming music service is finally launching in the states, after gaining millions of users in Europe. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Content, Mobile Music, Mobile applications, Music, mobile news
Tagged App, application, content, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, Mobile Content, mobile device, Mobile Music, mobile phone, Music, smartphone, spotify
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Good & Bad news for Android lovers
Rating: Nexus One sales poor while 3 promises six handsets
Android lovers have just been hit with both Good news and Bad news. The Good news is that UK operator, 3, is rumoured to be readying no fewer that six Android based handset while the Bad news is that Flurry has revealed that sales of the Nexus One have continued to be pathetic. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, android, at&t, google, mobile news
Tagged 3 UK, android, AT &T, David Kerrigan, flurry, google, iphone, nexus one, rogers wireless, spotify
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