With growth in music downloads flattening, and growth in streaming rising, music publishing is having to rethink the economics of digital distribution.
That will be putting more pressure on streaming as a revenue generator.
From The Verge:
Foursquare search gets specific
Interface design continues to get more natural.
I’m looking for that taco place Greg and I went to last year.
Foursquare just pushed out an update to their iOS and Android app that allows the user to get specific in a way that only Foursquare can provide.
I’m looking for a place I haven’t been to before, that serves sushi, that is open and has someone I know dining there.
Have you tried any creative uses for this search mechanism?
More from the Foursquare blog:
Super-specific searches to suit your every need — Foursquare does it better. | Foursquare Blog.
[LINK] Phone Firms Sell Data on Customers
Teens are sharing more, but privately
In a 2012 follow up to a 2006 survey, The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that:
- 91% of teens posted a photo of themselves online (up from 76%)
- 53% posted their email address on social media (up from 29%)
- 20% posted their phone number (up from 2%)
But that doesn’t mean the information is widely available.
- 60% of teen Facebook users had set their profiles to “private”, and 89% of them indicated that adjusting their profile privacy setting was (at worst) “not too difficult”.
More online:
Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
Twitter Cards helps brands with lead generation
In a blog post today, Twitter introduced the “Lead Generation Card” to allow users to easily share their email address with a brand, from within the Twitter ecosystem.
Twitter Advertising: Capture user interest with the Lead Generation Card.
Pandora Enables Automatic Sharing to Facebook
Pandora just got a bit a little more social with new Facebook Integration. Would your listening habits change, if you knew all your friends were watching?
From the web:
Pandora Enables Automatic Sharing To Music Section On Facebook’s Revamped Timeline – AllFacebook.
[LINK] New “Run Keeper” for 2013
Popular app “Run Keeper” released a new version with an improved UI and photo sharing.
I haven’t used this particular app (I’ve used Run Meter, Electric Miles, Livestrong, Nike), but I have heard so many good things about this one.
What apps are you using to stay active in 2013?
Smartphones overtake those other phones
Today Apple will announce the new iPhone.
Yesterday, Google announced over 500 Million Android devices had been activated.
As all this happens, the Pew Internet and American Life Project has come out with new numbers on Smartphone usage.
- 45% of American Adults own Smartphones
- 55% of mobile subscribers own Smartphones (For the first time… more of us are using smart phones than feature phones)
- Nearly 70% of those who make over $75,000 own Smartphones
In a similar report, Nielsen indcates that 74% of young adults (25-34) now own smartphones.
Here is the demographic breakdown from Pew Continue reading “Smartphones overtake those other phones”
American Made! (sort of?)
Google “Big Bang Theory”
Funny note on pop-culture from Neil deGrasse Tyson.
(On the other hand… what does it say about Dr. Tyson’s research that he was Googling “Big Bang Theory” )
(From Imgur)