During their event today in San Francisco, Apple announced iTunes 10, the latest version of their music software. But they also introduced a big new feature in the app — Ping: a social network for music. It’s like “Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes,” Jobs says. “But it’s not Facebook, it’s not Twitter,” Jobs is quick [...]
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Apple’s Ping Music Social Network Starts With 160 Million Users
Posted by @brunotm on September 1st, 2010
iTunes 10 Features New Logo And Social Media Sharing Service, Ping
Posted by @brunotm on September 1st, 2010
Like Siamese twins, the iPod and iTunes go hand-in-hand. This week’s iPod update, then brought a whole new version of iTunes, v10, with a new logo and a few new features. The new icon abandons the old CD imagery and replaces it with a bulbous double-clef note in a blue circle. The features include music [...]
Live Nation To Power Concert Listings, Ticket Sales In iTunes 10
Posted by @brunotm on September 1st, 2010
In case you were wondering: Live Nation and sister company Ticketmaster have jointly announced that they’ll be the ones powering the concert listings feature on iTunes 10. In addition, the company said it will deliver a “way for millions of iTunes users to purchase concert tickets at Livenation.com and Ticketmaster.com“. Correct me if I’m wrong, [...]
Natura Nos Festival with Jamiroquai, Snow Patrol and many others
Posted by admin on August 5th, 2010
Jamiroquai, Snow Patrol, Air and Móveis Coloniais de Acaju
Posted in Featured, Music, Touring 
Tags: Festival, Mondo, Mondo Entretenimento, Natura, Natura Nos 
No Comments »SWU – Cypress Hill can play in same day of RATM (plus: Deftones out)
Posted by @brunotm on August 4th, 2010
It’s not been confirmed by the organization of the festival (and i doubt they will do soon) but this information came from a person close to the record label of one of the most successful rap groups in music history: CYPRESS HILL. They just release the new album called “Rise Up” (EMI) early this year [...]
Bloggers ordered to remove Radiohead material
Posted by @brunotm on August 4th, 2010
Music bloggers posting parts of Radiohead’s In Rainbows album have reportedly received letters from recording industry groups, ordering them to take down the files. Although Radiohead once offered fans the chance to pay nothing for their 2007 album, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) are now [...]
Rock in Rio Festival is headed home
Posted by @brunotm on July 20th, 2010
Rock in Rio’s press office reported yesterday (07/19) that the event is scheduled to return home to Rio de Janeiro in September of 2011. The most recent edition of the event in Rio was held in 2001, when the lineup included the likes of R.E.M, Foo Fighters, Guns N ‘Roses, Neil Young, Oasis and The [...]
E-mail Marketing Service Grades Fans
Posted by @brunotm on July 20th, 2010
Email service company FanBridge has added a new service called FanRank, which automatically tracks a sender’s interactions with fans and grades them as Super Fans (highly engaged, open many emails), Casual Fans (moderately engaged), At-Risk Fans (fans becoming less engaged). The ability to separate an email list into buckets of fans has long been an [...]
Fugazi to release hundreds of live shows online
Posted by @brunotm on July 20th, 2010
Fugazi have revealed plans to put hundreds of their concerts online, helping thousands of fans to recall their favourite mosh-pit bruises. The legendary 1990s punk band will launch an internet archive featuring “almost every show” they ever played. “We are not that far away from being able to set up our own website where ultimately [...]
