December 2009
3 posts
M.I.T., Google, And Umberto Eco Want To Erect a... →
What is it with architects that they feel the need to glom onto the latest buzzwords to justify their projects? A group from M.I.T.’s Senseable City Lab is looking for funding for an…
Another Google Wave Use: Manhunt →
Apparently, like everyone else, the Seattle Times is very interested in trying to figure out what to actually use Google Wave for. But while most are trying to use it for either fun,…
MOG Launches All Access, Sets New Standard For... →
MOG’s much anticipated All Access music service launches today for anyone to come and give it a try. I’ve been using the service for the last few weeks and, despite my initial skepticism over…
November 2009
7 posts
HOW TO: Make Social Media Work for Non-Consumer... →
Mark Wallace is the Vice President of Social Media at EDR & commonground, a community for environmental and commercial real estate pros. You can follow him on Twitter at …
Facebook Marketing: IKEA’s Genius Use of Photo... →
We talk a lot about how big brands are embracing social media as a mechanism to connect directly with customers. Still, it’s much easier to talk about integrating social media into your…
Why Google Wave Sucks, And Why You Will Use It... →
This guest post was written by Martin Seibert, a German Internet media consultant.
Google Wave is a hot topic at the moment. The ambitious group collaboration and micro-messaging…
The Cheek App To Share!
Trash or Treasure? The New York Times Tries... →
Last week the New York Times published a story by freelance journalist Lindsey Hoshaw on a plastic garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean that’s twice the size of Texas. The piece,…
Free Music Monday: Covers, Remixes, and Mashups... →
Welcome, music fans! Today marks another installment of Free Music Monday for your listening pleasure. We’re celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter with 10 tracks,…
Apple to Launch iTunes Powered TV Subscription... →
More and more content is available online for free — legally — than ever before. However, as a result, some customers are moving from the cable box to the computer screen, and dropping…
October 2009
7 posts
Bad Lieutenant to support Pet Shop Boys →
Bad Lieutenant will be supporting Pet Shop Boys on their November dates, following a successful clutch of dates in the UK and forthconing tour of the U.S, including Pixies dates. Click above for full details.
Apple Tablet “Impending” … And It Might Have... →
Yes, it’s more Apple Tablet rumors, but this time the rumor comes from an unlikely source: New York Times’ executive editor Bill Keller. Gawker found an interesting detail in a…
Google Social Search Goes Live →
Last week launched the social revolution for search. Microsoft’s Bing fired the first shot by announcing search deals with Twitter and Facebook and, at the Web 2.0 Summit, launching its…
Facebook Pulls Groups Into The Stream →
Facebook is giving groups a little more prominence by testing ways to bring in messages from groups into the main stream on your News Feed. Up until now, group activity has remained segregated…
The Cheek Mixtape
The Cheek have made a mixtape. You can listen, or download, below.
Full tracklisting at http://thecheek.tumblr.com
October Mixtape by thecheek
The Cheek - "Hung Up"
There’s a new video for The Cheek’s forthcoming single, “Hung Up”. It’s released on the 9th November, and the band are also on tour. For more info check their site, http://thecheek.tumblr.com
The Cheek - Hung Up from The Cheek on Vimeo.
WatchTV advertisement for 12” Dance: The Definitive Collection.
September 2009
15 posts
Google Wave Starts Rolling, Picks Up Over 100,000... →
When Google Wave was unveiled at Google I/O back in May, we noted that it was one of the most ambitious projects we’ve ever seen. Started as a side project in Google’s Sydney, Australia…
12" Dance
Rhino UK are releasing an amazing compilation called 12” Dance. Unsurprisingly, it features some seminal tunes to have been released on 12”, including some rare gems such as the Patrick Cowley mix of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”, the Special Disco Mix of Blondie’s “Rapture” and the Coldcut mix of Eric B and Rakim’s “Paid In Full”.
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Filthy Dukes: Single Out Now →
“Tupac Robot Club Rock” is out this week, featuring the incredible Wiley version plus a remix from Drums Of Death. Link to 7 Digital (where the track’s available for 50p) is above.
Direct To Fan: Offer, Focus & Aquisition →
This guest post by Mike King first appeared his Music Business And Trend Mongering blog. In addition to being champion of artists and a really smart guy, Mike is a music business…
Music Still Dominates YouTube →
(Updated) Stats provided by TubeMogul show the continued dominance of music, particularly music from major labels, on YouTube. This chart of videos that landed in YouTubes’ Top 25 give…
Direct To Fan: Offer, Focus & Aquisition →
This guest post by Mike King first appeared his Music Business And Trend Mongering blog. In addition to being champion of artists and a really smart guy, Mike is a music business…
Music Still Dominates YouTube →
(Updated) Stats provided by TubeMogul show the continued dominance of music, particularly music from major labels, on YouTube. This chart of videos that landed in YouTubes’ Top 25…
Is Facebook Like Google, or More Like Yahoo? →
Here’s a very familiar story that we all know: A pair of college kids launch a directory of the Internet that grows to become the most visited site on the web and makes them very rich….
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British Council Celebrates 75 years with "Resound"...
Matthew Herbert, a unique figure in modern music, will headline a major concert at the Barbican Centre in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the British Council on Monday 26 October 2009.
The first half of the evening will feature three exciting international encounters especially created for this event:
Guillemots vs Penguins – avant-indie band Guillemots working with ArthurJeffes of...
More Music Industry News 9.07.09 - Spotify, UK P2P... →
It’s a lighter news day today because of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. But things are still happening and here are the highlights:
The big news is the Spotify iPhone, iTouch and…
New Filthy Dukes Tour Dates + Single Details →
Filthy Dukes tour in November, and re-release “Tupac Robot Club Rock”, including a special Wiley version. You can access all the details from the link above.
HMV buy 50% of 7 Digital
An interesting development, which will allow the high street chain to expand into downloads properly, an area where they have had little success of penetration.
Very interesting to see that they see 7Digital as being jkey to helping their Waterstones division develop into the digital book arena, which surely is the next major area for digital revolution.
See our previous post about HMV for our...
Filthy Dukes: Fabric Live Tracklisting →
Click above to the band’s blog for more information. The album is out on the 12th September. In other news, their single “Tupac Robot Club Rock” has been added to the Radio 1 playlist, which is amazing news.
Bad Lieutenant: Free Download →
Bad Lieutenant’s free download of their single “Sink Or Swim” is now live. Visit the website get hold of an MP3.
August 2009
31 posts
5 Social Media Lessons Learned From Whole Foods →
Soren Gordhamer is the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Secrets for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009). His homepage is www.sorengordhamer.com. You can follow…
New Sony Reader is Like a Digital Library On... →
Following the launch of two new e-ink based digital book readers earlier this month, Sony today announced a new eBook reader with a wireless connection – something that’s been…
Hit Machine: A Free Online Alternative to Rock... →
OMGPOP, a social gaming site, has just released their online answer to Rock Band — Hit Machine. The new game is similar in nature to JamLegend, and promises a full-fledged,…
Is It Time for Twitter to Sell? →
Twitter is one of the hottest companies around, so it’s no wonder that it’s been the target of numerous acquisition rumors. Most recently, the company’s co-founder Biz Stone refuted reports…
STATS: Social Media Resistance Is Fading Fast →
Recently, we highlighted a study that showed two-thirds of marketers now use social media in some capacity. Today, more data confirming this trend, but also pointing to what looks…
Google Now Offers Over a Million Free Ebooks in... →
Have you noticed that Sony has launched its best ebook reader a couple of days ago, with an AT&T 3G modem for fast wireless connection? Not by accident, Google now announced they’re…
The 10 Essential Social Media Stories This Week →
From blogger unmaskings to social media bans, it’s been an interesting week in the social realm.
We also brought you a wealth of resources to help you do more online, from spicing up…
Trend Topics Signal Twitter’s Turn Towards... →
Most general purpose online services start as tech biased. After all, early adopters on the internet are the tech-savvy crowd, so sites such as Digg or Twitter inevitably start out…
Congressmen Asked Apple About iPhone Exclusivity... →
A few days ago, we received a unique invite to meet with the Congressional House Republican New Media Caucus at a Silicon Valley round table “to promote dialog between California’s Silicon…
Ultimate iPhone App Organizer Hits The Web →
Have you ever wanted to rearrange your applications on your iPhone, but ended up messing up pages of apps? Well, now there is a solution for that, and it’s called Movement. Movement…
Your Guide To Music On The Web - Part #1 →
I’m a Web fanatic, I admit. But you probably already knew that… My work environment has been completely web based for years now. The same applies to my music. Like many people, I used to download…
HMV: A CASE STUDY →
DARLING SOCIAL SERVICES took part in this recent article by Marketing magazine on HMV’s recent transformation in fortunes.
BAD LIEUTENANT: FREE DOWNLOAD →
Bad Lieutenant, the new project from New Order’s Bernard Sumner plus Phil Cunningham and Jake Evans, have previewed the first single from the band’s debut album on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/badlieutenantmusic
The single, released in full on 28th September, will be released on Monday 28th September. An MP3 of the track will be available for free to all members of the mailing...
R & S Records "In Order To Edit" Competition
D.S.S are enjoying working with legendary Belgian records label R&S, who relaunched last year. The label enjoyed a reputation as cutting-edge techno pioneers in the 90’s, and have released in the relainch period some great new singles inlcuidng the debut single from Delphic.
R&S are currently promoting their “In Order To Edit” album, a compilation of some classic...
Radiohead's Thom Yorke Dishes on CD Hatred and the...
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Thom Yorke isn’t the kind of guy you’d accuse of having the gift of the gab, so I don’t get my hopes up too far when a new interview with the Radiohead singer hits the web. Today, however, we’ve got a Q&A that—thanks to Yorke’s jet lag—will be fuelling the blogs and news beast clear through the weekend.
“I’m happy to see the CD format disappear. But what about laser discs?”...
Twitter and Facebook DDoS Attacks Targeted One Man →
Did Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, YouTube, Google Sites and Google’s Blogger all get attacked yesterday to silence one man? According to the testimony of a Facebook executive, they…
Twitter Zombies: 24% of Tweets Created by Bots →
24% of Tweets are created by automated bots, not humans, according to a recent study. Meanwhile, it was found that 5% of Twitter accounts generate 75% of Tweets.
The “Inside Twitter”…
Facebook Down. Twitter Down. Social Media... →
Twitter down today? Yup, so of course the social media addicts head on over to Facebook, which is experiencing outages of its own, although fortunately less frequent ones. Mashable…