Music

Music Social Network Whyd to revamp user profile pages to put the emphasis on you & your music

May 24, 2013 by LiamBoogar

One of Paris’ most ambitious startups, Whyd, a social network for music lovers and influencers, is planning to put out an updated profile interface, sources say. They will reportedly be integrating other social network profiles, more prominent visibility for playlists, and a very visually appealing cover photo à la Google+. The new...

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How & Why Box acquired Martin Destagnol’s Folders pre-launch and What is coming next

May 23, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Allow me to introduce you the French startup Reedian, run by and owned solely by Martin Destagnol, founder and former CEO of Plyce. Reedian is a software company which has one flagship app, Folders. The unlaunched product calls itself “the most elegant client for your cloud storage,” which included a...

[Mobile][Music]

eDJing launches Soundcloud integration to let DJS mix Soundcloud from their iPhones

Apr 29, 2013 by LiamBoogar

edjing, the mobile app which allows you to mix music on iPad and iPhone, has announced that it has integrated with Soundcloud, allowing all users to access SoundCloud’s catalog of music to play and mix. The service previously allowed users to connect to their Deezer Premium account ( a free...

[Hardware][Music]

Fashionable and powerful, Aedle’s headphones are finally available (again) for pre-order

Apr 11, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Hardware startup Aedle has re-opened up its pre-orders after selling out the first batch of pre-orders months in advance. The titanium and lamb-skin headphones spare no expense in both fashion and technology. They come with a detachable 3.5mm cord, a travel pouch, and are available in both classic (seen above)...

[Mobile][Music][Social][Uncategorized]

Deezer may be avoiding the US market, but Spotify is starving French users

Mar 20, 2013 by LiamBoogar

The war between Deezer and Spotify has begun, and it seems there’s no country that’s safe. Spotify announced earlier this week that they would be removing the five-play cap per song for free users in the UK; however, it was Numerama that figured out that, with Spain, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands...

[eCommerce][Music][TravelTech]

Festicket raises a $680K Seed Round to sell package deals for music festivals in Europe

Mar 11, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Festicket announced today that they have raised a $680,000 seed-funding round in order to expand out their festival package deal site, which allows users to purchase ticket, accommodation, transport & extras all in one click. Reported originally by Steve O’hear of TechCrunch, Festicket launched in 2012, by Zack Sabban and Nathan...

[AdTech][Music]

eBuzzing-owned Beezik to shut down – employees to join eBuzzing team

Mar 8, 2013 by Trista Bridges

After having launched 2009 and grown to over 3 million subscribers last year, the music download service Beezik will be ceasing its operations. The owners of the Beezik platform, BeeAd, decided to voluntarily shut down Beezik principally because their model, which was based on advertising supported downloads, was deemed not...

[Music]

Deezer shakes it up with their version of The Harlem Shake

Feb 15, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Yesterday the team over at the Deezer Paris Headquarters posted a video of them “doing the Harlem Shake.” The video, which is based off of this original video, which was uploaded at the beginning of the month and has since gone viral, accumulating over 7M views. While Deezer’s version may...

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