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With over 215,000 plays starting since 2008, I've always been a firm believer in Last.fm. If you're into getting social on the Internet, it's so much easier to link a friend to your Last.fm profile versus going on and on about your musical preferences. Last.fm allows your tastes to be an open book to anyone who might be curious, and I like that. Over the past few years, Last.fm has solidified itself as the best music scrobbling platform online.
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Online radio is picking up steam now that there’s a good bit of competition driving the technology. You might be familiar with services like Pandora and Spotify, but now that you can stream music on-the-go with your mobile device, it’s better than ever. Join me as I explore and compare the five best music streaming services available today.
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The discovery of password security breaches at three popular sites has yet again reminded the web that using the same password for every site isn't a good idea. Passwords have been stolen from millions of users of Last.FM, eHarmony and LinkedIn. Stolen LinkedIn and eHarmony password hashes were recently uncovered when a hacker asked for help cracking stolen passwords on a public web forum.
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The Windows Phone mobile platform is growing in popularity, thanks in part to Nokia’s success with the Lumia 800 device in Europe and a strong early-days footing provided by HTC, LG and Samsung. While there is a long way to go before the platform can challenge Android and iPhone, things are certainly looking up for Microsoft in this market, helped in no small part by various unique selling points.
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Has Spotify taken over your life and transformed your music listening habits for good? If you're totally addicted to Spotify, but have playlists across numerous other music services online, there's a fantastic little tool you should make use of right now called Playlistify.
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In 1981, MTV launched, with the first ever video broadcast. Now, 30 years on, we don't really need MTV any more. Why let someone else behind the scenes pick what music you should listen to (or watch, in this instance) when you can create your own personalised music channel using your existing playlists?
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Do you love music and festivals? Do you wish someone would let you know when your favourite bands will be playing at the same festival? Well, here's a little something that will do just that. The Last.fm festival application lets music festival lovers quickly see which nearby festivals are featuring their favourite artists.
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We’re somewhat spoilt for choice these days when it comes to music on the Internet. Piracy aside, it’s now easier than ever to discover, enjoy and share completely legal music over the phone line. There’s a few well-known services to choose from these days, although Grooveshark is a favourite of mine. Grooveshark provides truly mobile [...]
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Back when Songbird – a music player based on Mozilla’s code – initially launched, I was immediately intrigued by the idea. A completely customizable music player. The audio equivalent of Firefox. Sadly, the critiques were largely true. Songbird was riddled with bugs and sure didn’t mind crashing once in a while. Since then, Songbird has [...]
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In a recent poll on our Facebook fan page, we found out that Twitter still isn’t very popular among the general public. Although, I believe that I will get an earful from hardcore Twitterers begging to differ. The truth is, Twitter is popular but its popularity is confined to a particular niche. Nowadays, more and [...]
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“The Holidays are right around the corner!” Depending on where you live, what your background is, and what comprises your belief system, this can mean many things. Here in the U.S., where I live, we are about to embark on the “Holiday Season”. This time of year includes many holidays not only for folks in [...]
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Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is coming up. Then comes Christmas. Yes, it’s that time of year again: weekends are spent baking cookies, tempting Xmas treats, seasonal decorations in every store and cheesy songs on the radio. If you want to get into the mood with music you enjoy or accompany your Christmas celebrations with [...]
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Last week I was finally able to buy something I have always wanted – a Google Android mobile phone. For ages, it was either an Android or an iPhone and the Droid won when it came to price and flexibility (and me being a Google fanboy didn’t hurt either!). As soon as I took it home, [...]
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I have and always will be a fan of music on iTunes. There iTunes lovers and iTunes haters — my friends, I’m a lover. And with it, comes a passion to make the experience a more enjoyable one. I spend hours scouring the internet for small great apps to compliment my favorite music player. A [...]
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Even though the site has been around for quite some time (and we have done some articles on it), I have only recently begun to use Last.FM on a regular basis. In this job, I go through a lot of websites on a daily basis and so with me, if a website is not continually [...]
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