Mobile music sales to reach $5.5bn by 2015
Music consumed on mobile handsets will generate $5.5 billion annually in 2015, a rise of $3.1 billion from 2010, but piracy will still hamper its growth, according to a new report.
music
Spotify valued at $1bn after investment from Russian Facebook backer
Spotify has raised $100m (£61.7m) in a new investment round that values the music streaming service at $1bn.
Best Buy puts your music collection in the cloud with ‘My Music Anywhere’ service
Best Buy Europe is launching its ‘My Music Anywhere’ service, making it available to customers of The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy UK.
Social media predictions: Facebook and YouTube win, Twitter and ‘real life’ fail
Facebook’s meteoric rise is set to continue unabated, while Twitter and ‘real life’ social activities will see a marked decline in the near future, concludes a report out this week.
Microsoft revamps Windows Phone 7 ahead of Nokia partnership
This week, in Steve Ballmer’s keynote address at Mobile World Congress 2011, Microsoft announced a variety of new features coming to its Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system.
UK survey: Over 35s prefer email ads, while under 35s prefer web ads
The under 35 age groups find internet advertising more acceptable than Email marketing but the opposite is true for the over 35s, according to the The British Population Survey.
98% of music singles tracks now bought online
Almost all single music tracks are now purchased digitally instead of in physical formats in the UK, with the total of singles sold increasing since 2007, according to new research from the Office of National Statistics.
Orange takes on YouTube? Telco buys 49% stake in Dailymotion
French telecommunications provider Orange is in talks with video hosting site Dailymotion to buy a 49% interest for EU58.8m (£50.8m).
Black Eyed Peas create augmented reality music video with ‘Will.i.apps’
Music act The Black Eyed Peas have launched BEP360, an iPad, iPhone and iPod touch app that features ‘the world`s first 360-degree view music video’.
BBC to cut 360 online jobs as web budget slashed by 25%
The BBC is to cut about 200 websites in a cost-cutting drive, resulting in the loss of up to 360 jobs at the broadcaster over the next two years.