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MySpace, Toyota launch “Rock the Space” for unsigned artists

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msr_marchMySpace, in partnership with MySpace Records and Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., announced the official launch of Rock the Space, an exclusive competition encouraging unsigned bands or solo artists to submit an original song for the opportunity to score a recording contract with MySpace Records, the company’s full-service independent label. Beginning today through July 1, 2009, aspiring artists across the country can enter to win the chance of a lifetime by visiting Toyota’s MySpace Music profile for submission details and contest rules.

To enter the Rock the Space competition artists must submit an original mp3 demo. All entrants will have the opportunity to create a viral music widget with an easy embed code to help them spread their music across MySpace and the web. In July, MySpace Records will select five finalists who will be featured prominently on the Toyota Music profile and the MySpace community will vote to select the winner. The five finalists will receive a media allocation to promote themselves with My Ads targeted advertising throughout MySpace.

The Rock the Space winner will be announced in September and will receive a recording contract as well as a $10,000 musical instrument prize package provided by Fender. The winner’s song will also be available for download on the MySpace Music Home Page. The four runners-up win a MySpace Records Development Deal friends package.

Originally posted on May 21, 2009 @ 10:24 am

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Intuit releases Quicken Online Mobile in Apple’s App Store

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Intuit’s Quicken Online Mobile application is now available on the Apple App Store. This free personal finance app for iPhone and iPod touch works directly with the free Quicken Online service which helps more than 1 million Americans automatically track their spending and helps them know where to save.

The Quicken Online Mobile application is available for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.quickenonline.com/iphone-store.

Originally posted on May 16, 2009 @ 9:43 pm

Zynga surpasses 10 million daily active users

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Social games developer Zynga is now seeing more than 10 million daily active users across its games. Since its launch, Facebook has become the top application developer and the top social games developer across all social networking platforms.

Last month, Zynga became the top application developer on Facebook according to AllFacebook and AppData. Zynga leads with 40,819,426 monthly active users on AllFacebook and 40,483,500 monthly active users on AppData. Zynga continues to experience substantial growth across many of its most popular games such as Texas Hold’Em Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille and Scramble, and is leading the social gaming space in DAUs.

Traction of Zynga’s games is also being more widely recognized by the industry. Mafia Wars, social gaming’s most popular crime-based game, was recently voted Best Game of the Year in the Webby People’s Voice Awards.

Originally posted on May 18, 2009 @ 8:03 am

Flock releases new features for Twitter and Facebook users

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Social web browser Flock has released Flock 2.5, giving users the fastest and easiest way to roam the web, keep in touch with the people and information they care about, and share their favorite content with friends.

Flock 2.5 makes both sharing and discovering content fast and easy. To share content, you simply drag and drop URLs, photos, videos, text or other content you find on the web to a friend’s Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or other profile in Flock’s People Sidebar, and it is instantly shared. Flock now also comes with Twitter Search that allows you to save all of your Twitter searches and keep them in one place, making the discovery of content automatic and straightforward.

Originally posted on May 19, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

Filed Under: Web

Napster unveils latest digital music service

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Napster has unveiled its latest music offering combining the freedom of MP3s with the discovery benefits of a high-quality streaming music service – all for one low price. For $5 per month, Napster users get five unrestricted MP3 downloads, and unlimited access to Napster’s on-demand music streaming service.

    Napster users can now:

  • Get five MP3s each month to download, with their choice of songs from the Napster MP3 library that covers all types of music from all the major labels and includes the largest catalog of independent artists available.
  • Purchase additional MP3s at any time from 69 cents to $1.29.
  • Listen to any track, as often as they like, in CD quality from Napster’s catalog of more than seven million songs.
  • Choose from more than 60 commercial-free radio stations and more than 1,400 expertly programmed playlists.
  • Discover new music and artists through personalized recommendation tools.
  • Enjoy the top hits from more than 50 years of Billboard charts. Want to know what was popular when you graduated high school? Now you can.
  • Play MP3s on any MP3 player, including iPod®, iPhone® and music-enabled MP3 mobile phones.

Originally posted on May 17, 2009 @ 10:27 pm