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How YouTube killed an extension with 300,000 users

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Streamus, the Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a serious music service, has been neutered by Google after a long battle between the company and the developer of the add-on. The tiny extension made YouTube into a viable music service by offering a button in your browser for quickly building a queue of songs and playing them in the background. I wrote earlier this year that Streamus “feels like something that Google itself should have built, but it’s actually built by someone who quit their job to work on the extension full-time.” Even months after YouTube launched its paid music streaming service…

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How YouTube killed an extension with 300,000 users

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

youtubegif
Streamus, the Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a serious music service, has been neutered by Google after a long battle between the company and the developer of the add-on. The tiny extension made YouTube into a viable music service by offering a button in your browser for quickly building a queue of songs and playing them in the background. I wrote earlier this year that Streamus “feels like something that Google itself should have built, but it’s actually built by someone who quit their job to work on the extension full-time.” Even months after YouTube launched its paid music streaming service…

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It’s not just you: Apple Music, Beats 1 and iTunes are down for many users

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 2:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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If you’ve been having trouble accessing iTunes and the App Store or listening to Beats 1 today, know that at least you’re not alone. Both services appear to be down at the moment – or at least loading very slowly. The outage happens as Apple and MTV partnered to announce nominations for the Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Beats 1. Is Apple Music down for anyone else? @Beats1 — Andy Odom (@AndyOdom7) July 21, 2015 oh cool, now the entire apple music is down 🙁 @Beats1 — Alejandro Martinez (@alexito4) July 21, 2015 Is the iTunes store down for anyone…

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Marketing guru Ryan Holiday answers your growth hacking questions

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, tnw academy

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Recently, we organized an “Ask Me Anything” session at the TNW Academy with one of our teachers, Ryan Holiday, best-selling author of the books Growth Hacker Marketing and Trust Me I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator. He was also the former Director of Marketing at American Apparel and started his career as an assistant to Tucker Max before going on to work for people such as Dov Charney and Tim Ferriss. We gave you the chance to put your burning questions to Holiday, and below, we’ve got the most interesting answers, just in case you missed the session. After you sort…

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Square’s Dashboard iOS app supercharges your business analytics

Jul21
by on July 21, 2015 at 1:36 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Square wants to help business owners keep better track of their sales wherever they may be, so today the company is introducing the Square Dashboard app for the iPhone. The app provides real-time analytics on the performance of all your business locations, so you can make “in the moment” decisions about how to handle your business – that might mean staying open an extra hour, promoting an underselling item, or letting employees go home early on a quiet day. Besides real-time analytics, you can check daily performance summaries and comparisons to your business’ sales the previous. It’ll also provide insight…

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