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Shazam will let you see all the embarrassing songs your favorite musicians are Shazaming

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by on June 29, 2015 at 11:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Ahead of Apple Music’s official launch tomorrow, Shazam announced that it is rolling out a new feature that lets fans see what their favorite musicians are Shazaming. It’s akin to seeing their Google search histories, but for music. Can you imagine catching Taylor Swift Shazaming a John Mayer song? The possibilities. In the previous version of Shazam, artist profile pages only highlighted their top tracks and videos. Now, you can see a stream of recently Shazamed songs, as well as their profile follower count. Artists can also share the music they listen to straight to their fans’ home feeds – Facebook status style. The…

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Everything you need to know for tomorrow’s Apple Music launch

Jun29
by on June 29, 2015 at 11:04 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Apple is launching a new streaming music service tomorrow that will compete with some of your favorite online subscription services. Are you game? Here’s what you need to know before you jump in. Look forward to a new Music app for iPhone and iPad, a new version of iTunes for Mac and Windows plus three new services: Apple Music streaming, Beats 1 radio and the Connect social network. Apple Music will launch as part of iOS 8.4 at 8 am Pacific time; Beats 1 radio launches one hour later. The decision to try out the new service is a no-brainer. It’s free for three…

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Google Hangouts for iOS update brings new UI and photo attachment features

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by on June 29, 2015 at 10:26 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Google Hangouts for iOS has been updated to include a new design and better support for adding stickers, emoji and pictures. There’s also a new dialer interface, should you want to make a phone call via Hangouts. A new quick compose button makes fast work of finding contacts you chat with most often. Users can also access images, stickers and emoji much easier with the new attachment buttons. Sharing multiple photos at once is also finally possible in Hangouts 4.0. The update also has various bug fixes and performance improvements. Google says an Android update is coming soon. ➤ Hangouts [iOS]…

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Microsoft is reportedly handing over its ad business (and 1,200 jobs) to AOL

Jun29
by on June 29, 2015 at 9:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft is looking to exit the Web advertising business according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, a move that would cost 1,200 jobs. The advertising assets and operations would be sold to AOL. All of Microsoft’s 1,200 advertising employees will receive offer letters to join AOL as well. As part of the deal, AOL will use Bing instead of Google to power its search results and search advertising throughout its properties for the next 10 years. The AOL deal covers nine markers including the US and UK, while AppNexus will become Microsoft’s ad partner in 10 others, including…

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3 SEO tips to boost mobile app downloads

Jun29
by on June 29, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile, mobile seo, seo

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When talking about search optimization for mobile apps, the first thing that comes up is App Store Optimization or ASO. But did you know that you can also use Search Engine Optimization or SEO to boost downloads of your mobile app? Mobile app profile pages don’t show up in search engine listings the way Web pages do. So what can you do that gets your mobile app showing up in search engine listings? Build a landing page or a microsite to start with. Having a presence on the Web is the starting point in leveraging the traffic flowing to your…

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