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Pandora AMPs up the music with new data and insights platform for artists

Oct22
by on October 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Earlier this week we reported how Pandora wants to reward listeners with ad-free music for engaging with brands. Today, Pandora has announced it’s giving artists new tools to monitor and analyze fan-engagement on the internet radio streaming service. With AMP (artist marketing platform), Pandora says it’s looking to ‘eliminate the guesswork’ by letting artists know which songs are performing well (e.g. track-spin counts and which are garnering the most ‘thumbs-up’). This could be used to help inform future singles or which tracks to perform live. Pandora’s AMP AMP will also tell artists where most of its loving is coming from…

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Pandora AMPs up the music with new data and insights platform for artists

Oct22
by on October 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Earlier this week we reported how Pandora wants to reward listeners with ad-free music for engaging with brands. Today, Pandora has announced it’s giving artists new tools to monitor and analyze fan-engagement on the internet radio streaming service. With AMP (artist marketing platform), Pandora says it’s looking to ‘eliminate the guesswork’ by letting artists know which  songs are performing well (e.g. which are being given a ‘thumbs-up’), which could be used to help inform future singles or which tracks to perform live. Pandora’s AMP AMP will also tell artists where most of its loving is coming from – for example,…

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Announcing: The Next Web USA Hack Battle

Oct22
by on October 22, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Voice

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For half a decade, The Next Web has been hosting hack battles at each of its TNW Conferences without fail, and #TNWUSA 2014 in New York will be no exception. For 36 hours, we’ll be bringing together an exclusive group of international coders, some of the world’s leading platforms and the expertise needed to build amazing hacks. Our Hack Battle page is now live and waiting for you to sign up. Some of the hacks born from our messianic hack marathon at the TNW Europe Conference earlier this year were brilliant (click here to see 15 of the best), and…

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Announcing: The Next Web USA Hack Battle

Oct22
by on October 22, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Voice

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For half a decade, The Next Web has been hosting hack battles at each of its TNW Conferences without fail, and #TNWUSA 2014 in New York will be no exception. For 36 hours, we’ll be bringing together an exclusive group of international coders, some of the world’s leading platforms and the expertise needed to build amazing hacks. Our Hack Battle page is now live and waiting for you to sign up. Some of the hacks born from our messianic hack marathon at the TNW Europe Conference earlier this year were brilliant (click here to see 15 of the best), and…

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Fantastical’s iOS apps get a Today widget, interactive notifications and app extension support

Oct22
by on October 22, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

Fantastical has bumped up its iPhone and iPad calendar apps to version 2.2, adding a Today widget, interactive notifications and the ability to quickly create new entries via its app extension. All of these features are tied to iOS 8 and therefore, unsurprisingly, the app now requires the latest version of Apple’s mobile OS to run. The Today widget is arguably the most notable addition, providing a simple list of your appointments and reminders, as well as a grid overview of the current month. Interactive notifications mean you can quickly dismiss calendar alerts and signal that you’ve “completed” reminders without jumping into…

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