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Not On Google+? It's Growing Faster Than Early Facebook Did [CHART]

hypebot.com Adding another social network to your day can feel like the straw that broke the camel's back. But more and more stats are suggesting that you ignore Google+ at your peril. It took Facebook almost a year to reach … view details ,

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Shazam To Offer Exclusive Content For Fans Tagging Songs During Super Bowl

billboard.biz Shazam, the fourth-most-popular iOS app of all time, plans to let Superbowl viewers tag the audio coming out of their television sets on Sunday. Tagging audio essentially provides links to online content through … view details ,

Facebook Files For IPO, Hopes to Raise $5 Billion

billboard.biz Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University. view details ,

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Swedish high court rejects Pirate Bay appeal

news.cnet.com Three of The Pirate Bay's founders won't be able to argue their case before the Sweden Supreme Court. Earlier today, the court announced that it won't hear an appeal by Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundstrom … view details ,

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Megaupload server purge delayed

wired.com A scheduled purging of Megaupload’s data was tentatively shelved Tuesday to give its millions of account holders an opportunity to attempt to retrieve their content from the file-sharing service, whose top officials … view details ,

Edgar Bronfman Jr.: Steve Jobs got the best of us

hollywoodreporter.com The iTunes Store is great. But in the negotiations between music executives and Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the latter certainly came out on top, according to Warner Music Group chairman Edgar Bronfman, Jr. view details , ,

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One For All, Or All For One? Solo vs The Band In The Age Of Social Media

hypebot.com The sky is falling...the music industry continues to live a “Chicken Little” scenario. At least, that’s how Paul Adler describes it on Music Think Tank. Many in the industry think that the business model of the self … view details ,

Business Matters: Is Facebook Filing a $5 Billion IPO Wednesday?

billboard.biz -- Facebook may file with the SEC on Wednesday to raise $5 billion through an initial public stock offering, according to a report at International Financing Review. A $5 billion IPO is lower than recent predictions … view details ,

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Feds: We obtained Megaupload conversations with search warrant

news.cnet.com In one exchange, MegaUpload managers fretted via Skype IM chat in 2007 that founder Kim Dotcom wasn't "safe with his money" and "the current situation is a bit risky," according to documents U … view details ,

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Facebook's Dan Rose Talks Music, App Economy, Skrillex @MIDEM Keynote Q&A

billboard.biz In just four months, Facebook has become a major player in music streaming. Since the launch of Facebook Music in September, the social-networking giant has helped Spotify skyrocket to over 3 million users in the … view details , ,

Macworld iWorld Pumps Up Volume for Music Fans, Artists and Companies

billboard.biz Public Enemy founder and Bomb Squad producer Hank Shocklee evangelized for Apple's disruptive effects on the music industry, then performed on some Apple products of his own during a headlining gig at the 27th annual … view details ,