Feed: Technology Yahoo UK
Posted on: Thursday, April 18, 2013 21:54
Author: Technology Yahoo UK
Subject: Twitter launches new music app
Twitter has unveiled a new app designed to change the way people discover music. The social networking site said #music would suggest tracks based on who a user follows and bring the most popular songs and emerging artists to the fore. Music can be played through the app itself or on services such as Rdio, Spotify and iTunes. Users can also tweet songs directly from the app. The launch follows intense speculation over Twitter's next move after Facebook introduced a music feature that allows people to listen to songs with their friends. A handful of artists have already trialled the Twitter service - singer-songwriter Moby described the app as a "really interesting music resource" while musician Jason Mraz tweeted: "Thanks to my friends @TwitterMusic for sharing your new app and connecting us thru music. Congrats!" The app is available from Apple's App Store and is expected to be made available for Android devices "soon". In a blog post, Twitter's Stephen Philips said: "We're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music, based on Twitter. It uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists. "It also brings artists' music-related Twitter activity front and centre: go to their profiles to see which music artists they follow and listen to songs by those artists." According to Twitter, many of the accounts with the most followers are those of musicians while half of its users follow at least one artist. The #music app is available for download in the UK, US, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The social networking site plans to bring the service to more countries "over time". |
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