Facebook has announced the completion of the "Sections" rollout that shows what apps you use and allows people express themselves. Along with this, users now are able to give star ratings to movies, TV shows, and books, and integrating apps such as Rotten Tomatoes, Netflix, Goodreads with Sections. . Read More
CNET reports that Spotify has acquired Tunigo, a Swedish company that owns a music discovery app. Tunigo helps people find music by providing playlists selected by its own editorial staff combined with songs from its own users. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that a court has ruled in favor of Facebook in its case against Typosquatters, ordering the turnover of 105 domains, along with statutory damages of $2,795,000. This judgment makes Facebook one of the first big companies to win liability damages in a case tried under the U.S. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that Soundrop, the social and interactive listening room music program that first launched as an app on Spotify, has launched a new web version. Currently in beta, the new version allows users to take advantage of existing listening rooms based on artists, genres and moods, using Spotify for the audio component and YouTube for the video. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that the recently announced open source music service today has changed its name from Napster.fm to Peer.fm to steer clear of legal issues in light of Rhapsody's ownership of the Napster brand which it acquired from BestBuy in . Read More
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TechCrunch reports that music streaming service Spotify has announced that it is launching in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Iceland, which brings the total number of countries where it is available to 28. . Read More
Mobile Syrup reports that BlackBerry has announced that its BBM Music Service will be shut down with effect from June 2nd. . Read More
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