MSN’s bad app idea ‘Onit’ lands on iOS

Today, Microsoftreleased a versionof its ‘Onit’ application for iPhone and iPad. The application is the progeny of MSN. MSN. Remember it? It still exists, if you didn’t know, and people still use it. Millions, in fact. We all know how wildly inaccurate Alexa is, but itsranking of MSNas the 11th largest global site does demonstrate just how important this dinosaur remains. A while ago, MSN released an app for Windows Phone 7 called ‘Onit;’ we did not like it....

3 min · 586 words · Kim Smith

mSpot becomes first cloud music service with streaming radio

Cloud music service mSpot announced Radio Spotter beta Thursday morning. Radio Spotter is a streaming radio service that uses your mSpot music collection to generate radio station recommendations for you automatically. You can also listen to hundreds of radio stations based on your own searches. The Radio Spotter service works by peeking into the metadata of your songs and churning out recommended radio stations for you to listen to. This makes mSpot the first cloud music service that also has a radio feature built in....

3 min · 569 words · Nicholas Mcclure

mSpot brings more of your music to its cloud based player

mSpotmusic now offers 5GB free storage to its popular cloud music service that now has over 1.2 million downloads. The mSpot services offers an alternative toAmazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player. This update more than doubles its previous storage cap of 2 gigabytes. The service was launched for Android in June and for iPhone in December of 2010, and now that it has reached the over 1million download milestone, it has really stepped up its game....

3 min · 535 words · Sydney King

MTV Launches India’s First Online Reality Show

Reality shows are fast becoming a crowd favorite in India. Their success is mostly attributed to the presence of celebrities and actors from Bollywood – and manufactured controversies help quite a bit as well. MTV and In.com (one of the most trafficked portals in India) have joined hands and launched an online reality show that streams live 24×7. It is a bold move considering the poor broadband penetration and a “no name” cast....

2 min · 395 words · Corey Schmidt

MTV UK introduces new paid online video service

PaidContent UK is reportingthat music video broadcaster MTV UK has launched a new video-on-demand (VOD) service that will stream twenty-six of its popular shows including Jersey Shore, Jackass and The City. The service, MTV OD, will cost users £1 a day or £2 for the week. Subscriptions will be payable using SMS initially but PayPal and Debit Cards support will be added in the near future. Many video-on-demand services opt to offer their content for free, supporting broadcasting costs and programme licenses via third-party advertising....

2 min · 292 words · Dennis Anderson
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