In the game to turn music more social, we’ve had a lot of choices, but not very many good ones. It sort of goes without saying that iTunes Ping has turned out to be a flop, while services such as Rdio, MOG and Spotify have taken different approaches entirely. But newcomerRexlyis looking to do what Ping should have done, only better. First off, the overview. Rexly is an iOS application that you can use to find what others have been listening to, and you can share your own listening habits too....

Today the Recording Industry Association of America released their2010 sales statisticsfor digital and physical music. What it shows is an interesting forecast of what the future holds for how we buy music on our mobile devices. Specifically the numbers reveal that there was an overall decline in online music sales to mobile devices. In 2009 there were 305 million tracks sold and in 2010 that number declined 27.9% to 220.5 million....

Ribbletis a new Reddit-style web app that helps you discover new apps for your Android or iOS phone socially. I don’t know about the Android app market, but the iOS App Store doesn’t have a user interface that makes discovery a breeze. Sure, there are featured apps on the main pages of the store which sometimes comes in handy for learning about a new app, but really being able to dig in and discover things yourself?...

All of us have dumb ideas, and our friends might indulge us by giving us a few bucks to fulfill them. But a billion dollars? Well, perhaps —if you’re Donald Trump. The former US President’s social network said in a press release that it just received$1 billion in fundingfrom a “diverse group of institutional investors,” without disclosing any names. After this deal, the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), is reportedlyvalued at $4 billion....

Richard Branson, one of our favorite entrepreneurs has conquered the skies with Virgin America and Virgin Atlantic, and is heading to space upon Virgin Galactic, the world’s first privately funded space mission. Today, the billionaire announced his latest endeavor today: Virgin Oceanic to explore the deep-sea. AsCNET first reportedVirgin Oceanic will send a pilot to the 5 deepest points in each of the Earth’s oceans including the Mariana Trench, which at 36,201 feet below the surface, is the deepest spot on the planet....