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Ticketfly is packing social media for this summer’s festival season

Ticketfly, an independent ticketing and social marketing platform has beenkilling it, signing up the coolest venues around the country like The Troubadour in LA, the9:30 Clubin DC and TheBrooklyn Bowlin Williamsburg. Since their first ticket sold in June 2009,Ticketflyhas become the fastest growing ticketing company in the market, selling north of 1.2 million tickets in its first calendar year. And the sweet part is that Ticketfly’s service fees typically range around 30% lower than those of Ticketmaster and Live Nation....

Tidal in Teslas is great, but we need MORE music streaming apps

For those of you who own a Tesla and have been wishing for an alternative to Spotify, we have some good news: Tidal is now supported. The new in-car app is part ofTesla’s 2021.40 software update, released on Tuesday. Here’s the release note: TIDAL streaming is now available from the Media menu with a TIDAL account. You can listen to TIDAL playlists or albums in high-quality audio by connecting to Wi-Fi and pressing Download on the selected content....

Tiendatek wins Vodafone Mobile Clicks, aiming to transform retail in the developing world

Designed to identify and develop the best, most innovative mobile Internet startups, this year’sVodafone Mobile Clickscompetition has been bigger than ever, involving contests in seven European countries. Yesterday saw the final jury round take place at the PICNIC conference in Amsterdam, and today the overall 2011 winners have been announced. The winner has been decided by combining scores from the public voting round with the jury’s score, based on the seven finalists’ pitches yesterday....

TikTok adds features to cap teens’ app usage for their own good

TikTok is introducing new features for teens that aim to cap video downloads and screen time. The short video app is disabling downloads by default for creators aged 13 to 15. Meanwhile, the video makers aged 16 to 17 will get a pop-up before publishing their videos to let them choose their option for their audience:followers, friends only, or only themselves. Plus, creators from this age group will have an option to make their videos downloadable....

TikTok is increasing video length limit from 60 seconds to 3 minutes

TikTok will soon give users the option to create longer videos. The company is extending the maximum length of clips from 60 seconds to three minutes. Up front:TikTok has been testing the expanded format since late last year. Over the coming weeks, the company will start rolling out the option around the world. Product manager Drew Kirchhoff said the change would pave the wayfor richer storytelling and entertainment on the app:...