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Apple to release Pandora competitor this Summer
Citing music industry insiders, The Verge relays that Apple’s rumored iRadio service will be launching this Summer. Much has been written about Apple’s plan to launch a Pandora-esque service this year. Now multiple music industry insiders have told The Verge that significant progress has been made in the talks with two of the top labels: Universal and […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to create music streaming service, wants to pay significantly less in royalties than Pandora
Thursday, March 7, 2013
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Amid rumors that Apple is attempting to roll out its own music streaming service comes a report from the New York Post which claims that Apple is attempting to pay record labels even less money in royalties than they currently receive from sites like Pandora. Apple is reportedly offering about 6 cents per 100 songs […]
Continue reading...Pandora IPO: $3 billion value at $16 a share
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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As expected, Tim Westergren and co. this week filed an IPO with the assistance of Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan and managed to raise approximately $235 million at $16 a share and 14.7 million shares of issued stock. The stock subsequently opened up today at $20/share before rising to $23/share, meaning that the streaming music […]
Continue reading...Pandora plans an IPO for mid-2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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A few years ago, on the invitation from a friend, I attended a Pandora launch party at some swanky Chicago club/bar. At the time, I had never heard of Pandora and was more interested in trying the finger foods and guzzling down some free alcohol. After a little bit of mingling, Pandora CTO Tom Conrad […]
Continue reading...Wasting no time, Pandora update adds multitasking support
Monday, June 21, 2010
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Well that was quick. iOS 4 is barely hot off the press and Pandora has already issued an update to its popular music streaming app with support for multitasking. Pandora keeps playing after you press press the home button. You can go surf the web or use Facebook and the music won’t stop. (Available only […]
Continue reading...Apple releases developer video touting advantages of the iOS platform, throws in a few sly jabs at Android
Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Check out this Apple produced video profiling a number of big name iPhone developers talking about how great the iPhone platform is and how the iPhone SDK makes their job a whole lot easier. It’s pretty entertaining, and there are a few not so veiled jabs at Android if you’re into that sorta thing.
Continue reading...Pandora 2.0 adds cool new features
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Pandora, everybody’s favorite iPhone app (right?), has added a few new features that make the already great program even greater. Included in the update are biographies for many of your favorite artists, a coverflow-esque view of your most recently listened to songs, a progress bar for a currently playing song, and the ability to create […]
Continue reading...Pandora reaches 2 million iPhone users
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Pandora, everyone’s favorite music recommendation engine, reached a new milestone today. From Pandora’s blog: At 10:04am this morning we hit 2,000,000 registered iPhone Pandora users! We’re hearing all sorts of wonderful feedback from listeners who are using it on their commute, jogging with it, plugging it into home audio systems…you name it. And as usual, […]
Continue reading...iPhone helps double Pandora’s growth rate
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The iPhone has helped increase the number of new users who sign up for Pandora from 20,000 a day to 40,000, according to Pandora founder Tim Westergren. PaidContent has the scoop here.
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Monday, April 1, 2013
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