Grooveshark is a new monetized music sharing application currently in private beta. Grooveshark has a simple business idea: everyone in music getting paid. Their lofty goal is to change the music industry, and after having used their site for a few days to try it out, I think they might just succeed. Much of their [...]

Are you a bookworm? Does your budget for dead trees and new ideas exceed your means? Do you have a jones for reading that rivals the national debt in expense? BookMooch is here to help. Other services offer related services. Most notable of these is BookCrossing, combing a love of books, a need for books [...]

When I heard around the Internet that Amway was using one of their corporations to break into the online music business, I thought it was a joke. In fact, it seems it is true. Amway is planning on “breaking into the online music business”. Amway is knocking on the door of online music through a [...]

Did you think there were so many social music networks popping up that there couldn’t possibly be anymore? Think again. Tunesquare has popped up to offer indie music flavor for the social music network scene. With a hip look similar to that of Trig and MOG (dark background and rounded, edgy graphic edges, among other [...]

Part of what makes the Internet fun is the ability to band together with other people who share your interests in large scale group events. Since the advent of Web 2.0, that has become even easier. You may have heard of the seemingly crazy NaNoWriMo, where people sign on to write a novel in the [...]

There have been many times when I wished the Billboard music charts reflected my taste in music more closely. That time may be now. Billboard and iLike have decided to collaborate on a social music chart. The potential for tracking what kind of music is really popular, as opposed to what kind is just overplayed, [...]

In the social music site scene, Pure Volume stands out. It stands out for being nondescript, that is. With a white and grey on grey look, a logo that looks hidden and a plain vanilla interface, Pure Volume’s biggest trait is how vanilla it seems when compared to sites like Trig, Mog, Last.FM and iLike. [...]

Recent addition to the social network scene is Trig, a social network that focuses entirely on music and music fans. It has a rock star design that grabs your eye right off the bat, and is filled with local talent. It’s gaining fans from across the Internet by giving talent a place to get discovered [...]

Nutsie is a unique little Web 2.0 application that allows you to take your iTunes to the next level. Listen to your iTunes playlist online or on your mobile phone – no need to have an iPhone! Not only can you listen to your own playlist you can share your playlist with friends. That’s right [...]

There are a vast array of music social networks out there to choose from. The three heavy hitters in the social music site scene right now seem to be iLike, Last.FM and MOG. I didn’t include iLike in this comparison, because it lacks some of the features that MOG and Last.FM offer and seems to [...]