Sony BMG Joins Dada to Build Mobile Social Network
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Just in case the world needs yet another Web site for sharing photos, videos and other assorted content, Sony BMG has joined up with Italian mobile-oriented social networking site Dada to build an entertainment service that works with both PCs and cell phones.
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New software from a Cambridge company could transform cellphones into music and social-networking portals that stream song collections and other data from home computers and allow users to share their music libraries, opinions, and photos.
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Webcasting company Mercora launched a new mobile music service on Monday, aiming to bring one of the most exciting features of Microsoft's Zune -- music sharing -- to a broader audience.
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Sony BMG, the world's No. 2 record label, is in early talks with file-sharing network Grokster in what could lead to a legalized Internet music service, its chairman said on Tuesday.
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NokiaÂ is getting into the social networking market and establishing a presence in Seattle with the acquisition of Twango, the companies announced late on Monday.
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Sony BMG - aka &#39;Bony&#39; - the merged music label is in talks with Grokster, the P2P software company has confirmed. Negotiations are believed to be focused on the development of a new, label-friendly P2P network.
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The world&#39;s top cell phone maker Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) plans to build social networking technology acquired  with U.S. firm Twango into its key S60 software, a company  official said on Wednesday.
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Sony Corp.'s latest effort to capture the hearts, minds and money of teens and twentysomethings is a Web browser, messaging program, wireless phone and digital music player all rolled into a handheld gadget that goes by the name Mylo.
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Latest version of mobile phone browser adds social networking features, improves functionality.
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A new music service that allows  consumers to directly download an unlimited number of tracks to  their cell phones for a small weekly fee from wherever they are  will launch in Europe on Thursday.
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Company is developing software to help big media companies integrate social networking and community into their Web sites.
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Nokia researchers have developed a new peer-to-peer (P2P) scheme tailored specifically for mobile phones. Still in a development and testing phase, the network
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After taking the photographic world by storm, mobile phones are set to revolutionise how we listen and enjoy music on the move.
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including its own Sony BMG venture - over the MP3 song format. Sony is considering manufacturing devices that play digital
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A fast-growing organization that aims to help users share their personal contacts between different social media and other Web 2.0 services and includes Facebook, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Plaxo has signed a more traditional heavy hitter up to the cause: Microsoft.
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Facebook took a new step into the mobile realm on Thursday, launching a platform for operators designed to make its social networking application work better on portable devices.Vodafone is the first operator to use the Facebook for Mobile Operators platform and has started services in the U.K. and Germany, said Jed Stremel, Facebook&#39;s director of mobile division. Vodafone will soon expand the program to Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal.The platform involves giving operators a set of technical specifications intended to resolve some of frustrating hang-ups when using Facebook on a mobile phone rather than a PC, such as smoothing out login problems and opening up other features, Stremel said.The move by Facebook, which ranks next to MySpace as one of the most popular social networking sites, is intended to grow its user base, which the company estimates at 64 million users. So far, the company says it has 6 million users of Facebook Mobile, an unsupported mobile version of the Web site that will now get full support, Stremel said.At the moment the mobile site does not have any advertising. Stremel would not reveal the financial details of Facebook&#39;s deal with Vodafone, although he said operators will be able to generate revenue from data services as their subscribers access Facebook.The long-term hope for social networking sites is&#160;rich online advertising revenue. Facebook, which has an&#160;exclusive deal with Microsoft to place ads on the site, also did not say when it would put advertising on the mobile site.The company is hoping to lure more operators by the simplicity with which they can enable Facebook, Stremel said.Facebook has created special Web pages with instructions on how operators can set up their systems, he said. The instructions, for example, let operators add system settings that will let their subscribers send MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) with photos or video to their Facebook profiles, Stremel said.The platform also includes other specifications designed to stop abuse of Facebook, such as spamming, Stremel said. When someone sends their first MMS with a photo to their profile, the user is sent back a confirmation message with a code or a link. That confirmation then links that person&#39;s phone with their Facebook account, Stremel said.&#160;
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The music industry, searching for   ever-expanding ways to promote acts and generate new revenue   streams, is getting increasingly creative in its use of mobile   technology.