On the homepage of this website it says that Mog is “The Most Sophisticated, User-Friendly Music Player on the Web”. So why have I not come across it before or none of my friends recommended it to me? I know now, it’s not accessible to the UK. So why do sites make statements like “on the Web” and show UK advertising, when everyone knows the web is worldwide.
Anyway, having done a search for one of my old twelves that I cannot find on Spotify or iTunes, I did find it, shame I can’t play it… doh!
Not so long ago I put up a post about a music website that is powered through recommendation called MFlow. Reflecting on what I am doing here is recommending a website to anyone that maybe interested. Some days I also find people recommending to me what sites they use and the word of mouth concept generally works well.
So it’s interesting to come across a music website whose priority it is to act as a hub for all quality music websites and the users that love them.
Dreamingstreaming.info is the site and is currently in a beta phase. They aim to offer users links to the sites who only provide high quality levels of sound. With the numerous ways of finding and playing music currently on the web Dreamstreaming will definitely help those who are embarking on sorting out their music collections and/or discovering these useful links.
Again it’s hard to tell how quickly or how successfully this site can become a brand name. That will be down to the users and marketing power combined. I think this is definitely a good idea because I cannot remember the last time someone recommended to me such a hub of a music and sound centered site.
Content Courtesy of DreamingStreaming :
DreamStreaming aims to become the most respected internet music information website in the world, for all types of streaming, download and on-demand music sources offering a high quality of service and / or music content through the internet.
Do you need to access files from other computers in your home wireless network, or perhaps you need to transfer data from one device to another?
Then the Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station could be your calling. Introduced in January and available in the shops now, the device runs on a Linux platform and allows you to stream files to your device of choice, with the backing of the DLNA standards.
A couple of useful features include :
Torrent Download Manager, the Iomega iConnect manages peer-to-peer file transfers without the need of a dedicated PC.
You can also transfer files from one device to another using the on board copy process. Again transferring photos from your camera is a pc free process, using the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP), no touch, automatic transfer of photos from digital cameras via the USB port.
My only concern is with USB3 around the corner, is it really worth investing a device with 4 USB2 ports right now?
However, the price in the UK currently is on average £60, which doesn’t break the bank if it solves some of your digital needs. And when people ask you, “Hey, is that your router?”
You can say “No….that’s my data station.”
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Watching television and movies is a major part of my life. Being brought up during the 80’s using Video Recorders I saw at first hand how Betamax lost to VHS in the video rental market. What did happen during that struggle was I developed a need to control what I liked by recording it directly from the television.
Today the Internet allows us we can access television shows that we may have missed online, we can rent or buy movies, we can record shows directly to our PCs and we have the support of the digital controls of Digital Video Recording, like TiVo and Sky+. Not forgetting the various other streaming services like Zatoo and the thorn in every major content providers back side…file sharing.
The other way the Internet has changed what we watch is information surrounding movies, shows and actors, which really is the fuel powering our need to find and experience the shows we want. Television services like the NBC, BBC and Sky don’t tend to team up with companies like IMDB, or their own websites to provide users with some of the missing information. In the same way DVDs don’t have an integrated approach with the Internet. But later this year, that is about to change.
TiVo, the company that showed us why we need a DVR back in 2000 is bringing the Internet to its DVR Guide. So now, when you search for a TV show or movie you can access more content which is being streamed from the Internet which is directly related to your search. That’s definitely a step forward. Now we need a way of sharing what we watch with our friends in a private network on the same interface, now that would save time.
Music used to be simple. You heard a track on the radio, you purchased the record, you made tapes. Nice.
Then came the Internet, and that all changed. Peer-to-peer file sharing created the need for free music. Although file sharing still continues to exist, there is now a significant market for legal streaming services. Music lovers are streaming free music from a variety of sources like Spotify etc.
When Last FM arrived on the scene in 2002 they used a music recommender system called “Audioscrobbler”. It was slightly different with its streaming model in that it recommends music, videos and concerts based on what you listen to. They do this by telling you what other music people are listening to based on the choice of artist you have made. In March 2009 subscription services was introduced to some countries.
But what if it was the people instead of a computer system recommending music, add in the twist of being paid for those recommendations, then sharing music and more importantly making money, may have found a new model within the music industry.
Start-up mflow may have just come up with such a model. They understand that a lot of music that comes into our lives comes from recommendations and therefore could be used a source for music searchers everywhere. The big question is the catalog, without a choice users could find this model a turn off, and therefore the community could fall apart. It’s a good idea, but whether it can work is a bigger question.
Looking to launch in April 2010 mflow whose tag line is ‘music is better shared’, quote some of the following on their site :
We don’t want be told what we ‘might like’ by a software program.
We don’t want to stare at an empty search bar… “a whole world of music at my fingertips, and I can’t think of anything to look for…”
We don’t want to have to subscribe to anything.
We don’t want adverts.
We just want a way for our mates to send us music they think rocks.
Vy.ber ~ Virtually Cyber 