Category: Technology

Google Launches Merch Store for Bands to Sell Off YouTube Clips

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Partnering with Topspin, Songkick, iTunes, and Amazon, Google’s YouTube Merch Store will pack it in for musicians and fans.

Facebook Moves Towards Becoming a Music Platform and Adopts Twitter-like Features

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In anticipation of F8 Summit, Facebook is rolling out the latest news: possible partnerships with Spotify, Mog, Rhapsody.

Central Tokyo Music Network Map -Plotting Artists and Genres Across the City

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Web Trend Maps are becoming popular and there’s a reason why -not only do they deliver top trending correlations such as website traffic or Twitter users, it puts the results into an artistic map poster.,NULL,Web Trend Maps are becoming popular and there’s a reason why -not only do they deliver top trending correlations such as website traffic or Twitter users it puts the results into an artistic map poster. ,
Central Tokyo Music Network Map–done as the Tokyo Subway system.

An interesting new technology and music combination utilizes the Tokyo Subway map

Japan Youth Culture: After-Effects on Fashion, Technology, and the Re-Invention of a New Type of Consumerism

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Re-examining the affects of the devastation in Japan, as the country copes, a new DIY generation emerges indicating fresh trends from new sources across the board.

Fashion X Technology: Gant’s Digital Showroom at Project; Fashism’s App for Crowdsourced Looks; Social Retail Trends with Wheretoget.It for Diehard Shoppers

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The future of the business of fashion is re-shaping quickly and it’s often youth culture markets that adapt the fastest. Here’s the latest round-up of things to keep on your radar.