Brightcove VP Rags Gupta explains why music start-ups should test the waters across the pond before coming to the U.S.: “According to conventional wisdom, consumer start-ups should move to San Francisco… Read more »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks… Read more »
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more »
More action on the digital music front. Google confirmed it’s doing something. “With a twist,” whatever that means. The write-ups call it a store, but what’s so hard about building a… Read more »
Mobile music has historically been a money pit for carriers. Delivering tunes over the network is a costly endeavor, and consumers are unwilling to pay a premium for accessing music on… Read more »
Another mobile operator is taking a crack at the streaming music market: France Telecom’s Orange is partnering with Deezer — France’s answe… Read more »
They may not have produced a band as big as The Beatles, and may bear some responsibility for the musical output of Claude Francois, but the… Read more »
French startup Deezer, a venture-backed streaming music provider that competes directly with much-discussed Spotify in Europe, today announced a two-tiered premium service model intended to extract revenue from power users. The… Read more »