Social Networking

Grand Computers ClubSocial Networking SIG

December 12, 2016

Social Networking

Introduction to music and audio programs and an in-

depth discussion of Podcasts.

Music-Sharing Programs

The practice of distributing or providing access to digitally-stored

music.

Who are they?

1. Pandora. The classic online radio service, Pandora lets you type in a genre, album, song or artist, then plays a selection of songs it predicts you will like. Pandora is proud enough of its music-matching system that the technology has its own fancy name: the Music Genome Project.

2. iHeart Radio. Combines Pandora-style genre-based radio stations with actual, live radio stations.

3. iTunes Radio. Apple’s music radio service is a carbon-copy of Pandora, with similar features (smart stations) and annoyances (limited skips, ads). Meanwhile, the iTunes Match service lets you turn all that music you stole into legitimate, cloud-based versions stored in Apple’s servers. Once you’ve matched your library, you can play those songs from anywhere on any Apple device.

4. Rhapsody.com/Napster. An industry veteran, Rhapsody’s been in and out of the music press for years (most notably, as part of a 2011 merger with Napster). Its “unRadio” offering, however, is brand new, a nifty little service announced this past June in partnership with T-Mobile. At a cost of just $5/month, unRadio customers can listen to Pandora-style radio stations, but with no ads and unlimited skips.

5. Spotify. The industry darling, Spotify is probably the most referenced on-demand music service in the world of tech. The company offers a desktop-only, ad-supported free service, and a mobile-enabled premium service.

6. Google Play Music. Google Play Music is Google’s alternative to Spotify.

7. Slacker Radio. Slacker is a lesser-known, more fully-featured alternative to Pandora. By our estimates, it has 13 times the songs of Pandora, but only a fifth the subscribers. There are three pricing tiers with the priciest option being the most compelling, given the sheer number of features.

8. Radio.com. Similar to TuneIn, Radio.com offers a variety of radio shows, spanning from talk to sports to music.

9. TuneIn Radio. TuneIn Radio provides a massive, online database of radio stations and podcasts, going well beyond music into sports, news and talk.

10. Last.fm. More of a community than a standalone service, Last.fm lets you build a profile based on your musical tastes, then helps you find new music tailored to your preferences.

Online Music Streaming Program Comparison

Name Android/Apple Users Songs Subscription Awareness Listening % WebsitePandora Android & Apple 81.8 M 1.5 M Free 88% 31% pandora.com

$4.99/mo Ad Free

iHeart Radio Android 48 M 18 M Free 73% 9% iHeart.com

iTunes Radio Android & Apple Unknown 37 M 2.08/mo 87% 8% apple.com/itunes

Napster/Rhapsody Android & Apple 3.5 M 32 M $4.99/mo 71% 2% rhapsody.com$9.99/mo Ad Free

Spotify Android & Apple 75 M 30 M Free 66% 6% spotify.com

Google Play Music Android & Apple Unknown 30 M $9.99/mo 65% 3% play.google.com

Slacker Android 600 K 13 M Free/limited$3.99/mo some options

$9.99/mo Ad Free

Radio.com Android Unknown Unknown Free 14% 2% radio.com

TuneIn Radio Android 55 M Unknown Free 34% 2% tunein.com

Last.fm Android Unknown 24 M Free 8% >2% last.fm

Apple Music Apple 11 M 30 M Free Unknown Unknown apple.com/music$9.99/mo Ad Free

Amazon Prime Music Android & Apple Unknown <1 M $99/yr Ad Free Unknown Unknownamazon.com/primemu

sic

Tidal Android & Apple 3 M 30 M songs $9.99/mo75 K videos $19.99/mo Add Free Unknown Unknown tidal.com

Online References:

http://time.com/3109273/streaming-music-services-compared/

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/30/business/media/music-streaming-guide.html?_r=0

Podcast

A podcast is an episodic series of digitalmedia files which a user can set up so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer or portable media player.

Wikipedia

Below is the summary of Klaudia’s presentation on

Podcast applications

Podcast is a “radio on-deman”. Any Podcast applications allows

you to listen to your favorite radio (and not only) shows

whenever you want

Here’s a list of Podcast applications:

• Apple Podcasts (Apple devices)

• Stitcher (Apple, Android devices)

• Spreaker (Apple, Android devices)

• TuneIn Radio (Apple, Android devices)

• iHeartRadio (Apple, Android devices)

• Simple Radio (Apple, Android devices)

• or many radio stations own mobile applications (Apple, Android devices)

How can you find the Social Networking SIG on the Internet?

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Thank you for coming.

Next Meeting:January 9, 2017, 4:00pm

Topic: What to do with all these photos and videos from the

Holidays?!? Facebook, of course.