Twitter and Billboard team up for real-time tune-tracking charts
Billboard has long been the go-to for charting an artist’s or song’s popularity week to week. Now, the outfit has announced “an exclusive, multi-year partnership” with Twitter to create real-time charts monitoring tweets about music in the US. Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts (catchy name, eh?) look to be the standard for tracking tune-based conversations as they happen. While the tallies will be housed at...
Wow, much custom PC: Boutique system builder Xidax now accepts Dogecoin
It’s no surprise that gamers with beefy rigs have been some of the most enthusiastic embracers of the cryptocurrency craze. After all, those high-end graphics cards that make Bioshock Infinite and its gaming ilk so purdy also mine digital dollars like nobody’s business. And if you want to spend some of those hard-earned cryptocoins on fresh new gear, boutique system builder Xidax is now accepting payment via Dogecoin, the...
FileMaker Go for iPad and iPhone Apps Surpass 1 Million Downloads
FileMaker Inc. announced today that its FileMaker Go for iPad and iPhone apps have surpassed 1 million downloads from the iTunes App Store. FileMaker Go is a free app that allows users to remotely interact with FileMaker databases. “Businesses are using the FileMaker Platform to create solutions that manage everything from sales contacts and inventory to medical data on iPad and iPhone,” FileMaker’s Ryan Rosenberg said. “With the...
Watch Satya Nadella’s first major appearance as Microsoft CEO live
Rumor has it, Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off of Office for iPad. Despite that move potentially signaling a shift away from a Windows-first software strategy, the iOS app won’t be the only star of the show. It’s going to have to share the limelight with yet another, largely untested asset: CEO Satya Nadella. Given his track record at the company and recent statements, we expect to hear plenty about mobile,...
Amazon likely to announce media streamer at April 2nd event
Amazon’s name has been circulated pretty heavily in the rumor mill as of late, especially when it comes to a streaming music service and set-top box. So we aren’t necessarily surprised to see the company send us an invite to an event April 2nd for “an update to our video business.” That’s the only clue we have — unless you count the image of a couch as a hint — but given the aforementioned...
