Articles by Jeffrey L. Wilson
SoundTracking (for Android)
SoundTracking’s tagline is “share the soundtrack of your life,” and that’s exactly what this free Android app allows you to do. Like Shazam, SoundTracking lets users identify songs anywhere you can hear them, but adds a deep social networking element that lets users share, like, follow, and comment on each other’s music finds, or share…
Songza (for Android)
Songza, our Editors’ Choice pick among free streaming music sites, brings its playlist-based service the Android platform. The free, ad-supported Android app presents music as themed playlists that you can discover by searching for artists, rifling through genres, or using the extremely cool Music Concierge, which serves up tunes based on your mood, time of…
Eventbrite (for Android)
Eventbrite for Android takes the popular event discovery and registration website and ports it to smartphones as a free app. Like the website, Eventbrite for Android (also available on the iOS platform) makes it extremely simple to find concerts, networking events, and cultural happenings in your city, sign up for them, and purchase tickets if…
Pandora Radio
Pandora Radio, one of the most recognized names among streaming music services, has undergone two major changes designed to improve the overall user experience. The most obvious change is the new Pandora Premiere feature, which lets you stream entire select albums before they hit stores. The second, and not-so-obvious, alteration is Facebook integration that sees…
Songza (for iPhone)
Songza, our Editors’ Choice pick among free streaming music sites, brings its playlist-based service to Apple’s smartphone. The free, ad-supported iPhone app presents music as themed playlists that you can discover by searching for artists, rifling through genres, or using the extremely cool Music Concierge, which serves up tunes based on your mood, time of day,…
Twitter #music (for iPhone)
After months of rumor and speculation, Twitter officially unveiled #music, the company’s foray into the music space. Twitter #music (pronounced Twitter Music), however, isn’t like any other iPhone music app on the market. Twitter #music leverages your social circle to serve up music recommendations and song samples. In this regard, Twitter #music is fairly effective, but…
Twitter #music
After months of rumor and speculation, Twitter has officially unveiled #music, the company’s surprising foray into the music space. Twitter #music (pronounced Twitter Music), however, isn’t like any other music service on the market. Twitter #music leverages your social circle to serve up music recommendations and song samples. In this regard, Twitter #music is fairly…
ShowScoop Concerts (for iPhone)
Music diehards can attest that few life moments match the glory of seeing favorite artists bringing down the house in a live venue. On the flipside, these same music diehards can also attest that there are few live moments more disappointing than when favorite artists fail to match the stellar sound on display on their…
Steam (for Android)
Valve Corporation’s Steam mobile app is simultaneously the best and most frustrating app I’ve downloaded in quite some time. Allow me to explain why. I’m a recent PC gaming convert after 30+ years of console gaming. Steam played a significant role in my transformation by making it incredibly simple to purchase digital games (often for dirt-cheap…
Rocket Lawyer (for Android)
You’ll never know when a lawyer’s sound advice or a quickly procured legal document will come in handy. That’s the premise behind Rocket Lawyer, a cost-effective service for small businesses that provides legal consultation, documents, and electronic signatures. Smartphone and tablet owners with legal needs can now tap that resource with a free mobile app…