Qloud's My Music Brings Music from an Endless Library to the World's
Largest Social Network
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Qloud, (http://www.qloud.com), the
revolutionary ad-supported music service that delivers users online music
from an endless library, today announced that it launched its My Music
Application on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/music_app), the world's most
popular social network. Qloud's My Music application enables MySpace users
to import and play entire songs and videos from their complete iTunes
library on their MySpace profile for free. It also allows users to see and
play the iTunes libraries of their friends, view and exchange playlists
with their friends, browse and play the most popular songs among their
friends and social groups, and add songs to their own online libraries.
Empowered by MySpace's newly announced Developer Platform
(http://developer.myspace.com), Qloud was able to easily build, test, and
ultimately deploy My Music.
One of the most popular music applications, the My Music application
allows users to enjoy a personal library within MySpace while showcasing
their favorite songs and artists on their profile. Using the iTunes plugin,
users can import their entire iTunes library into MySpace and set their
display as either a custom list of favorites, their recently played songs
or most played songs from iTunes. My Music also automatically creates a
personal starter library for users as soon as they install the application
based on the artists they have listed on their profile. In addition, the
application connects users to their friends' music and allows them to view
each friend's library, as well as view charts of the top tracks played by
all their friends.
For those who don't use iTunes, the My Music application has its own
library of over 6 million songs that users can search, listen, and then add
to their own library, playlists and favorite lists -- all from inside the
application.
MySpace first introduced their Developer Platform site on February 5,
2008 beginning a one month application development period allowing
companies including Qloud, time to build and test their applications in a
secure environment before going live to the MySpace community.
On March 13, 2008, MySpace launched the public beta of the Application
Gallery (http://apps.myspace.com), enabling broader testing of approved
applications by allowing public installation. MySpace members can now
discover and add new applications from a variety of categories, including
My Music, to both their home and profile pages.
"Bringing My Music to MySpace will allow a new group of users to
discover and play an unlimited amount of tracks," said Mike Lewis,
co-founder of Qloud. "People, especially MySpace users, want to find even
more music whether it's from bands they're already familiar with or from
their MySpace friends. This application allows these users to share songs,
tell others about their favorite tracks and artists, and find music."
As with all MySpace Developer Platform applications, My Music will be
able to safely access publicly available profile information including a
user's friend list, interests, photos & albums, video, as well as status &
mood. My Music will have real estate in five places within MySpace
including:
-- A MySpace application profile (users can "friend" the apps)
-- Access to embed applications on the user homepage (inward facing -- for
you to see)
-- Access to embed applications on profiles (outward facing widget -- for
friends to see)
-- An application gallery listing
-- A canvas page
"Openness has always been critical to MySpace's success, and My Music
perfectly exemplifies the kind of unique and engaging applications we are
seeking for the MySpace Developer Platform," said Kyle Brinkman, vice
president and general manager, MySpace Developer Platform. "We are
committed to not only enriching our user experience with high caliber
applications, but aiming to create real businesses for developers."
For more information about the MySpace Developer Platform, please visit
http://developer.myspace.com.
About Qloud
Qloud delivers free, on-demand music through social networks,
leveraging an iTunes plug-in to connect a user and their music to others in
the social network. In addition to MySpace, Qloud currently has
applications available on Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, and Friendster. The
company's investors and directors include Revolution Chairman and CEO Steve
Case and former AOL, Yahoo!, Warner Music Group, EMI Music, and Island
Records music executives. For more information visit http://www.qloud.com.
About MySpace
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle
portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making
a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant
messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries,
classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member
forums, MySpace has created a connected community. As the first ranked web
domain in terms of page views (*), MySpace is the most widely-used and
highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to providing the highest
quality member experience. MySpace will continue to innovate with new
features that allow its members to express their creativity and share their
lives, both online and off. MySpace's international network includes
localized community sites in the United States, France, Germany, Australia,
Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Latin America, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Brazil
and the United Kingdom. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp.
(NYSE: NWS) (NYSE: NWS.A) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV).
(*) Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, December 2007.
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