Last.fm’s mobile application will be paid only from the 15th of February. Their web radio service will remain free in the US, UK, and Germany.
“On the Last.fm website an ad-supported, free-to-listeners model is what supports our online radio services in the US, UK and Germany,” says Mathew Hawn. ”In other markets and on emerging mobile and home entertainment devices, it is not practical for us to deliver an ad supported radio experience…”
This shift brings them in line with services like Spotify that charge users for mobile access. For the price of a fancy coffee, users can continue listening to Last.fm on their mobile without commercials. And yes, scrobbling is still free.
However, it seems like another service that people wont be willing to pay for! I thought Last.fm really would have tried to become the Pandora of the UK.
RIM has started to seed a new application called Blackberry Radio. The aim of Blackberry Radio is to offer streaming internet radio stations, from multiple sources, easier to discover.
Users will find services like Slacker, iHeartRadio and terrestrial sources like Clear Channel and Corus.
Users can organize stations by genre and get links to purchase playing-songs directly from Amazon MP3.
The application is free for Beta Zone users to test; interested parties can can sign up for BlackBerry’s Beta Zone here.
Rdio received a new round of funding the other day and now they have announced an integration partnership with Sonos.
The Sonos S5 system works as a speaker for all music in the cloud. It can play music from your iTunes, as well as services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, SIRIUS, Last.fm and a ton of radio stations and podcasts. One can use a smartphone or iPad to control the whole shebang — for around $400 per room.
Now, Rdio, a super social music subscription service that lets you follow friends and listen to music on demand, is part of the Sonos stable (at least for users in the U.S. and Canada). Rdio on Sonos costs $9.99 per month.
Here is a very cool Cydia app that gives your iPhone home screen a 3D effect. The 3DBoard application is now available to download on the Cydia Store for jailbroken iPhones.
3DBoard is available for $2.99 on the BigBoss repository.
Justin.tv will be launching a new mobile app called SocialCam. The application will be launched in March and it will allow user to easily upload their videos to their favorite social networks.
The announcement comes just 5 months after Justin.tv launched their first Google Android and iPhone apps, both which will receive the new SocialCam option.
While exact features of the new program have not yet been revealed you can see the layout for both iPhone and Android devices below:
Greenpoison untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 will be released very soon. Renowned iPhone hacker Pod2g has made the confirmation via twitter.
Greenpois0n untethered jailbreak tool for iOS 4.2.1 shall be supporting all of the following devices: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 2G, 3G, 4G and the iPad.
Here is a brilliant new iPhone jailbreak theme that makes your iPhone look like a Windows Phone 7 device.
