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<title><![CDATA[Headliner.fm + SoundCloud = artists reaching new fans]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=headliner-fm--soundcloud---artists-reaching-new-fans</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ JSmooth tells his Twitter followers to listen to T-Pain's new song, in a new kind of marketing service available through Headliner.fm.(Credit:Headliner.fm)American rock singer Rob Thomas needed a new way to promote his single, &quot;Someday.&quot; His agent, Nick Lippman, used Headliner.fm to promote a campaign around the new song. Headliner.fm gives artists like Thomas a way to connect with other musicians, and gives those other musicians an incentive to recommend new music to their own fans. Lippman, a vice president at Lippman Entertainment, said Thomas' fans were asked to create a cover image for the single, with the winner's design being chosen. &quot;The contest was a success. We used it to target people who would be interested, because we knew hip-hop guys weren't going to care about his single,&quot; Lippman told CNET. Headliner.fm can be used to help new bands find and book similar unknown, rising stars. Lippman said he uses reports from Headliner.fm to see which bands are talking about one of his up-and-coming bands, New Kingdom. &quot;Finding similar acts that dig New Kingdom outside of their hometown helps us book tours with them,&quot; he said.&quot;If you ask another artist to market for you, it's much more powerful than when the recommendation comes from a fan.&quot;--Mike More, Headliner.fm founderNew Kingdom and Rob Thomas are two of the 78,000 artists using Headliner.fm's service. Headliner.fm's founder, Mike More, says the service is based on musician recommendations: &quot;If you ask another artist to market for you, it's much more powerful than when the recommendation comes from a fan.&quot;I spoke to More on Monday at the MusicTech Summit in San Francisco, where it seemed the tension between old-school music industry folks and digital media geeks softened. Even though many artists use Facebook fan pages and Twitter for their social-media presence, there's still a lot of noise to sort through, for musicians and listeners. Who has time to watch every tweet sent out by Rob Thomas Existing social-media tools are also limited by the number of fans the artist has. Headliner.fm expands the social network to fans of other artists.Last week, Headliner.fm partnered with SoundCloud, a start-up that allows artists to upload and share their music. For instance, a band can ask fellow artists to send out messages that link to an iTunes song download page, promote free songs to download, or steer new fans to their YouTube and Facebook pages.When an artist composes a message on Headliner.fm, such as &quot;it's been a long night in the studio, check my new song,&quot; they can also upload their new song onto SoundCloud and provide a link to the song. The artist then sends out a request to other musicians, and when others accept, the requested messagegoes out to all that artist's social-media networks of choice, including Twitter and Facebook, so fans can hear the new song.The recommendation style of marketing on Headliner.fm mimics what really happens when artists go on tour, More said, by providing artists with a way to virtually expose their fans to music they like.Having an incentive to return the favor is key. Headliner.fm rewards the artists who recommend songs and artists by paying them with a virtual currency called &quot;band bucks.&quot; The service is free but uses band bucks to give artists a reason to share messages with their fans: You become richer when you help more artists out. And the bucks might encourage more robust networks of contacts: If you have a thousand Twitter followers, for example, you can earn a thousand band bucks, and each time you agree to share an artist's message with your fans, you earn a thousand more bucks for your generosity.The band bucks can be used for various promotions. And in addition to earning them by spreading the word for colleagues, artists can buy them a la carte or pay $30 a month for a subscription. &quot;When an artist subscribes to our pro account, they get better targeting features, like the ability to send promotions to local fans as well as 350,000 band bucks each month,&quot; More said. This is useful if artists have a campaign they really want to push in a short amount of time.Without a system like this, many bands would have to curry the respect and favor of more popular musicians the old-fashioned way. And today, who has time for that<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nissan set to fill Leaf orders by summer's end]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nissan-set-to-fill-leaf-orders-by-summers-end</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Avaivatus</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nissan-set-to-fill-leaf-orders-by-summers-end</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Customers registered to buy a Nissan Leaf electriccar will take delivery before summer is over, the carmaker said yesterday.Nissan delivered fewer than 20 Leaf cars in the first month of sales in December and another 89 in January. The company has had to assuage customers who thought they would be riding in an electric car by now.Nissan's U.S. sales chief Brian Carolin said yesterday that increased production in Japan will clear the bottleneck.&quot;We're now in the process of ramping up. Production is going to be peaking up in March and April, so we're pretty confident we are going to satisfy all of the orders we are going to get&quot; by the end of summer.Nissan took 20,000 reservations for the Leaf as of last September. To secure a reservation, each customer put up a refundable $99 depositNissan Leaf(Credit:Nissan)So far, about 40 percent of those with reservations have carried through and bought a car, which would imply the sale of about 8,000 cars.Carolin said that 40 percent purchase rate is likely to drop, but he cannot be sure. The number of people showing initial interest is as high as 270,000, Carolin said.Once the preorders are taken care of, a similar sign-up process will take place. But Carolin said he doesn't know when that will happen.So far, almost all of the Leaf cars sold have been delivered in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, he said. Nissan will expand sales after getting a foothold in the West.&quot;With a car so novel, we want to make sure that these people are happy and become advocates for the brand,&quot; he told Reuters on the sidelines of the National Automobile Dealers Association annual convention.The Leaf gets up to 100 miles on a full charge, according to California regulators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says its range is 73 miles.Carolin said there are too few in the hands of customers to determine the result of real-life driving.The Chevy Volt is out-selling Leaf by a wide margin so far, but Carolin said the Leaf and the Volt are not competing against one another because they are vastly different vehicles, although many consumers compare the two.&quot;We don't have a tailpipe,&quot; he said, referring to the fact that Volt is more like a plug-in hybrid than a fully electric car. &quot;I don't see that we are in a race with Volt.&quot;Story Copyright (c) 2010 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The future of cars: 1,000-pound ultraefficients]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Avaivatus</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Nine car companies submitted entries in the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show design challenge. Each company was tasked with coming up with a highly efficient, sub-1,000-pound car concept.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)LOS ANGELES--As just about everyone knows, the mandate in the auto industry these days is to try to be more green and more efficient.That's why this year's version of the annual Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge was to come up with a concept for a highly efficient vehicle that is less than 1,000 pounds in total weight.Ninecar companies submitted designs. Here are their entries (click on the following slideshow for full information):Concept designs for an under-1000 pound car (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flash Free: Aviary Hatches A Lightweight HTML5 Photo Editor For The&nbsp'Web]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Avaivatus</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Aviary is very good at what they do. That is, offering relatively powerful tools for amateur artists to edit content online. But all of those tools are Flash-based. And some of Aviary&amp;'s partners didn&amp;'t like that too much, feeling they were too cumbersome. And some users were interested in the tools, but also wanted something more lightweight. So Aviary went to work, and came up with a new editor built entirely with HTML5.The project, which they codenamed &amp;''Feather&amp;'', is an HTML5 photo editor that resides on both Aviary&amp;'s site, and can be easily integrated with any third party site. The tool, which appears as a small square widget overlay, allows people to quickly edit photos without Flash. And it gives third-party sites an option for a light tool that their users can use right on the site.The tool has the core functionality that Aviary felt users and partners would want. These include the standard: Rotate, Flip, Resize, Crop, Redeye, Blemish, Colors, and Saturation. And Aviary threw in a couple of fun ones as well: Instant, Toy Camera, Old Photo, and Retro. These effects give photos looks similar to those found on some of the currently popular mobile photo apps.But this is just step one for the editor. Aviary plans to add the ability to customize the editor&amp;'s theme, add more editing tools, and they&amp;'re even going to open source all the code for the tool. Plus they plan to give partners usage statistics.And the plan is to get the tool working well on mobile devices too. Currently, it works on some but they&amp;'re working on making the experience better, Aviary co-foundera4sMichael Galpert tells us. This tool will allow Aviary to build for every platform, he says.Aviary has lined up some launch partners for the new tool. They include: Digital Youth Network, Everloop, Fashism, HowMutch, Market Publique, Rrripple, Saw You At Sinai, and Shopify.Aviary is offering the tool for free for anyone to use and/or embed on their site. You can create and customize your own widget here. They will also have some premium features (new effects anda4sfunctionality) down the road, Galpert says.CrunchBase InformationAviaryInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla shows off alpha build of Model S]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Avaivatus</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Tesla showed off the alpha prototype of its hotly anticipated all-electric Model S sedan on is blog today.Rather than go with a formal announcement, the company put up a series of videos (see below) on its blog showcasing its vice president of vehicle engineering Peter Rawlinson talking about the various parts of the alpha build. It appears to have built more than one prototype, as the blog refers to alpha &amp;''builds&amp;'' in the plural.VentureBeat broke the story on Tuesday, citing a Tesla employee&amp;'s online comments on a Tesla story.In the videos, Rawlinson walks through the prototype and talks about the engineering behind various components, from the car&amp;'s internal structure to its suspension system, as well as the company&amp;'s &amp;''obsession&amp;'' with optimizing packaging design &amp;8212' making components fit on the car in the most efficient way possible. He also shows off the battery pack, which is built under the floor of the car and is reportedly designed to be removed and swapped out with a new, freshly charged one within five minutes.The company announced anaggressive production plan last monthfor the car, and will be assembling vehicles from start-to-finish for the first time at its newly acquired $42 million Fremont factory. Many regard the Model S as a major testing ground for the company and the foundation for future revenues after its hot IPO last year.On one hand, this should make Model S gear-heads happy &amp;8212' it&amp;'s perhaps the most detailed look at the Model S yet, and the company will likely be showing off the car at the North American International Motor Show. Investors should celebrate the news considering it means Tesla has delivered on the first of the promises it outlined in last month&amp;'s report on the Model S timeline. According to that report, Tesla planned to finish its first prototype of the hotly anticipated 2012 Model S all-electric sedanby the end of December (the blog today carefully points out that the Model S &amp;''Alpha testing phase began in 2010.&amp;'')On the other hand,an unspecified prototype or two is probably not a huge deal to anyone except fans and stock enthusiasts, considering automakers like GM typically build dozens before going into full production. Perhaps that&amp;'s why Tesla chose to make the announcement via the videos rather than an official press release. And Tesla has showcased at least one Model S prototype publicly. Given that car makers must crash 20 or more cars in safety ratings tests, Tesla has many more alpha and beta builds to make.Tesla Vehicle Engineering &amp;8211' Part 1:Tesla Vehicle Engineering &amp;8211' Part 2:Tesla Vehicle Engineering &amp;8211' Part 3:Next Story: Mac App Store dominated by games Previous Story: T-Mobile to double its 4G network speed to 42Mbps in 2011PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Model SCompanies: TeslaPeople: Peter RawlinsonTesla Vehicle Engineering &amp;8211' Part 2:Tesla Vehicle Engineering &amp;8211' Part 3:Next Story: Mac App Store dominated by games Previous Story: T-Mobile to double its 4G network speed to 42Mbps in 2011PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Model SCompanies: TeslaPeople: Peter RawlinsonTesla Vehicle Engineering &amp;8211' Part 3:Next Story: Mac App Store dominated by games Previous Story: T-Mobile to double its 4G network speed to 42Mbps in 2011PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Model SCompanies: TeslaPeople: Peter Rawlinson          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Model SCompanies: TeslaPeople: Peter RawlinsonIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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