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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Mobiles in Africa – a market we shouldn’t ignore
Charlotta Hedman The mobile industry in Africa is booming. It is the fastest growing mobile market in the world and according to the BBC almost 75 percent of the continent’s one billion people will own a mobile phone this year. Not many … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, emerging markets, mobile, music, spinlet, start-ups
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Guest post: Crunchtime for mobile music
By Ashley Elsdon Since the rise of Apple’s iOS, mobile music creation has begun an explosion, that is gaining increased acceptance in all areas of the music business. But as we start off 2012 I wonder where this phenomenon will … Continue reading
Conquering mobile music – streaming or downloads
Charlotta Hedman Let us start with the mp3, because that is really where the story begins. The mp3 is a compressed audio file that was developed sometime in the late 80s and released in 1993. At that time most of … Continue reading
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Tagged itunes, mobile music, mobile phones, mp3, Spotify, streaming
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