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Being able to trick out my browser is one of the reasons I love Firefox. Being able to trick Firefox out with music extensions makes me love it unconditionally. First I added on FoxyTunes, which let me control iTunes directly from my browser window, and now there's Fire FM. Fire FM adds a skinny little bar to Firefox, and then boo-ya, you've gotten access to Last FM's entire library of music. Read more
I love Last FM for many reasons. The first being that like geeksugar, it was nominated for a Webby last week because it's just plain great. The second, being that the site offers an alternative to downloading music onto your computer and a forum to meet people that love all different types of music. How does it work? You listen to your music with your computer's music player or your iPod and Read more
Ian Somerhalder joined other eco-conscious stars in Santa Monica yesterday for a beachside Earth Day celebration. Ian's been on the West Coast since last weekend when he and girlfriend Nina Dobrev visited the first round of shows at Coachella. Nina and Ian shared some PDA in the desert and watched acts like Florence + the Machine entertain the crowd. This morning Ian was back to business in LA Read more
Handwritten cards are always appreciated, but if you've forgotten to pick up a batch for the holidays, sending an ecard today might be your last hope for sending well wishes this season. Let your friends and family know you're thinking about them by shooting off a few ecards today (or whenever you get the urge to say hello). GroupCard — Want to personalize a thank-you card from your whole Read more
Music junkies, take note: today Spotify introduced an integrated HTML5 app platform to round out the online music experience. Since Spotify partnered with Facebook, their user base has grown to over 10 million listeners who subscribe to friends' playlists and cultivate our own streaming music library. Like an iTunes app, any third party can develop and submit an app for Spotify's approval to be Read more
Admit it, you've been looking for a way to spice up happy hour. Instead of finding a new, over-priced and crowded hot spot, keep things at home and let your music preferences drive your beverage choices. Drinkify, a new site developed during Boston's recent Music Hack Day, suggests the best drink pairing for your current musical mood. Enter the musician or band blasting from the stereo and Read more
Britney Spears felt the love from fans this afternoon as she made her way into the Kiss FM studios in London. She's off in England prepping to film the new video for her "Criminal" single and gear up for a tour around Europe and Russia. There's also press to do for her upcoming B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2, which is out next month. Britney was just home in LA for a bit last week, and her Read more
The matches resulting in your current online dating profile seem sweet enough, but what do you do upon learning that they love Justin Bieber and haven't even heard of MGMT? Since music is so much a part of the digital generation's lives, Tastebuds was founded to help single people find their match with locals in their area who share the same musical preferences. The site makes finding love as Read more
Tumblr, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram, repeat! Our online social lives are so full and busy, it's sometimes difficult to keep track of everything that's going on. A new service is aiming to streamline the process, combining social activity into one easy-to-navigate time line. Memolane is a start-up based in Denmark and San Francisco, which displays your online activity as a series of individual Read more
Part of the fun of Twitter is being able to connect with people that otherwise seem inaccessible: actors, authors, musicians, and other typically-out-of-reach people often manage their own Twitter accounts, allowing fans an otherwise hidden glimpse into their world. And if you're a music fan, a new service from SonicLiving makes it easy to find bands that you love on Twitter. TweetLouder uses Read more
