Remember when Twitter bought We Are Hunted, whose creators then built Twitter’s #music app, which was initially super popular in part due to its cool design and the fact that everybody uses Twitter, but then it ran into a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem?
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At first glance, Twitter’s entry into the music business today may be a bit of a head-scratcher. The service had barely launched before people were questioning why Twitter would even want its own music app. But really, it’s simple: Twitter …
We had a strong suspicion that Twitter’s new music service would figure into the company’s “big announcement” promised for today, and that is indeed the case. The company confirmed on Good Morning America this morning that its #Music service will be launching on the web later today with a separate iPhone app in tow. As expected based on the company’s acquisition of We Are Hunted, the service is focused largely on music discovery, letting you find music that’s popular with your friends or those you follow — specifically, music shared from iTunes, Spotify or Rdio at the moment. According to Twitter, the web version will be rolling out over the next few hours, with the service currently offered in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Twitter also says that it hopes to roll the service out to Android devices in the future, but unfortunately isn’t offering anything more specific for the time being.
Update: The iPhone app is now available in the App Store. If it’s not turning up in searches for you, this link should work. Most should also now be seeing the web-based version at the source link below.
Source: #music, ABC News, Twitter Blog, iTunes
Twitter has just confirmed that they have acquired We Are Hunted, a music startup that is based in San Francisco, where it is capable of keeping track of the most popular songs located throughout the Internet and social media. We Are Hunted greeted the world with this message on their website, “While we are shutting down wearehunted.com, we will continue to create services that will delight you, as part of the Twitter team.There’s no question that Twitter and music go well together. Artists turn to Twitter first to connect with fans, and people share and discover new songs and albums every day. We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on at Twitter.”
This is definitely in line with some news from March which stated Twitter’s intentions to roll out its very own music application, and it seems that such ambition has now been realized with the acquisition of We Are Hunted. Do you think it will eventually be rebranded to Twitter Music?
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