Type of site | Music Applications, Social Media |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, CA, United States |
| Owner | Vert Capital Corp |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free |
| Launched | December 2007 |
| Current status | Offline |
TuneWiki was a music-centered startup that provided synchronized scrolling lyrics through its social music players for cellphones and handheld devices. The company was founded in 2008 and shutdown in 2014.
TuneWiki was founded in 2008 by Rani Cohen- chairmen, [1] Amnon Sarig- President, [2] and Chad Kouse- CTO. [3] The company was purchased by Vert Capital in July 2013.
TuneWiki had agreements with the major music publishers including Sony, Universal, and EMI to legally use synchronized lyrics in TuneWiki's music applications.
TuneWiki provided real-time scrolling lyrics that display as a song plays, for songs saved on the phone as well as for songs played through streaming radio, provided that the user first synchronizes the initial line of textual lyrics with the correct verse of the playing song. [11]
A geolocation feature located songs playing in the area of the user, and included social media functionality for posting to popular social media websites. [11]
Users were able to follow other users to discover and discuss the music they listen to. [12] [13]
TuneWiki had applications released for iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, Windows Phone 7, [14] BlackBerry, Symbian S60v5, Nokia Series 40 (Java based) and Maemo, [15] with a plugin for Windows Media Player, [16] as well as an app for Spotify.
TuneWiki was selected by various wireless carriers (such as Verizon Wireless [17] ) to preload [18] their application onto cellphones before sale, typically accompanied by OS settings which prevent the owner of the device from deleting the application. [19]