TuneWiki

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TuneWiki
Type of site
Music Applications, Social Media
Available inMultilingual
HeadquartersSanta Monica, CA, United States
OwnerVert Capital Corp
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree
LaunchedDecember 2007
Current statusOffline

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.

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History

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.

Features

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]

Supported devices

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.

Controversy

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rani Cohen - Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel | Professional Profile | LinkedIn".
  2. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amnonsarig/ [ user-generated source ]
  3. ↑ https://github.com/chadkouse [ user-generated source ]
  4. ↑ Press Release (7 April 2010). "Music Reports Announces Partnership with TuneWiki". Business Wire. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "TuneWiki is app of the week". San Francisco Chronicle. 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ↑ Press Release (20 June 2013). ">TuniWiki will shut down on June 28th". TuneWiki - LarryG, CEO. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Tunewiki.com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast". quantcast.com.
  8. ↑ "No More Words From TuneWiki As Vert Capital Pulls The Plug On Its Music Lyric App". TechCrunch. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. ↑ TuneWiki [@TuneWiki] (25 August 2014). "Most services have been restored. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone, thanks for your patience" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "LinkedIn - TuneWiki". 8 March 2010.
  11. 1 2 Purdy, Kevin (14 July 2009). "TuneWiki Puts Lyrics, Radio, and Social Features into Mobile Music". LifeHacker. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  12. ↑ Erica Sadun. "Hands on with TuneWiki for iPhone". Engadget.
  13. ↑ Shamah, David. "Tunewiki: The social networking App for listening to music". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  14. ↑ "TuneWiki". windowsphone.com.
  15. ↑ "Opera Mobile Store". ovi.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  16. ↑ TuneWiki Device Listing Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ "The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network Powers Up TuneWiki's Social Music Player". Verizon Wireless News Center. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  18. ↑ http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-htc-thunderbolt/149493-i-need-get-rid-tunewiki.html [ user-generated source ]
  19. ↑ "Turning off updates?". Android Forums. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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