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Rdio relaunches with new web UI and revamped desktop apps
Music subscription service Rdio relaunched its web and desktop apps Tuesday at SXSW, taking some of the best parts of iTunes, Facebook and Spotify to focus squarely on music discovery. “We basically took Rdio apart and put it back together,” explained the company’s head of product Malthe Sigurdsson during the event. The new web UI resembles a desktop app like iTunes or Spotify, complete with a playlist bar on the left, a catalog view in the center pane and a social news feed on the right. It also puts a big emphasis on social interaction, making it possible for users to put together collaborative playlists with friends. Users can also compile private playlists that they don’t want to share. Rdio’s desktop apps mimick the web UI, which is available to subscribers starting today .
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Can Crowdsourcing Make Any Dream Come True?
When's the last time you got something just because you asked for it? That's the premise behind Wish Upon a Hero, an online platform that allows anyone to post — or grant — a wish. It's an interesting experiment in crowdsourced social good.
