- ILike
iLike is a website that allows users to download and share music. The website makes use of a sidebar that is used with Apple's
iTunes . The program and sidebar are not required in order to use the site but allow for ease in discovering new artists. Although the website is still in a somewhat beta version, it is open to anyone. The site had attracted around half a million users in the four months since launching. This includes major label artists as well as independent artists. [cite web |url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/|title=iLike Growing Quickly, Still Trailing Last.fm]Funding
iLike receives private funding from contributors including
Ticketmaster ,Khosla Ventures , Bob Pittman as well as various other investors. [cite web
url=http://www.ilike.com/about/|title=iLike company information page.]Facebook Application
iLike has a free
Facebook application which allows users to play clips of music they like on their profile, show concerts they are going to and play a music trivia quiz. The application had great success after its release, making it one of the most popular applications on the Facebook Platform. As of November 2007, iLike has more than 15 million users. [cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/applications/iLike/2413267546|title=Facebook | iLike ] With the launch of Facebook Pages, iLike now creates pages for bands. A similar feature is also available for theBebo network.ee also
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Last.fm
*Musicovery
* Pandora
*MeeMix
* Slacker
*Playlist.com
*Play.it External links
* [http://ilike.typepad.com/ilike_team_blog/ iLike Team Blog]
* [http://www.ilike.com/ iLike Official Website]
* [http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/ilikesidebarforitunes.html Sidebar download on Apple.com]
* [http://uk.intruders.tv/Interview-with-Ali-Partovi-founder-of-iLike-the-most-popular-application-on-Facebook_a220.html Interview with Ali Partovi, CEO and founder of iLike] videoReferences
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