ILike
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iLike is an online service that allows users to download and share music. The website makes use of a sidebar
that is used with Apple's iTunes
or Microsoft's Windows Media Player
. 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 attracted around half a million users in the first four months after it was launched. According to the latest statements by the company, over 60 million consumers registered to use iLike either directly on iLike.com or using the apps built by iLike for third-party social networks such as Facebook
. iLike also built a "post-once publish-everywhere" dashboard for artists – major label artists as well as independent artists. It now receives an average of 150,000 visitors per day.
In October 2007, iLike announced that it was teaming up with Billboard
to create new charts that display the week’s top 25 “most added” songs to personal music libraries.
On August 19, 2009 it was announced that MySpace
was to acquire iLike.
, Khosla Ventures
, Bob Pittman as well as various other investors.
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. With the launch of Facebook Pages, iLike now creates pages for bands. A similar feature is also available for the Bebo
network.
In April 2009, iLike renamed this application to simply "Music" to maintain consistency with other Facebook apps.
Sidebar (computing)
The sidebar is a term that is used for a GUI element that displays various forms of information to the side of an application or desktop user interface.-Widgets in sidebars:...
that is used with Apple's iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
or Microsoft's Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices...
. 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 attracted around half a million users in the first four months after it was launched. According to the latest statements by the company, over 60 million consumers registered to use iLike either directly on iLike.com or using the apps built by iLike for third-party social networks such as Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
. iLike also built a "post-once publish-everywhere" dashboard for artists – major label artists as well as independent artists. It now receives an average of 150,000 visitors per day.
In October 2007, iLike announced that it was teaming up with Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
to create new charts that display the week’s top 25 “most added” songs to personal music libraries.
On August 19, 2009 it was announced that MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
was to acquire iLike.
Funding
iLike receives private funding from contributors including TicketmasterTicketmaster
Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is an independent American ticket sales and distribution company based in West Hollywood, California, USA, with operations in many countries around the world. In 2010 it merged with Live Nation to become Live Nation Entertainment...
, Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage companies in the Internet, computing, mobile, silicon technology and clean technology sectors....
, Bob Pittman as well as various other investors.
Facebook Application
iLike has a free FacebookFacebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
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. With the launch of Facebook Pages, iLike now creates pages for bands. A similar feature is also available for the Bebo
Bebo
Bebo is a social networking website launched in July 2005. It is currently owned and operated by Criterion Capital Partners after taking over from AOL in June 2010....
network.
In April 2009, iLike renamed this application to simply "Music" to maintain consistency with other Facebook apps.