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

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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.

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.

  • In 2010, TuneWiki entered into an agreement with Music Reports, Inc. which Music Report would make use of its Songdex database to identify songs, and would handle the licensing of the lyrics displayed through the TuneWiki application.[4]
  • In September of 2012, TuneWiki was voted the number one app by the San Francisco Chronicle.[5]
  • On June 20, 2013, a news article appeared stating that TuneWiki will shut down on June 28, 2013[6]
  • On June 25, 2013, TuneWiki also sent an e-mail to registered users confirming the shutdown.
  • On June 28, 2013, TuneWiki was purchased by Vert Capital and notified its users that it would be remaining open. During this transition period Seth Gerson was appointed CEO as part of the company's restructuring.
  • On August 13, 2014, TuneWiki shutdown without notice.[7] Vert Capital has since failed to pay its datacenter bills, effectively shuttering the business.[8]
  • On August 22, 2014, TuneWiki came back online with no official statement.[7][9]
  • In November 2014, TuneWiki officially shutdown.[10]

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]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Press Release (7 April 2010). "Music Reports Announces Partnership with TuneWiki". Business Wire. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TuneWiki is app of the week". San Francisco Chronicle. 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Press Release (20 June 2013). ">TuniWiki will shut down on June 28th". TuneWiki - LarryG, CEO. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tunewiki.com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast". quantcast.com.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."No More Words From TuneWiki As Vert Capital Pulls The Plug On Its Music Lyric App". TechCrunch. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LinkedIn - TuneWiki". 8 March 2010.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Purdy, Kevin (14 July 2009). "TuneWiki Puts Lyrics, Radio, and Social Features into Mobile Music". LifeHacker. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Erica Sadun. "Hands on with TuneWiki for iPhone". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shamah, David. "Tunewiki: The social networking App for listening to music". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TuneWiki". windowsphone.com.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Opera Mobile Store". ovi.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  16. ^ TuneWiki Device Listing Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Turning off updates?". Android Forums. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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