can anyone enlighten me as to how last.fm works in comparison to a site like Pandora?
Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed over 40 million active users based in more than 190 countries. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m (US$280m).
Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the songs the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's computer or many portable music devices. This information is transferred to Last.fm's database ("scrobbled") either via the music player itself (Rdio, Spotify, Amarok) or via a plugin installed into the user's music player. The profile data is then displayed on the user's profile page. By April 2011 Last.fm reported more than 50 billion scrobbles.
The service is free, however users living outside the UK, US, and Germany, require a subscription to use the radio service (€3.00 per month after a 30 track free trial). The site offers numerous social networking features and can recommend and play artists similar to the user's favourites.
I have just friendly requested everyone from this thread. I know I did that before but I faced some problems with my profile that's why I had to delete my friends and some shouts. See, I'm a neat guy. Anyway, do as you wish. Oh, and feel free to join my group. It's open for everyone and you are all more than welcome.
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Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed over 40 million active users based in more than 190 countries. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m (US$280m).
Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the songs the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's computer or many portable music devices. This information is transferred to Last.fm's database ("scrobbled") either via the music player itself (Rdio, Spotify, Amarok) or via a plugin installed into the user's music player. The profile data is then displayed on the user's profile page. By April 2011 Last.fm reported more than 50 billion scrobbles.
The service is free, however users living outside the UK, US, and Germany, require a subscription to use the radio service (€3.00 per month after a 30 track free trial). The site offers numerous social networking features and can recommend and play artists similar to the user's favourites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm
http://www.last.fm/user/LeavinHere
Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
Katowice, Wembley 07
SBE, Manchester, O2 09
Hyde Park 10
Manchester 1&2 12
This is just g'bye for now...