9th
Music in the Clouds
iTunes (the defacto standard of music) is dying. The future of media will be online. Continuing on the trends of sharing and being “more social” the fundamental problem that lies with iTunes is the fact you can’t share your playlist with your friends. If you forget to sync your iPod, you won’t have any way to access your media library when you’re at the gym.
The cloud is all knowing, and the cloud is great. We are beginning to see a major shift from storing content on your computer, to the web. Facebook is already the largest photo-sharing site on the Internet with over 3 billion pictures uploaded everyday. By hosting your music online, you will be able to share your playlists and access your songs whenever you want, on any computer, on any device, anytime. Startups like GrooveShark and Spotify are already paving the way. Hell, even YouTube lets you create playlists now. Say goodbye to pirating buying MP3’s, and hello to on demand media. Simply search for what you want and then add it, favorite it, and share it.
