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Access Myxer content via audio content streaming

Smooth controls, straight integration and great interface -- we can't really find any significant problem with the Myxer app, except noting the obvious fact that it is a little bit limited compared to its larger version available on the Web.

Being a compact version of the Myxer Web site, this app's opening interface simply welcomes us with a menu that lists several tracks of ringtones and songs into different general categories like Featured and Popular. Of course, standard categories like music type are also found on Categories, while a general menu can be called up from the bottom … Read more

Blare your dissent with anti-SOPA ringtone

Hate SOPA and PIPA? Tell the world every time you get a call.

As popular sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit, and Craigslist stay fully or partially dark on this day of protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), mobile entertainment site Myxer has released a more musical form of dissent.

Myxer's free Stop the SOPA! ringtone launches a rap-style rant about SOPA over a funky backbeat.

Myxer, which sees some 15 million unique users per month, joined the protest itself by blacking out parts of its Web site.

Though the demonstration was … Read more

Myxer Social Radio gets friendly with streaming app

There's a new way to tap into the music tastes of your Facebook friends.

Myxer.com, a leading site for ringtones and media for phones, is shifting gears into the streaming music space. This week it launched Myxer Social Radio, a Web site and mobile app for streaming custom themed radio stations. The twist: invite friends to your station, called a room, and chat about the music.

Users also get a real-time activity feed of what their Facebook friends are listening to on Myxer, and can jump into a friend's room at any time. If a user is … Read more

Kobo Touch drops price, adds ads

Google negotiates with music labels, ultrabooks could add tap-to-pay, and Kobo copies Amazon by putting ads in its cheaper Touch e-reader.

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

Facebook get groovy with music services

Kindle lets people borrow e-books from their public library, Pandora gets a site redesign in HTML5, and Facebook has some big changes in store at its F8 developers conference.

Links from Thursday's episode of Loaded:

Myxer: Get your media to go

Myxer introduced a new feature at DemoFall: a widget to instantly upload photos, videos or ringtones to mobile phones.

It's aimed at people who want to make money on things like wallpaper and ringtones but don't have the technical know-how or the resources to distribute it themselves. Mobilized by Myxer is a delivery platform that can push any content to any phone. They've promised to keep up on the constantly fluctuating mobile standards and phones that enter the market so you don't have to. The only requirements are that users own the content they want to … Read more