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Gidilounge – the popular Nigerian music player, has been largely enjoyed on the web and for some time on Android now. Gidilounge has now widened their reach to include iPhone users with their recently launched Gidilounge iOS app. We at Technesstivity decided to give you a review of the app. The Gidilounge app is free on the Apple App Store, it is not a large application, so it downloads fairly quickly and installs on the iPhone. When you launch the application, you are presented with a login page in whichRead More

After nearly 7 months since it first announced its new music player tagged the gPlayer, Gidilounge has finally said they are ready to release the next generation Gidilounge app into the wild in a few weeks. The new music streaming app will have all the features that where disclosed to the public at their October 10th event which included the ability to browse and create playlists, save their favorites and listen to a music Lounge (curated playlists) but in addition the app will allow users to discover new and upcoming artist,Read More

Gidilounge, the company that brought you Africa’s first all mobile radio station and the popular Gidilounge music player is hosting an event on Saturday, November 10, to launch some new products. The event is said to be the unveiling of a major update to their Gidilounge Music Player which will be known as gPlayer 2.0. Gidilounge CEO, Olumide Adewumi, says the team spent months working around the clock to get it done and they are very excited to finally launch the product. The revamped music player is said to include features like userRead More

Music streaming service, iROKING has released an iOS app. The app is basically iROKING on your iPod touch, iPhone or iPad. The app lets you search for music by track, artist and album. It also synchronises your playlists between your computer and your iOS device. The best part – offline functionality. So you can listen to music when you’re off the internet. You can download the app here. What I’ve noticed is the colour scheme on iROKING and recently launched Gbedu.fm. They’ve both got the blue, black and gray thingRead More

If you’re African or you love African music, music streaming service, Spinlet is bringing the top music stars from across the continent to South By South West.  The All Africa Showcase is co-sponsored by Society HAE. If you’re at SXSW or you’re following it online, the following artistes will be performing at Spinlet’s events. On Thursday, the 15th of March at Copa, 217 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. Chief Boima (Sierra Leone) Sauti Sol (Kenya) Just A Band (Kenya) Spoek Mathambo (South Africa) Baloji (Congo) Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) On Friday, March 16, at Beso Cantina on 307BRead More

Etisalat has launched UrFilez in Nigeria; a mobile music streaming service that allows you listen to and discover music. The service also allows you create and share stations like on Last.fm or you can listen to any of the artistes’ stations. UrFilez has over 4,000,000 songs in its library. UrFilez has also been launched in 17 other countries where Etisalat has presence. The service also has partnership with Batelco and Zain. UrFilez is currently available for BlackBerry, iOS and Android. Users can also share their favorite music to social networks.Read More

Music streaming and download service Spinlet, has announced the signing of non-exclusive agreements with more artists and record labels. The agreement puts Spinlet back in the music streaming game and will help artists distribute and sell music on its platform when it finally launches. Some of the artists and record labels are Alapomeji Records (9ice), Chocolate City (Brymo, M.I, Jesse Jags, Ice Prince), Hypertek (2Face Idibia), Game Time (Lineo), Funky Money Ent (Konga), Syndik8 Records (Lynxx, E Jay, Ikon), Flytime (Tiwa Savage, P Square – Invasion Album), Too Much MusicRead More

The Grammy Awards has announced that Apple‘s late Co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs will be awarded a technical grammy for his help in transforming the way music is consumed and distributed. The statement said Steve Jobs “helped to create products and technology that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books,” “A creative visionary, Jobs’ innovations such as the iPod and its counterpart, the online iTunes store, revolutionized the industry and how music was distributed and purchased.” Apple was awarded a technical Grammy in 20002 for its contributionRead More

I chat with alot of people out there and most of them have sung the same song about spending their holidays in a different country “What would I do without my Spotify/Pandora” and so on. I share their plight, i’ve grown fond of Spotify since it launched in the US and I was looking for a miracle. Looks like the guys at Spotify have given you travellers just that. As a Chrismas gift, Spotify is offering Spotify Premium free for 30 days. How is this special? Check what Spotify has to sayRead More

Barely a month after the launch of IROKOtv, Iroko Partners has gone a step further with iROKING. iROKING is a free music streaming service for Nigerian music. Iroko Partners has signed deals with a whole lot of artistes – Davido, Eva, Skuki, MODENINE![The fact that they've got Modenine already has me hooked], Waje, Timaya, Shank, 2Face, Tim Godfrey, P-Square, 9ice, Kefee, Flavor, Banky W and a host of others. The site currently streams music although the official launch date is tomorrow. Just like IROKOTV, the service will be free forRead More