Last.fm

What is the Last.fm Music Facebook Application?

Last.fm is an intenet radio and community website. The site has a unique recommendation system called “Audioscrobbler.” The cool thing about Last.fm is that it develops a detailed profile for your musical taste by recording all the songs you’ve listened to. What the Last.fm app does is display in your profile the last few songs you’ve listened to. Your friends can the listen to them and discover new music.

Last.fm Pros

• Discover new music easily
• Share with your friends what you’ve been listening to.

Last.fm Cons

• People have had trouble displaying their top 10 artists.
• You have to have an account with Last.fm for it to work, so installation takes some time if aren’t already signed up.

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Audio Facebook Application

What is the Audio Facebook Application?

The Audio Facebook application was developed by Numair Faraz. This app allows you to upload music and share it with others on your Facebook profile. The best part of this app is that you add songs that other people have added to their list to your own list. In short, Audio is a file sharing tool. The developer has posted a message saying that all this is legal, but I’m kind of suspicious. With Audio, I can get all the free music that I want. I guess what makes this legal is that you can’t listen to the music outside of Facebook. However, I’m sure there’s someone who had developed a piece of software that allows theme to rip music off of the Audio application.

Audio Pros

• A very simple and efficient music share app
• Easily upload music
• Add songs from others profiles to your list easily

Audio Cons

• Looks a little bit shady, but the music industry hasn’t said anything yet.

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Filter Facebook Application

What is the Filter Facebook Application?

The Filter app allows you to create custom music play lists from your iTunes or Windows Media Player and post them on your Facebook profile in a nifty flash player. In order for the app to work, you have first install Microsoft .NET framework. This allows you to transfer you songs from your computer to the app. After downloading the .NET Framework, you have to register with Filter and download an offline application that allows you to create your playlists. Once you do that, you go back to the Filter Page on Facebook and decide how you want to display your songs.

Filter Pros

• The widget is pretty slick looking.
• Make your own playlists right from iTunes or Media player.

Filter Cons

• Pretty time consuming to setup. You have to download a few things before you can even use it.
• Set up could be confusing for many users. I can see many people having a hard time getting this app to work.

While Filter does take time to set up, it’s well worth it. It makes uploading songs to share with your friends very easy.

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Boombox Facebook Application

Tired of music apps that only give you a pre-selected library of songs to choose from? Check out the Boombox Facebook Application.

What is the Boombox Facebook Application?

Boombox was developed by Adam Mosseri from San Fran, CA. The Boombox app allows you to share your favorite songs with your friends on your Facebook Profile. In addition to sharing songs on your profile, you can send songs to friends who are using the app as well. Unlike many of the music apps on Facebook, Boombox allows you to create your own music library. Boombox doesn’t offer the ability to upload music directly to the app. Rather, you have to provide a link to the song you want to add from a file you already uploaded somewhere else.

Boombox Pros

• Ability to create own music library
• Ability to send songs to friends

Boombox cons

• Takes a long time to load
• No direct uploading. It’s kind of pain to have to upload your music at other sites.
• Glitches include songs not playing and list disappearing.

I think Boombox’s best feature is the ability to create your own music library. If the developer can iron out the app’s known glitches, this should be a killer Facebook app.

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Uber Music Player Facebook Application

Want to share your favorite music with your friends? Check out the Uber Music Player Facebook Application.

What is the Uber Music Player Facebook application?

The Uber Music Player is a simple music player that you can install on your profile page. It was developed by Uber.com. You can customize the player with different application skins. You can choose from hundred of pre-selected songs to add to your player.

Uber Music Player Pros

• It’s a pretty simple player, so it loads quickly.
• Hundreds of songs to choose from

Uber Music Player Cons

• The hundreds of songs you have to choose from are pretty crappy.
• Adding your own songs is a pain in the butt. You have to open an account with Uber.com first and upload them through the site.
• This application smells like a marketing ploy.

Uber Music Player is one of the more popular applications right now; however, better music applications exist.

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Facebook Application: iLike

iLike is the fastest growing feature on Facebook right now. It seems like everyone is installing this Facebook application. What’s there to like about iLike? Let’s take a look.

What is iLike?

iLike is a Facebook application that allows users to add music and videos to their Facebook profile. You can let your friends know what you’re music tastes are. iLike does provide some free mP3’s you can put in your iLike application. You can also share with your friends if you’ll be attending your favorite band’s upcoming concert.

iLike Pros

• Easy way to share music with friends
• iLike provides free mP3’s and videos for your iLike profile
• Share with friends concert plans so you can meet-up
• The creators of the application are quick to respond to feedback

iLike Cons

• Selection of mp3’s limited
• Music tracts are pretty short
• Reported bugs that cause the application to stop working completely; however, the creators are pretty good at responding to these problems quickly

Overal, iLike is a pretty spiffy Facebook application that you should try adding to your Facebook profile.

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