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Kim Dotcom, the guy behind the famous Megaupload services, is going for the music industry with its upcoming service called Megabox. The soon-to-be-launched website wants to pay artists directly when users stream their music, eliminating the middle man altogether. In the description of the video, Mr. Dotcom said: “This is what they don’t want you to have. Unchaining artists and fans. Megabox is coming soon.”
Launch date wasn’t unveiled but we do know that songs won’t be available only via web browser – iOS and Android apps will be released as well, hopefully earning a spot at Apple AppStore and Google Play. That’s until the industry protests and “kindly” asks the two companies to remove them from their respective services.
It’s a fact that the record industry is broken, making money only for the big boys with many artists struggling to survive. Perhaps Megabox is part of the solution. We’ll see where that goes and in the meantime, here’s Megabox’s teaser video.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
