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"The new section, which Spotify is labeling "Discover," surfaces content such as songs, playlists, and live-performance videos that Spotify users haven't discovered yet but which they may like based on their past listening habits. The section is laid out in a visual-driven experience incorporating images and videos in a big-tile grid that has some traces of Pinterest.  "It's another new canvas for us to look at the right way for brands to participate in the music experience," Mr. Levick said in the interview. "

ilt City will start testing the integration through Facebook Deals in five cities nationwide. In the coming weeks, Gilt City will allow users to purchase the site's coveted experiences on Facebook and share them with their friends.

a failed attempted at an interactive youtube experience for audi. users are supposed to click on the numbers to make it seem like they are in control of the car, but it doesn't work out well.

"The big highlight is that Google will be building a version of Chrome especially for use inside virtual reality. The browser will be coming later this year. Oculus launched a browser for the Gear VR in its most recent big software update, though Daydream's option seems to take advantage of some of the strengths of Chrome, like bookmarks and history. The company has already brought WebVR to mobile and desktop Chrome. They showed off WebVR Experiments last month to bring bite-size experiences to VR on Daydream and Cardboard. Google gave some light details on bringing Chrome to augmented reality situations, as well, so that users can bring their outside world into the browser. This will allow people shopping for a coffee table on Amazon's mobile app to scan their room and see what the right size would be. The update will be launching today on an experimental build of Chromium."

users on the Gear VR platform will be able to create their own user profiles and search for friends by username who they can interact with in virtual space

Advertisements in Skype first appeared in March. Initial advertisers included Groupon, Universal Pictures and Visa. These ads appeared in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. In a blog post at the time, Skype assured users its plan was to only show ads from just one brand per day in each market where advertising was sold. It also said the ads would not disrupt users' Skype experience with pop-ups or banners in the middle of calls.

Mitchell says three main things have emerged over the past few years. First, while simply soliciting Likes for chances at a sweepstakes win was once enough to grab users' attention, that no longer flies. "Now they want an experience that's rich unto itself," he says. "They don't want to interact with this app because of a .001% of chance of winning something, but because it's fun and something they want to share." But that doesn't mean adding unnecessary layers of complication; the second thing the Movement team has found is that simple apps perform the best with fans. Especially on Facebook, where a friend's photo album or potential paramour's profile are just a click away, too much clutter without a simple call to action can kill engagement. The third key: plan for mobile, even if it means just a page letting smartphone users know the app isn't mobile compatible.

The company revealed today that 10 percent of its entire user base will see promoted stations. This is actually the first time that Pandora has incorporated an ad product inside the station list. While the company has seen a gradual rise in listening hours it has been working hard to improve its ad products in order to increase revenue. This is certainly a major step in that direction. At first the company has created promoted stations for 10 national advertisers which include Kleenex, Taco Ball, StubHub, Toyota and more. The advertisers will create the music personality of their stations and will also decide how many ads per hour do the users have to listen to.

Soooooo CardStar is launching Foursquare integration to support checkin for users of the CardStar iPhone app. When the user scans a club or loyalty card via CardStar at checkout, they'll also have the option to check in on Foursquare. 

"We've seen touch-friendly tables before, but they're rarely so slick as the Multi Surface Experience, a newly launched collaboration between design firm Gensler and ad agency The Hive. The installation lets guests explore Gensler's architectural portfolio (the book you see above) just by walking up to a wavy table. An overhead projector, Kinect for Windows and special software present an interface wherever people stand; when users choose to learn more about a project, it pops up on a wall-mounted 4K display."

TouchTools is a user interface that allows the user to manipulate tools on a touch screen as you would normally in the real world. As opposed to simply typing, tapping and swiping, as we do on the devices many of us have at present, this new idea lets you write as if you were holding a pen, erase as if you were holding a rubber and even measure as if you were holding a measuring tape.

Reddit experimenting with web programming by releasing an original video series called 'Explain Like I'm Five.' The three episodes draw inspiration from the subreddit of the same name, where users discuss complex political and social issues in a simplified manner.

the new idea is to use LivingSocial's installed user base, experience working with restaurants, and developer team to facilitate pickup and delivery food orders:

What makes Pinterest addictive? - Good simple design - Big user base - Refuge from Facebook fatigue (simpler experience) - Accessible (easy to get started)

"News and magazine apps are a segment where the momentum is likely to shift towards the Web within the next two to three years," noted senior analyst Aapo Markkanen. "Since news and media content already account for a large share of smartphone usage and are likely to play an even bigger role in later adopters' usage, changes in this segment alone will make subscribers on average download fewer native apps." The next wave of smartphone owners in mature markets like the U.S., Western Europe and Asia will download fewer apps than the first one-third of mobile consumers who bought smartphones, according to the report on mobile app storefronts. At the same time, ABI expects that in the games and utilities categories, the mobile Web will probably never catch up with native apps, due to the difficulty in matching the user experience. ABI's outlook on the future of apps appears at odds with a separate report released Tuesday by Strategy Analytics, which maintains that the emergence of HTML5 won't put much of a dent in the app economy. Instead, it predicts the Web programming language will lead to the spread of hybrid apps that combine HTML5 with native APIs (application programming interface) to harness the best of native and open standards.

lexus and pandora partner to bring lexus banner ads into pandora -- users can experience the mobile site all through their phone

Rummage is a visual browsing tool for eBay users that improves the discovery experience through deep integration with popular visual bookmarking site Pinterest that should drive more traffic to seller's listings.

Twitter plans to add experiences, including e-commerce, contests and sweepstakes Twitter has also shown signs of wanting Twitter.com to be a destination where users linger instead of a portal that dispatches them elsewhere through outbound links.

Google's tally of activity on "Google Plus-enhanced products," by contrast, suggests frequent activity on the network by at least 50 million people. But it includes activity on YouTube, the Android Marketplace and the Google search engine. Even if you don't have Google+, you probably spend a significant amount of time on these sites. In The Times article, Google defends its statistic by saying time spent on Google+ isn't reflective of how much the network is being used. Gundotra described the social network as "a social blanket that envelopes the entire Google experience."

Range Rover just released an interactive banner iAd where users can customize and check out features.