Soundtracker (music streaming)

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{{Infobox website

| name = Soundtracker

| logo =

| logo_size =

| company_type = Privately held company

| foundation = 2008

| location_city = Washington DC

| location_country = United States

| country_of_origin = United States

| founder = Daniele Calabrese

| CEO = Daniele Calabrese

| industry = Music

| num_employees = 20

| url = {{URL|soundtracker.fm}}

| registration = Required

| num_users = 1.2 million

| language = 10+ languages

| launch_date = December 19, 2009

| current_status = Active

| native_clients = Windows, Windows Phone, Linux, BlackBerry OS, Android, iOS, ChromeOS, and macOS

}}

SoundayMusic (Formerly known as Soundtracker) is a geosocial networking mobile music streaming app{{cite web|author=Eliot Van Buskirk |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/location-based-music-is-heating-up-2011-1#ixzz3FfOTkgk0 |title=Soundtrckr And Other Location-Based Music Apps Are Heating Up |publisher=Business Insider |date=January 31, 2011 |accessdate=2015-02-19}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.corriere.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Economia/Intesa-Sanpaolo-StartUp-Initiative-tra-protagonisti-Smau-Milano/02-10-2014/1-A_014931592.shtml |title=ultimaora – flash news 24 Corriere della Sera |publisher=Corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19}} that enables users to listen to and track the music their friends and neighbors are playing in real time. The service provides over 32 million tracks{{cite web|url=https://angel.co/soundtracker |title=Soundtracker | AngelList |publisher=Angel.co |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19}} and allows users to create "music stations" choosing between a mix of up to three artists, or choosing a music genre. In the free version users can create up to 10 personalized stations, look at the stations that are being played nearby in real time, and interact with other users through instant chat.

The paid, premium subscription removes advertisements and allows users to create an unlimited number of stations. It was launched in 2009> by Soundtracker, and as of December 2014 the service had 1.3 million registered users.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} Soundtracker is available for iOS App Store, Android Google Play, Windows Phone Store, Windows Store, Google Glass, BlackBerry World, Samsung Apps, Amazon Appstore,{{cite web |url=https://developer.amazon.com/public/resources/learning-center/case-studies/cases/soundtracker |title=Soundtracker – Amazon Apps & Games Developer Portal |publisher=Developer.amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073529/https://developer.amazon.com/public/resources/learning-center/case-studies/cases/soundtracker |url-status=dead }} Nook, and Samsung Smart TV,{{cite web |url=http://it.startupbusiness.it/news/daniele-calabrese-linnovazione-fa-musica |title=Daniele Calabrese, l'innovazione fa musica | Startupbusiness | Enabling the Italian startup ecosystem |publisher=It.startupbusiness.it |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221039/http://it.startupbusiness.it/news/daniele-calabrese-linnovazione-fa-musica/ |url-status=dead }} in 10 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Korean and Russian.

Soundtracker is a registered trademark.{{cite web|url=http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86192697&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch |access-date=December 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |title= Soundtracker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210160735/http://tsdr.uspto.gov/ |archive-date=December 10, 2014 }}

Beginnings

The company was formed in late 2008 by a team composed of Daniele Calabrese{{cite web|author= |url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/bizspark_featured_startups/archive/2010/09/24/bizspark-startup-of-the-day-soundtracker.aspx |title=BizSpark Startup of the Day – Soundtracker – BizSpark Featured Startups – Site Home – TechNet Blogs |publisher=Blogs.technet.com |date=September 24, 2010 |accessdate=2015-02-19}} and 25 software developers and designers. Soundtracker was first marketed in 2010 in San Francisco, and today has offices in Washington DC and Cagliari, Italy.

Evolution

The first mobile platform, iOS, was developed by Daniele Calabrese and his team in Silicon Valley in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://siliconvalley.corriere.it/2011/12/20/litalia_che_avanza_soundtracke/ |title=L'Italia che avanza: Soundtracker | Silicon Valley |publisher=Siliconvalley.corriere.it |date=December 20, 2011 |accessdate=2015-02-19}} The iOS app at its inception featured 13 million tracks and allowed geo-tagging.{{cite magazine|author= |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/12/soundtrckr-is-spot-on-like-a-location-aware-pandora/ |title=Soundtrckr Is Spot-On, Like a Location-Aware Pandora |magazine=WIRED |date= |accessdate=2015-02-19|last1=Buskirk |first1=Eliot Van }}

In 2010 the team moved to Boston where it developed the stations, push notifications, interaction with nearby listeners, and the app for Windows Phone 7.{{cite web |last=Van |first=Eliot |url=http://evolver.fm/2010/12/09/soundtrckr-music-location-interview |title=Soundtrckr: What Does Music Have to Do With Location? |publisher=Evolver.fm |date=December 9, 2010 |accessdate=2015-02-19 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915185624/http://evolver.fm/2010/12/09/soundtrckr-music-location-interview |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author= |url=http://mashable.com/2011/02/23/soundtrckr/ |title=Pandora + Rdio = Soundtrckr [PICS] |publisher=Mashable.com |date=February 23, 2011 |accessdate=2015-02-19}} Also in 2010, a website was introduced to provide access to non-mobile users, and the app was made available on Android, Java, Windows 7 and BlackBerry platforms.