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SoundCloud, Ning Give Indie Artists Exposure on ThisIs50.com

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Social media and networking is no stranger to helping indie artists get attention they otherwise would never receive. YouTube, Facebook and even Twitter has helped many indie music artists get their own fifteen minutes. With its new contest, 50 Cent’s ever-popular ThisIs50.com, a social networking site created by 50 and powered by Ning, wants to get in on the act and help indie artists get a chance to have his G-Unit Records A&Rs review their music.

louisgray.com: Yobongo: The Open Chat Room In Your Pocket (Preview)

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In the last few weeks, I've finally found a reason to keep my iPod Touch nearby, in a home full of Android devices. The magnet-like pull is from Yobongo, whose goal is to bring people, potentially perfect strangers, who share a geographic location, together to talk about anything. The application's real-time nature, enabling true conversations between friends and others, goes beyond the world of serve and volley status updates or Q&A, putting the focus back onto the world of conversation instead of performance and counting of replies, retweets and likes. In fact, there are no points of feedback for updates - just a constant flow.