Legal We7 is a strangely named music download
We7 is a strangely named music download service which promises free, DRM-free, ad-supported mp3 downloads. Cnet.co.uk claims that the service “absolutely, categorically will not succeed.” I agree with this assessment of the We7’s …
Meet We7, the latest addition to the web’s growing collection of music download services — but this fresh outlet employs a novel approach. Spearheaded by Genesis singer Peter Gabriel, a renowned forward thinker in the digital music realm, We7 offers free downloads financially supported by brief advertisements inserted before the beginning of each track. Theoretically, the service scratches all parties’ back; the user receives free tunes, advertisers reach an ideal and refined audience, label’s rake in the cash, and artists get paid as well. But the problem, which scores of bloggers are sounding off about, is that many users feel the musical experience may be soured by an advertisement, forcing compu-geeks to edit out the tune’s ad, completely undermining the effort — an issue likely foreseen by potential ad slot buyers.
Ok, all this discussion about what makes mobile blogging not yet popular in the Philippine landscape may have now been answered.
This weekend I took some time off from the Web 2.0 echo-chamber to explore some more mainstream social software. My conclusions? 
Personal Bee’s founder will come in as VP of business development at Technorati; we’re not sure whether the value of the target was in engineering, where Technorati’s been weak. Any significance beyond that? One person familiar with Personal Bee says Technorati — which has in the past offered brand-tracking to marketers, ego-surfing to bloggers and search to ordinary users — plans now to build themed news pages in the style of Techmeme. 
