Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Prerna Gupta, who is CEO of Khush (now part of Smule), whose music apps, like Songify and LaDiDa, have been used to create over 125 million songs worldwide. You can follow her @prernagupta. As technology continues its march toward the Singularity, transforming the way we work, socialize and play at an increasing rate, there is one very important aspect of American society that lags behind: education. Many in Silicon Valley have strong opinions on how education should be improved, perhaps most notably Peter Thiel, who believes we are in a higher education bubble and should be encouraging kids to skip college and pursue entrepreneurship instead. I agree that Americans are placing too much emphasis on higher education, but I think the debate over Thiel’s statements misses a much deeper point. Why is higher education overvalued? It’s because our primary and secondary education systems Read More

Top-Ranking Social Music Making App Developer Smule Acquires Khush Leading mobile developers join forces to redefine the $65B market for musical entertainment Palo Alto, California, December 1, 2011 - Smule, creators of top-ranking social music making apps including Magic Piano™, Ocarina, I Am™ T-Pain, Glee Karaoke, and MadPad™, announced today that it has acquired Khush, an intelligent music app developer and creator of popular apps, Songify and LaDiDa™. The acquisition, a combined cash and stock deal which closed this week, brings together complimentary visions, technologies and teams. "The Khush team brings world-class innovation, unique technological talent, and a passionately shared vision for the future," said Jeffrey C. Smith, co-founder and CEO of Smule. "Joining forces with Khush represents the next step in our plan to bring accessible, fun, and sometimes bizarre music making experiences to everyone." Smule and Khush are leading innovators in the rapidly growing market for mobile entertainment. Together, Read More

Songify es una aplicación gratuita que ayuda a pasar esos momentos aburridos y con la que más de uno se divertirá. Su uso es sencillo: Decimos lo que sea y la app se encargará de poner ritmo a nuestras palabras para más tarde compartir la canción en twitter, Facebook o mediante email y así usarla como tono de llamada, por ejemplo . Se puede elegir entre 3 bases o melodias distintas, o más si lo deseamos, comprando desde la misma app. Se pueden comprar tipos de música distintos en tracks sueltos o a través de Packs (Rap, Club o Pop con varias melodias por pack). Después de pasar todo el día de ayer probándola, os adelantamos que tenéis las risas aseguradas y como somos muy malos cantando, vamos a dejar que lo probéis vosotros directamente. Disponible: AppStorePrecio: Gratis Read More

Songify: It turns basic speech into awesome songs. You don't even have to try to sing! Made by the Gregory Brothers, the dudes behind Bedroom Intruder, Auto-Tune the News, Double Rainbow and more hilariously awesome songs, the app pretty much gives you their powers. For example, I recited Gizmodo article titles and the app imposed it on the Double Rainbow soundtrack to create something way more fun than it should be. Google+: Google+ Can it be good? The app is. The home page of Google+ acts as launcher for the four main features of the app: Circles, Stream, Huddle and Photos. Circles lets you share things within a select group of people. Stream gives you a live timeline of updates from your friends, not unlike what Facebook's news feed does. Huddle is like GroupMe or any group chat service, where you can create groups on the fly and talk amongst yourselves Read More

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Get ready for the next great pop star to emerge! At this point in pop culture history if you are not familiar with the pop phenomenon T-Pain, then you have been living under a rock for the last half decade or so.  The funny part is that many wouldn’t consider his music stylings anywhere near musical.  Heavy utilization of auto tune turned transformed a man from a background vocalist to a headliner.  Just imagine what would happen if you had that kind of technology in the palm of your hand. Streamlining the auto tuning process dramatically, the new app Songify is aiming to turn even your most tone deaf friends into the next pop superstar.  To use this kind of technology in the past you had to be familiar with how an auto tune application worked and had to at least be able to trick the device into playing the pitches Read More

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  If so, here are ten applications released recently. Turn your voice into a song with this clever, and sure to be very popular app!  Your device will need a microphone though.  The app’s free for a limited time only.  Free. A mash-up of Instagram with the mechanics of Color, where you’ll discover Instagram pictures based on location.  $0.99/£0.59. An unusual game which uses photos taken with your iPhone or iPad, which you must fill with vivid colors.  It’s difficult to describe, so take a look at the video!  Game Center and universal device support.  $1.99/£1.19. The title says it all for this one!  The app has the option to share your favorite LOLcats via email, Facebook and Twitter too.  Free. Get a summary of all your social networking news with this handy aggregator app.  Free. A collection of 36 smoothie recipes, all with how-to videos Read More

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Khush, the company that released LaDiDa (remember the "reverse Karaoke" app that takes a poorly-sung song and Auto-Tunes it into an arguably passable rendition), has gone a step further with its automatic song creation technology in its latest iPhone app, Songify. Songify takes spoken text and then tunes, chops, and sequences it with pre-written backround music into what's supposed to be a little musical number. It's fun for a bit, but there's only so much you can do with some of the source material. See the example below, which is a Songified version of me reading a paragraph from Apple's iTunes license agreement: Until terminated: To see what you can really do with this material, check out Richard Dreyfus reading the same text. As The New York Times aptly puts it, Songify the kind of thing, "that your friends will be waving in your face for a week until they tire Read More