Audioscrobbler Cuts Music Sharing Latency
Summary
These early decentralized data projects established the foundational concepts for personalized web experiences we rely on today.
- Social Web Forerunner Audioscrobbler and Last.fm independently leveraged collaborative filtering technology starting in 2002 2.
- Tech Precursor The projects demonstrated early forms of music profile sharing, anticipating the 2004 e-commerce boom 2.
- Prototype Mishap The drama surrounding the iPhone 4 launch was ignited when a prototype was lost and acquired by Gizmodo 1.
- 2002 - The year Audioscrobbler and Last.fm first utilized collaborative filtering 2.
- 2 - The number of student projects that independently launched core technology 2.
- iPhone 4 - The Apple product whose dramatic launch involved a lost prototype 1.
Key Moments
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Last.fm and Audioscrobbler independently began leveraging collaborative filtering technology in 2002.
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The drama surrounding the iPhone 4 began before its launch when an Apple employee lost a prototype.
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Different Perspectives
Opposing View
Audioscrobbler pioneered social filtering in 2002, foreshadowing modern web.
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