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Curious about how many people per million are listening to your favorite artists?

Take a look at these graphs. Simply enter up to 6 artists, and indicate the location of the users to be considered in the computation. You can also select the time window of the graph and see how artists are evolving with respect to people listening to them. Stay tuned for more new technologies to come and enjoy!

MyStrands’ recommender exposed through OpenStrands allows you to build a personalized stream of music tailored to musical tastes. So if you are thinking of developing your own personalized Internet-based radio, this is just for you. Not only will OpenStrands allow you to build a personalized stream of music, you can also adapt the stream in response to user feedback. Download our sample Flash-based application to get started.

Enjoy and let us know your suggestions!

So what’s with MusicStrands calling itself MyStrands? What does My have to do with Music? Well, after more than a year of learning to understand people’s musical tastes and behaviors, we realized that music is not the only category where we can help people discover more of what they like. By understanding peoples tastes we can also help their discovery in other areas of media like, movies, videos, games, etc. The world is full of stuff we like and thanks to the Internet, we can now get it. The list is endless. So, what do we call ourselves? Multi-mediaStrands? Get real! This is about the individual. Totally personalized and tailor fit.

My life. My tastes. MyStrands!

The latest version of MyStrands Discovery for Windows is packed with new and updated features that you–our loyal MyStrands community members–requested. We’re excited about them, and think you will be too.

Check out these new features:

• iPod synch: include your iPod plays in your MyStrands.com music profile, and track your iPod play history online.
• Recommendation filters: Narrow the focus of the recommendations displayed in the MyStrands Discovery main window. Set filters for genre, decade, familiarity, and whether the recommended tracks are in your library or not.
• Mobile phone auto-fill: Click to fill your Windows Smart Phone, Symbian Series 60 (3rd edition) phone, USB drive, or other MP3 player, with music from your library. Choose music by tags, playlist, or your recent play history.
• Auto-start option: As requested by users, you can now choose whether MyStrands starts up when you start your music player.
• Direct “buy” links: Click the buy icon to go directly to a preferred site for purchasing music. You can set your preference in your account on MyStrands.com.
• Playlist builder update: Specifically set up seeds and filters to build the best playlists. We even recommend tracks that you don’t yet own, but that you might want to add to this playlist.
• Community window improvements: Sort your contacts into categories, and use the new interface to view member music and affinity to you.

Enjoy! Download MyStrands Discovery for Windows today. And, Mac users, don’t worry. A Mac version including all these great features will be released soon.