Pandora is a personalized internet radio. Users can search up a song, artist, or genre, and there will be a personalized station related to that song. Your personalized station can be modified by putting a thumbs up or a thumbs down on a song. In December 2013, Pandora made $489.34 million dollars from advertising revenue. What I found interesting is that Pandora is not global; it is only available in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. I like using Pandora because I find music by artists I’ve never heard of before. Also, I like that it includes not only music, but also comedians as well.

SoundCloud is a social music platform where anyone can upload and share music from anywhere. Sounds can easily be shared to other social media sites such as Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Foursquare. SoundCloud was originally founded in Sweden in August 2007 by sound designer Ljung and artist Wahlforss. Some interesting statistics about SoundCloud are that there are 175 million monthly listeners, 10 million music creators, and 100 million+ tracks. I like using SoundCloud because I can find related songs easily by creating a station of the song I like. Then it will have a playlist of similar songs. Also, I like that users can comment on certain part of the song and the comment can be viewed as the song progresses.