Zune Social Update!

The Social is back online and is back with some changes!

• Improved overall stability and performance
• Ability to view Favorites on your profile and the ability to remove a favorite
• Most played artists will be displayed on your Zune Card, including three of the top songs for each of those artists (based on community usage)
• Ability to view up to 24 recently played songs and 24 most played artists (increased from 5)
• Easier to remove friends (directly from the friends activity module)
• Timestamp for your recently played songs
• Song and album information is now displayed in the send dialogs

Only thing i dont really like is that there seems to be some sort of “ad” stuck in the right side. “Zune Gadgets” is the embedded code for the Zune card for use on other sites. Overall, its a nice and clean extension of what it was before.

Link Time!

What the flip is going on in the Zune community? Find out now! k-let’s-a-go!

• Looking for an 80 this Christmas? ClicZune has a list of retailers and prices. Broke? they are also giving away one!
• Looking to protect your new sexy Zune? gotzune has a list of available case.
• Zune thoughs asks the question “Did Microsoft Underestimate the Demand for the v2 Zune?”
• Zune-Online has a way to break the 3 play rule! NAUGHTY!
• Zunerama has yet another zune encounter where planes seem to always be feet away.
• ZuneTracks has a dirty SWEET MP3 –MUDHONEY- The Straight Life!
• I have a zune has a great customized Zune…

Check it: Parker Street Cinema

Parker Street Cinema
“These Precious Seconds” (mp3)
from “Music, in the Blood”
(Abandoned Love Records)

Parker Street Cinema is an amped-up-ambient-post-rock-instrumental-piano-driven-sample-infused band from San Francisco, California. The kinetic three-piece features a lineup of bass (Kevin Dick), piano (Brian Glover) and drums (Ken Mahru). Like an epic film, Parker Street Cinema create music that provides you with an experience.

Wired Smackdown: Zune or iPod?

Wired as a small side-by-side review of the Zune 80 and the iPod classic. They compared the Zune and the iPod in hardware, price, content, ect. What is the most revealing, however, is not the review posted by Wired but the amount of user votes in favor of Zune vs iPod. To see the number and add your vote visit Wired!

Check it: The Dimes

The Dimes
“Paul Kern Can’t Sleep” (mp3)
“Jersey Kid” (mp3)
Catch Me Jumping” (mp3)
from “The Silent Generation”
(Pet Marmoset)

Wildly melodic and inherently quirky, The Dimes produce sunny day indie-pop known for causing breakouts of unexpected hand clapping and foot stomping among fans at their shows.

At first taste, The Dimes may remind you of a piece of peppermint candy you found in the pocket of an old sweater that’s been hiding in the back of your closet for sometime. Initially you hesitate, but then you take a bite and suddenly your mouth is exploding with a cool, fresh, minty flavor that makes you feel like you just brushed your teeth. (Read More…)