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Encyclopedia > Mercora
Mercora, Inc.
Mercora Home Page
URL www.mercora.com
Commercial? Private
Type of site Social Network
Owner Srivats Sampath
Created by Srivats Sampath
Launched 2003
This article is about the music network; for the fictional species, see Mercora (Animorphs).

Mercora is a free social music network based in Silicon Valley, California. Mercora allows Internet users to search and listen to a digital radio network of over three million songs, express their musical identity via a customizable profile page, and webcast music to other Mercora users. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 261 pixelsFull resolution (2700 × 881 pixel, file size: 205 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made this image on 19 December 2006 using Mozilla Firefox. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 600 pixel, file size: 83 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made this image on 19 December 2006 using Mozilla Firefox. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 600 pixel, file size: 83 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made this image on 19 December 2006 using Mozilla Firefox. ... // Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: In popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) — many popular and technical texts will use the term URL when referring to URI; Strictly, the idea of a uniform syntax for... A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of relations, such as values, visions, idea, financial exchange, friends, kinship, dislike, trade, web links, sexual relations, disease transmission (epidemiology), or airline routes. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The mercora are a fictional race of aliens in the Animorphs books by K.A. Applegate. ... A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of relations, such as values, visions, idea, financial exchange, friends, kinship, dislike, trade, web links, sexual relations, disease transmission (epidemiology), or airline routes. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Internet radio (aka e-Radio) is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ... A webcast is a live media file distibuted over the Internet using streaming media technology. ...


Mercora's mission is to catalogue and organize the world's music and make it universally searchable and legally listenable. Mercora's catalogue contains over three million unique songs by over 200,000 individual artists across all music genres . The songs are streaming only (no downloads) and free. Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ...

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Company history

Mercora was co-founded in 2003 by Srivats Sampath, president and CEO. Before founding Mercora, Srivats Sampath was co-founder and president of McAfee.com, vice president of server product marketing at Netscape, and president and CEO of Discussions Corporation. McAfee, Inc. ... Netscape Communications Corporation was the publisher of the Netscape Navigator web browser as well as many other internet and intranet client and server software products. ...


How Mercora works

Mercora Search Results for Norah Jones

To listen to music, a user can search the Mercora network via a web browser and click a song link to listen. Optionally, a Mercora user can download a free software client that webcasts music from his personal music collection to other Mercora users worldwide. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 600 pixel, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made this image on 19 December 2006 using Mozilla Firefox. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 600 pixel, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made this image on 19 December 2006 using Mozilla Firefox. ... An example of a web browser (Internet Explorer), displaying the English Wikipedia main page. ...


Musical self-expression and discovery

Mercora allows music lovers to express their musical identity to friends and family via a customizable profile page. Users can create musical profiles, upload digital pictures, and listen to and webcast their favorite artists. By webcasting, users can share their music with friends, family, and other Mercora users worldwide.


A Mercora user can discover new music by viewing recent searches, listening to webcasts, exploring hot mixes, or browsing the profiles and collections of other Mercora users. A user can also search for artist biographies, discographies, reviews, images, and podcasts. Mercora users can also communicate and share their musical tastes via charts, messaging, and chat. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up Review in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into image (disambiguation). ... An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a web page. ... plotting redirects here. ... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface // Instant messaging or IM is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ...

Mercora Artist Biography for Mariah Carey

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Mercora M

The Mercora M mobile music service provides users with wireless access to the Mercora network. Mercora M users can search and listen to a digital radio network of over three million unique songs and 200,000 individual artists. Mercora M also provides: This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

  • 100,000 channels of digital radio
  • Over-the-air access to the music library on the PC
  • Access to friends' music collections
  • Streaming podcasts from leading media services
  • Stereo Bluetooth support via A2DP profiles

Mercora M offers support for any Windows Mobile 5.0-based Smartphone or Pocket PC phone with Wi-Fi, GSM or GPRS (3G) connectivity. Windows Mobile 5.0-certified devices include the Motorola Q, Palm Treo 700w and Smartphone and Pocket PC phones by Hewlett-Packard, HTC, i-mate, Siemens, Samsung, and Audiovox. An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a web page. ... This article is about the spacecraft and the mission. ... Bluetooth logo Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs). ... The Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) defines how high quality audio (stereo or mono) can be streamed from one device to another over a Bluetooth connection[1]. For example music streamed from a mobile phone to a wireless headset. ... Windows Mobile is a compact operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 API. Devices which run Windows Mobile include Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers. ... A Sony Ericsson Smartphone (Model P910i with Opera web browser) Look up smartphone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Dell Axim x30, a Pocket PC A Pocket PC, abbreviated P/PC or PPC, is a handheld-sized computer that runs a specific version of the Windows CE operating system. ... Official Wi-Fi logo Wi-Fi was originally a brand licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the embedded technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802. ... Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is an American multinational communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... The Palm corporation produces a number of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) which run the Palm operating system. ... Treos redirects here. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... HTC is a three letter abbreviation for the following: High Tech Computer Corporation - Taiwan-based manufacturer of Windows-powered handheld devices. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Siemens AG (ISIN: DE0007236101, FWB: SIE, NYSE: SI) is one of the worlds largest technology companies. ... Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... Audiovox (NASDAQ: VOXX) is an electronics company. ...


IM Artist Program

Mercora IM Artist Program is intended for independent artists and bands that want to increase promotion and publicity for their music. As a member of the IM Artist program, participating artists receive:

  • Five music channels webcasting to Mercora users worldwide
  • "Now Playing" profile with artist pictures, biography, and discography
  • Website links to purchase CDs, merchandise, tickets, and more
  • Communicate with fans and listeners via artist forums and chat

The IM Artist program is currently in beta and free. Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ...


Mercora Madwords

Mercora Madwords is a contextual advertising system that enables advertisers to target text placements by artist or music genre. The text placements are displayed in the "Sponsored Links" section of a webpage upon a search for artist or genre (such as "Coldplay" or "Alternative"). In some ways, this system is similar to Google AdWords. Contextual advertising is the term applied to advertisements appearing on websites or other media, such as content displayed in mobile phones, where the advertisements are selected and served by automated systems based on the content displayed by the user. ... Sponsored links are text-based advertisements that describe an advertiser’s Web site and the products and services offered. ... Coldplay are a critically acclaimed and Grammy award winning English rock band. ... A Google promotional graphic, highlighting AdWords AdWords is Googles flagship advertising product, and main source of revenue. ...


Madwords enables advertisers to sign up directly via a credit card and is priced on a pay per click (PPC) basis. Advertisers can create and upload their text ads, select their targeting criteria, set their budget and PPCs, and view statistics and reports via a password-protected webpage. Pay per click, or PPC, is an advertising technique used on websites, especially search engines. ...


Search boxes

Mercora search boxes enable consumers to search and listen to music from websites and blogs. Website and blog operators can customize the search box to incorporate their desired color scheme, size, logo, and preferred artists (such as "Radiohead"). Consumers can search for artists and listen from a separate browser window. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Radiohead are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxfordshire in 1986. ...


Music iFrames

Mercora Music iFrames enable consumers to view a subset of songs available from a particular artist and click a song to listen. The list of songs is dynamically generated and updated every 60 seconds. There is also a 'more' option if the consumer desires to listen to a song that is not currently displayed within the Music iFrame. Clicking the 'more' button displays a full list of songs available from a particular artist.


Similar to Mercora Search Boxes, website and blog operators can customize the Music iFrame to incorporate their desired color scheme, size, logo, and preferred artists.


System requirements

Mercora IMRadio v5 requires Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server and a broadband Internet connection. To support webcasting, audio files must be in Vorbis, MP3, or WMA formats. In 2006, Mercora expects to migrate to a browser-based model which will enable support for the Mac and Linux platforms. Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptible, interruptible, graphical and business-oriented operating system that was designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor 32-bit Intel x86 computers. ... Windows XP is a line of proprietary operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ... Windows Server 2003 Desktop The successor to Windows 2000 Server, Microsofts Windows Server 2003 (codename Whistler Server, also known as Windows NT 5. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term which refers to a signaling method which includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... Vorbis is an open source, lossy audio codec project headed by the Xiph. ... MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular audio encoding format. ... WMA can refer to: Windows Media Audio World Medical Association William Morris Agency This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ...


See also

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Press

ABC News is a division of ABC television and propaganda networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... MP3. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... PC Magazine is a computer magazine published biweekly (except in January and July ) both in print and online. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Awards

External links

  • Mercora Official Website
  • Tiscali UK Jukebox Website
  • Tiscali Italy Jukebox Website
  • Mercora Webcasts Directory

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