Kevin Cantera
A free-lance writer based in Utah’s “Little Silicon Valley” – also known as Provo – <a href="http://www.uplayme.com">Kevin Cantera</a> tries to keep his ear to the ground in the burgeoning world of <a href="http://www.uplayme.com">digital music and Internet networking</a>. He has written for various newspapers and magazines in the Intermountain region, including Mid-American Review and Home Court.
Articles by this Author
Online Music Sharing
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 10/22/2007
- Music
- Unrated
The tunes are out there.
Floating around in the Internet, all just a mouse click away, are hundreds and hundreds of songs, the songs that you love, the soundtrack of your life, that favorite ditty, the melody you first heard as a kid and have loved ever since, the album that you grew up on. It is all so very available smack dab in the middle of cyber space. No need for a trip to the neighborhood music shop.
Meet People Online via Music Sharing
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 10/24/2007
- Music
- Unrated
What could be better than having the very best music in the world at your fingertips, sorted by style, genre, group, or album? How about this – all that music plus a way to meet new and exciting people all at the same time! Sounds great, doesn’t it? Just like a match made in Heaven – discover some great friends while you discover some great tunes.
Music Sharing is a New Hot Space
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 10/26/2007
- Music
- Unrated
Online music is finally getting in tune and it sure is an exciting time to be a music fan.
Downloaded songs, once the scourge of the music industry, have gone completely legitimate and now the next great wave crossing the Internet is all about sharing music over the World Wide Web. It is a great place to be! With the industry's support, some of the biggest computing and Internet companies have launched music-download stores and portable digital-music players.
Mobile Music Sharing
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 10/29/2007
- Music
- Unrated
Sales of portable music players are booming, and phone manufacturers would like to join the frenzy. A large and growing number of people already take their phones along wherever they go and now the era of the music phone is dawning, with phones available today that are able to store and play songs
The Benefits of Digital Music Downloads
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 10/31/2007
- Music
- Unrated
Let's face it, there's nothing worse than buying an entire CD after you've heard a single good song on the radio, only to find out that that song is the only decent track on the album.
Digital Video Downloads
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 11/2/2007
- Music
- Unrated
One of the hottest trends in the cyber world is the explosions of video downloads from the Internet, to your computer, your iPod-style entertainment device, or, more and more, to your cell phone. Microsoft has launched its version, MSN Video Downloads, which gives video junkies all kinds daily television programming, including video content from MSNBC.com, Food Network, FOX Sports and IFILM Corp., for download to Windows Mobile -based devices.
It’s Still Rock-n-Roll to Me
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 11/15/2007
- Music
- Unrated
There are a lot of advantages to digital music, but it can be confusing as you try to determine what format, bit rate and file size are best suited for any given hardware solution.
Social Networking: Human v. Cyber
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 11/20/2007
- Social Networks
- Unrated
Mobile Marketing Goes Mainstream
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 11/20/2007
- E-Commerce
- Unrated
Marketing on mobile phones has become increasingly popular over the past few years as the technology of Short Message Service (SMS), better known as text-messaging, has become more and more refined. According to the experts, mobile marketing was born in the early 2000s in Europe when businesses started to collect mobile phone numbers and send off texts, often unwanted, that hawked various products.
Online Trends: Digital Advertising
- By Kevin Cantera
- Published 11/24/2007
- E-Commerce
- Unrated
For years and years, advertisers have touted the potential of the Internet as a place where entrepreneurs could pinpoint targeted consumers.