Widgets: Jango's Internet Radio Jukebox

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ProHipHop's Jango Jukebox Widget

This Jango Jukebox widget is pretty darn cool though you never know who they're going to have at this stage and who's still missing.  The lack of photos for some of these artists is kind of odd as well but it's still pretty darn cool.

It's getting so that bothering to license stuff makes a lot less sense than tossing up a widget from a Web 2.0 company doing the heavy lifting and that's one more piece of the puzzle to make small fry competitive with those whose pockets are much deeper.

Web 1.0: Business Development
Web 2.0: Widget Distribution

On a sad note for Jango, their press release at PR Web, which includes a framed version of the site at the bottom of the page as on many PR Web releases, automatically redirects to Jango.com.

You can hit the back button and then stop to keep it from doing that but if you're not interested in toying around, you can read what they're claiming over at Hip Hop Press.

Now if the width was customizable so you could add it to a blog sidebar, these guys would really have something.  I don't understand why so many widget makers are ignoring the obvious but that's a lot of opportunities to pass up especially when you claim to have created a widget for "personal blogs".

Comments

[Jared]

Cool widget, they should try to implement a viral widget platform, like Clearspring at http://www.clearspring.com/ Registration is fast and free. Check it out.

[Kay]

Has anyone checked out FlyTunes? I read online that it gives you Internet radio, but it uses your iPhone or iPod touch. It’s supposed to be available for other pmps soon.