AUPEO! blog

New! Manage your favorites and edit your wishlist

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +0100

Please welcome our new Manage Your Favorites feature! You can now check your streaming anytime, edit it and be in control of all your favorite music.
Just log in, go to My Profile and click on Manage Your Favorites. The feature works cross-platform so anytime you tune in to AUPEO! with your account on the web, apps or hardware devices supporting the service, AUPEO! will keep the selections you set on the page in mind.

The first icon on the right side will be a Love or Ban icon depending on whether you Loved or Banned the track previously. If you want to change the track’s status, just click on it and it will switch from Love to Ban (or vice versa). And if you don’t want a track in your list anymore, click on the Delete button and it will disappear. Quick and easy!

You’re in love with a track and need to listen to it a thousand times in a row. We know that feeling! Now you can get your hands on your music of the moment as quick as possible. Just click on the Cart icon to buy and download the track you love or even the entire album it’s on.
You will receive an MP3 file that you can download, burn and transfer to a mobile music player up to five times.

Sometimes you find out that there’s an artist that you really don’t like. That’s why we included the solution to the issue: the Ban Artist button.
Click on it and the icon turns green. This means that the artist is currently banned from your radio streaming. If you want to get him/her back on air, just click on the icon again. It will turn white and you’ll hear music by that artist again.

AUPEO! – THE CROWD. Music. Social. Together

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:34:00 +0100

For the past 3 years we have worked hard to provide the best personalized music experience to our users. We added more and more music to our database, increased the number of platforms on which you can enjoy AUPEO! Personal Radio, and are working with numerous partners to offer AUPEO! on as many of your favorite devices as possible.

Last summer we brought you our next generation of the service: a brand new user interface for the web and most of our apps. We obviously did something right - you made us one of the most successful music services in many markets. Only last week AUPEO! was named as one of the Top 5 music apps in the German App Store for 2011! Thank you! Now we have the next level ready for you, and again we hope to have met your expectations.

If you ask people how they listen to music, you would get as many answers as people you have asked. However – at the end there are two main ways of doing it: listening on your own (while reading a book, writing your blog, driving your car…) or listening together (with friends, at a party, etc.) When you listen on your own, you are independent; you take your iPod, your computer or your radio, and off you go. With AUPEO! you already have also the possibility to fully personalize this experience. Building your own music DNA provides users with the best listening experience.

Now AUPEO! introduces a new dimension: listening together with your friends – at the same time, together and globally. No matter if your friends are in San Francisco, Sydney, Taipei or Berlin. As long as you are online together you can now enjoy the same tracks - and you can chat about them. This makes music what it always was – a great social experience. And if you feel the need to meet new people, the best way is to find them through music you like in common.

What do you usually do if 4 people at a party don’t like a track? You skip the track. Have your party now on AUPEO! The majority rules: if enough people have voted to skip a song, we skip it. At the same time, if more people love the track they will overrule, and the music will continue to play.

We call it AUPEO! – THE CROWD and we give it to you, our users. You decide now if you want to listen on your own to your favorite stations, or if you would like to join THE CROWD. Come and enjoy – Music. Social. Together.

Holger G. Weiss
CEO

AUPEO! & Toshiba Competition: we have the winners!

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:57:59 +0100

Thanks to all who participated in our sweepstakes!
Here are the lucky winners of a Toshiba 32RL838 Full HD LED TV and a Toshiba Satellite L755D laptop:

Lisa, München (Germany)
Filippo, Milano (Italy)

Congratulations!
You’ll receive your prize soon - we’re sure you can’t wait!

Cover Art of the Week #102: Untitled – Them Crooked Vultures

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:52:00 +0100

The vulture’s eye.

Cover Art of the Week #101: Ramones – Ramones

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:10:22 +0100

No accessories, no posturing. Bold font. Essentially Punk.

Cover Art of the Week #100: Volta – Björk

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:17:24 +0100

Weird? We can’t help but love it.

It’s too early for Christmas, but we’re already in the gift-giving spirit!AUPEO! is now...

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:22:00 +0100

It’s too early for Christmas, but we’re already in the gift-giving spirit!
AUPEO! is now available across many Toshiba devices (read more about it here) and we decided to celebrate with a competition and some great prizes for you. Go to our Facebook page and get the chance to win 1 Full HD LED TV or 1 Satellite laptop by Toshiba!

The Toshiba 32RL838 Full HD LED TV (UK: 32RL858) delivers stunning Full HD 1080p image quality, features built-in tuners for access to terrestrial HD programmes, internet content and catch-up TV services and the added convenience of USB playback and wireless content sharing in your home via DLNA is also supported. You can also get access to a range of other online content (including AUPEO!) through the Toshiba Places internet portal at the touch of a button.

The Toshiba Satellite L755D provides exceptional HD performance alongside all the computing essentials. It offers great performance, stunning pictures and the Onkyo® Speakers stereo speaker system gives you high-quality audio experience: great when listening to AUPEO! via the built-in Toshiba Places portal!

Our special thanks goes to our friends at Toshiba in all the participating countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Win now!

Cover Art of the Week #99: Mein Land – Rammstein

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:35:44 +0100

No, they’re not The Beach Boys! They’re (the most beachy and smiling version of) Rammstein for real!

Cover Art of the Week #98: Animals – Miike Snow

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:49:31 +0100

Directly from the post-atomic zoo.

Cover Art of the Week #97: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:19:52 +0100

Eugène Delacroix’s French Revolution, as seen by British band Coldplay in Spanish.

Cover Art of the Week #96: La Liberación – Cansei de Ser Sexy

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:32:00 +0200

Liberated and WILD.

Cover Art of the Week #95: She’s So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:18:00 +0200

An even more exclusive photographer for an album cover? Annie Leibovitz! Beat that.

Cover Art of the Week #94: The Menace – Elastica

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:10:00 +0200

Cover photo taken by visual artist and musician Maya Arulpragasam. Whose stage name is actually M.I.A. - sound familiar?

Cover Art of the Week #93: The Who Sell Out – The Who

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:44:00 +0200

“Face the music with Odorono, the all-day deodorant that turns persperation into inspiration.”

Cover Art of the Week #92: Four On The Floor – Juliette And The Licks

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:36:00 +0200

Have you ever considered embracing the Native Indian trend?

AUPEO! & Onkyo Sweepstakes: the winners!

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:24:42 +0200

Thanks to all who participated in our sweepstakes!
Here are the lucky winners of an Onkyo TX-NR609 home theater receiver:

Henning, Mönchengladbach (Germany)
Vincenzo, Gragnano (Italy)
Joost, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

Congratulations!
You’ll receive your prize soon - we’re sure you can’t wait!

Cover Art of the Week #91: Love Is Simple – Akron/Family

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:53:00 +0200

Simple like the incredibly complex human heart?

Cover Art of the Week #90: Welcome Nowhere – Thanksgiving

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:25:00 +0200

Tigers can catch a cold, too.

Cover Art of the Week #89: The English Riviera – Metronomy

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Postcard love.

Cover Art of the Week #88: Crisis? What Crisis? – Supertramp

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:39:00 +0200

Is summer over already?