Gift Music 2.0

Content update...

2008-04-07T17:22:00.000-07:00

Our music catalog now exceeds 2 million albums and tracks, of which most is offered in MP3 format.

Some of the most gifted items last week were:
* The Hit Crew, "Happy Birthday To You"
* Fergie, "Glamorous (Album Version)"
* Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine"
* Fabolous, "Baby Don't Go (Album Version)"
* Amy Winehouse, "Rehab (Remix Featuring Jay-Z)"

New Features and Hot Music

2008-02-26T14:24:00.001-08:00

Here a quick update from the gBox team:

New Features

Facebook gBox Celebrate. Our new calendar feature is now online! Remember to send a valentine gift, check your friends birthdays, or make up your own special day. Any event is good enough to give a gift!

Territory support. Due to the content territory restrictions, we have enhanced several parts of our infrastructure. We are currently limited to sell content within the US, but working on new agreements that include worldwide distribution rights. However, if you live outside the US, you may still gift a US resident. If you experience any problems, please let our support team know.

Hot Music

The Top 3 Gifts this month are Timbaland ("Apologize"), Feist ("1234"), and Fergie ("Glamorous").

The Top 3 Wishes this month are Fergie ("Big Girls Don't Cry"), Timbaland ("The Way I Are"), and 50 Cent ("Ayo Technology").

We are releasing new content on a weekly basis! In case you wonder, all our music is coming from both major and independent labels. And e're working on making all of these albums easier to find in our portal. Stay tuned, more content is in the pipeline...

New "My gBox" page

2008-02-04T17:15:00.000-08:00

We just added a cool new "My gBox Account" page, where you can view how many promotional gBucks you have in your account, change your password, or complete you registration if you signed up through Facebook.

By the way, we also launched a small survey -- complete it, and we'll deposit 3 shiny gBucks into your account!

Enter 2008. What's Next?

2008-01-07T10:32:00.000-08:00

In the months ahead, gBox will work on several fronts: New features for our widget, new features specifically for our Facebook integration, new features for our site, and more MP3 content. So, there is a bunch of fun stuff coming up...

Meanwhile, we are starting the new year with a small promo: For a limited time, our Facebook users will be able to gift their friends from a set of WMA songs for free! The selection will change daily, so you should check back often.

NOTE: We are always happy to hear from you, and to add new ideas to our list of enhancements and improvements to gBox! Simply respond to this posting, or mail to feedback@gbox.com.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-21T17:42:00.000-08:00

We wish you a Merry Christmas, a lot of gBox Music, and a Happy 2008!

Here a little present from us to you: Check out our latest gBox release on www.gbox.com and on Facebook. We included nice new features, such as automated play of your wishlist, a new gBucks currency, more content, and wishlist-to-wishlist copying...

Happy holidays!
- The gBox Team

Content, Content, Content

2007-12-05T15:13:00.000-08:00

We have just completed yet another music content update (this time a large independent music label aggregator), pushing our total count of tracks online to well above 1 Million. And most of it is in user-friendly MP3 format!

And there is more to come: A new content catalog is being prepared, and will be loaded in the next few weeks. We hope to get it online for you before Christmas.

You might have noticed that we also offer music in WMA format. This is DRM-encoded content (requiring a license to play), which was the only digital music format that all four major labels had supported, and subject of many heated discussions. However, a renewed interest in DRM-free music by the majors this year has allowed gBox to offer you a great selection of MP3 albums and hits!

New gBox Widget Update

2007-11-27T12:45:00.000-08:00

We are updating our gBox wishlist widget! This release will include various improvements, including a new (animated) look, drag-n-drop functionality, and performance tweaks.

The major new feature, though, is the ability to listen to sound clips directly within the widget. This means that anyone looking at your wishlist, now also can listen to a sample preview of each song.

Let us know what you think. Your feedback is always welcome!

Get gBox on MySpace and Friendster

2007-11-19T10:55:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving holiday greetings!

Did you know that you can add the gBox widget almost anywhere? This means, gBox is also available for those of you on the MySpace or Friendster network. Simply use the publishing tool on our site, and copy the widget code. Note that we're currently working on improving and simplifying this process even more.

Meanwhile, you can participate in our mini-poll (on the right hand side) so we get a better idea of what social networks to support. Oh, and of course OpenSocial support is on the way! Stay tuned...

Pumpkins and Monsters

2007-11-08T14:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween! With things being busy as usual, this greeting arrives a bit late. Nevertheless, we hope you had a great scare (in a good way), and a chance to gather enough candy to get you going until next year...

For those of you curious about the gBox team, we finally got around posting a photo:

[note, this is how we usually go to work]

Facebook Launch

2007-10-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody, gBox for Facebook is here!

We are proud to announce the launch of gBox integration within the Facebook platform! Simply login to your account, and add the widget.

Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?...

We will soon submit our application to Facebook, and if we are lucky, we should be searchable through their directory today!

And by tomorrow, you will be able to invite your friends, parents, significant other, dog/cat, whatever makes you happy :D

Beta Warning!

2007-10-12T16:31:00.001-07:00

After the last posting, some of you might already have gone to Facebook and added our widget to your page. We missed to point out that this is currently a beta version. Please be aware that any accounts you create will be purged once we release the final version! Also note that neither gifting nor purchase is possible in this version, and we cannot provide any warranties. Sorry, if that caused any inconvenience...

gBox to launch on Facebook soon

2007-10-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

We are very excited to launch our gBox widget on the social networking site Facebook in the near future. While we're still streamlining the interface, and testing that everything works, you can already now check us out at http://apps.facebook.com/giftsbox/ -- have fun (and mail us any bugs you find)!

Welcome to Digital Music 2.0

2007-10-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hello!

This blog space is updated by the gBox team to give our community an idea of who we are, what gBox is all about, and the new ideas we're working on...

If you haven't done so already, check out www.gbox.com and send us your feedback!