iPhone music apps are coming thick and fast at the moment, with artists and labels jumping onto the App Store bandwagon as fast as they can. A flurry of new apps have gone live or been announced, so we've torn ourselves away from Tap Tap Revenge 3 (released yesterday) to round them up:EMI's SVP of digital marketing Syd Schwartz has been talking about the label group's plans to launch an iPhone app tied to one of its “major artists”.It will offer streaming music and videos, but also location-aware photo feature to let fans take snaps at a gig and see who's close to them, m-commerce features to buy tickets and merchandise, and custom animations tied to certain songs. Schwartz wouldn't say who, but we're guessing Robbie Williams, who has a new album out soon.Hip hop mogul Diddy is also upping his iPhone game, teaming up with US magazine BlackBook for an app called Diddy's BlackBook. It offers a guide to his favourite shops, restaurants and nightclubs across the US. There's no shortage of location-based city-guides on iPhone, but few come with celebrity endorsements. On the downside, we suspect many iPhone owners won't have quite the same social budget as Diddy…Also [...]
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