It’s no question that Smule has become one of the world’s most powerful social media tools. Four percent of the world’s population --350 million people -- have used Smule, and its numbers are growing ...

Some people think of Smule as a maker of novelty music apps like Ocarina, I Am T-Pain and Magic Piano – which respectively involve blowing a virtual ancient wind instrument; tapping out songs on a ...

Is Smule being a bully? Or is it just mounting a reasonable defense of its intellectual property? In a nutshell, those are the questions I was trying to answer during interviews with Smule CEO Jeff ...

Executives at Smule, the startup that turns mobile devices into musical instruments with apps like Ocarina and Magic Piano, say the company’s apps are about to get social in a big way. Sharing has ...

Smule, a maker of popular apps like Sing!Karaoke, AutoRap, and I am T-Pain, has sued two former employees who quit to build their own startup. Smule is claiming that Shred Video's founders, Mike Allen ...

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Smule is today bringing its popular Magic Piano app to Android, expanding on an iOS community that includes over 14 million users who have played more than 135 billion notes according to the company.

In a deal that combines two companies that create music-making apps for the Apple iPhone and iPad markets, Palo Alto-based Smule today announced a deal to acquire the Atlanta-based startup Khush, for ...

May 8 (Reuters) - Social media music company Smule has raised $54 million in a financing round led by Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, which it will use to fuel international growth, the ...

Smule’s back with another music-themed iOS app. The company behind App Store hits like I Am T-Pain, Glee Karaoke, and Magic Keyboard on Thursday released Strum. Though it’s an easy analogy to fall ...

Smule raised $16 million in its latest round, even though it didn’t need to raise funding at all. Another atypical step for the atypical startup, which originated when a 40-something went back to ...