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, a San Francisco maker of musical apps, has generated a virtual symphony over the past few years, turning mobile phones into pianos, drums, guitars, ocarinas and even T-Pain rap-style vocals.

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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 ...

Every day, users of Smule's Sing Karaoke sing 480,000 songs, and users of its Magic Piano play 1.2 million songs. And until now, all those songs have only been available to hear and interact with via ...

Smule, the fast-growing maker of music applications for iOS, is adding a new player to its ensemble. The Palo Alto startup said Thursday that it has acquired Khush, an Atlanta company whose music app ...

“I think this is one of the most exciting times to be in the music business.” That’s not a sentiment I hear very often, but it’s what Smule CEO Jeff Smith told me this week. You could, I suppose, ...

Social music app maker Smule Inc. has raised $38 million in new funding, consisting of $26 million in equity and $12 million in debt funding. According to reports, the equity round was led by Adams ...

(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 ...