You know the freemium business model for mobile apps has reached an inflection point when music app developer Smule—which has never released a free app in the lifetime of the company—embraces it. Sm… ...

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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.

— -- Ge Wang wants everyone to play music, even if they don't know how. With top virtual instrument app hits like Magic Piano, Ocarina and Leaf Trombone, Wang's Smule has sold nearly 20 million ...

Smule has launched a number of popular, music-themed mobile apps, including Sing! Karaoke, Guitar, Ocarina, Magic Piano, and I Am T-Pain. Now it’s turning its website into a social network that it ...

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.

In our most recent “What’s Appening” segment, we meet Alexa and play the piano. WBOC’s Director of Digital Media, Ethan Holland, joins us on the couches to “geek out” with Jimmy. An Amazon Echo Dot ...

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 ...

Billy Joel wannabes who would rather play with their iPhones than take piano lessons, rejoice! Smule, the company behind musical iOS apps like Ocarina, Leaf Trombone, I Am T-Pain, and Glee, has ...

Smule, the developer of iPhone musical mainstays like Ocarina, Leaf Trombone, and I Am T-Pain, has announced its first iPad-only app: Magic Piano. The app, which seems as whimsical as Smule’s previous ...

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 ...