Facebook Boombox App Taken Down by Developer

It appears that the Boombox application on Facebook has been removed by its developer. This was an application that let you select songs to display on your Facebook profile. They played in a small Flash area, loading mp3s found on the internet. I’m guessing it was a legal issue. I did noticed two days ago that the Flash part wasn’t loading and the application wasn’t working right.

This facebook listing for The Boombox app’s owner Adam Mosseri (link) now returns no results, showing that the person deleted their Facebook account. Very fishy.

I am now looking for a new application to load on my profile that does the same thing. Unfortunately I do not remember which songs I had listed.

Here are a few alternatives:

• iLike
• Audio
• And a lot more in the Facebook Music application directory.

Sources: Blog confirmation I used to make sure I wasn’t just going crazy, Boombox review

Daily Links for October 27, 2007

• GoDaddy Increases .Com Prices 12% - Domain Name Wire
  Domain name registrar GoDaddy has increased its base price for .com domains to $9.99, plus an ICANN fee of $.20. It’s due to increases in the prices Verisign charges for all .coms. Good thing they keep having great discounts that I tell you about.
  (tags: Verisign Registrar domain Godaddy)
• Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ effect
  Microsoft reported quarterly earnings Thursday that beat analysts estimates, citing robust demand for its Vista operating system as well as its new video game “Halo 3.” Shares of the company were up nearly 10 percent after-hours. If only I kept my stock.
  (tags: vista halo halo3 earnings stocks microsoft)
• Senate approves Internet tax ban extension
  The Senate on Thursday night approved a seven-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access. The two chambers will have to reach a compromise on the length of the ban and other differences.
  (tags: Senate Internet Tax Congress)
• FCC approves $27.5B Alltel buyout
  The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved a $27.5 billion buyout of Alltel Corp., the nation’s fifth-largest wireless carrier, to a private investment group.
  (tags: cellphones telephones Alltel FCC business)