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  • This Google Chrome browser extension lets you play the entire web, courtesy of music intelligence platform The Echo Nest's API. +Music will play tracks by any artist written up on a music blog and let you post full streams to Facebook. That’s right, this hack totally beat FB to the musical punch.

    Check out +Music online!
  • Throwing a party? Satisfy all your friends' musical needs with CrowdJuke, which creates Rdio playlists based on the attendees' tastes. Friends can even text in requests if the tunes get as stale as those snacks you set out.

    Check out CrowdJuke online!
  • The Echofi site works alongside the Spotify app to give you personalized, unlimited radio, utilizing EchoNest playlisting APIs and Spotify playback. In layman's terms: Hack play good music for you.

    Check out Echofi online!
  • The Music Video Genome is music discovery made visual. In the same way Pandora chooses tunes based on artists you like, the MVG taps into video-sharing site VHX.tv, YouTube and Last.fm to give you a stream of music videos you might dig. Try not to get Rick Rolled.

    Check out Music Video Genome online!
  • Who wants to memorize a password when you can just hum a tune? This hack unlocks online content -- and even your phone -- via sound-based cues. Very James Bond -- if homeboy could sing.

    Check out Soundlock online!

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