Put your headphones on. Facebook is out with a new music-sharing feature called "Listen With Friends," in which the social network's 800 million (and counting) users can see what songs their friends are listening to on services like Spotify or Rdio, and even listen along in real time. Many tech junkies are pointing out that this new feature is awfully similar to Turntable.fm, a service that allows users to listen along with friends using cartoonish DJ avatars. Will Facebook topple Turntable?
Turntable is toast: The once-hip listening service is no longer all that cool, says Digital Music News. Turntable was at its most popular last summer, but now, "sinking traffic" suggests that it was "just another fad." Meanwhile, Facebook's "Listen With Friends" feature sounds like a lot of fun, letting friends create a virtual room where they can listen to music together and chat about what they're hearing. Facebook's new feature is simply "cementing" Turntable's fate.
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