Comparison of Pandora and Last.fm

An anonymous reader writes "Blogger Steve Krause takes an interesting look at how music recommenders Pandora and Last.fm work, including some algorithmic strengths and weaknesses. Although he seems to think Last.fm is better now, his punchline is that a combination of their approaches will eventually be the real winner and for that, Pandora can more easily become like Last.fm than the other way around."

Perfect timing

[xoran99]

This article has perfect timing; I go to Last.fm only to find that their streaming servers are down for upgrades...

easier

[method77]

Pandora is much easier to use for dumb people like me so I prefer that

Re:2 Downloads for LastFM

[utexaspunk]

id est [slashdot.org]

Re:Leakage

[Imsdal]

The moral of the story is that Pandora rocks well, but entirely fails to lull.

The moral of the story is that Pandora tried to give you a clue and improve your taste in music...