There are many less-than-legitimate services that allow you to purchase fake views on YouTube along with a host of other internet measures of popularity. It turns out that the largest labels in music used similar services for their videos, including those of many household name artists like Beyonce and Justin Bieber to the tune of 1 billion views for UMG and 850 million views for Sony.

YouTube has caught and eliminated these dishonest actions only months after announcing its pay-per-view strategy, where these billions of views could translate directly to income for major content creators.

Though UMG and Sony are the biggest offenders, many other labels have been affected as well. This indicated the willingness of major labels to falsify its popularity to Google’s streaming video platform. This is likely to only grow in importance, as a recent Nielsen study shows that almost two-thirds of teens under 18 use YouTube as their primary method of listening to music. 44% of adults also use the service to listen to music, and the big label’s artists create the vast majority of the most popular music videos.

Overhead.fm is pleased to announce that we now have an app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Subscribers can download the app for free from the App Store.

The Overhead.fm webapp has always worked in Mobile Safari, but we think the new app is a major improvement. The app makes it easy to access our expert curated playlists and your custom playlists from any iOS device.

Tablets and mobile devices are a great form-factor for business use, and many business owners already own iOS devices. As such, we’re thrilled to offer the native business music solution for iOS. Overhead.fm’s iOS app joins our Android app and web player, making it possible for Overhead.fm customers to get great music for business on a wide array of devices.

Rocking an Android phone or tablet? Overhead.fm’s webapp has always worked in your browser, but now you can have an even better experience on your mobile device. Starting today, you can download Overhead.fm’s app for Android devices from the Google Play Store.

Overhead.fm’s Android app lets you access all of our curated playlists and your custom playlists on your phone or tablet. Subscribers can download it for free from Google Play.

Have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Don’t worry, we have an app coming for you really soon.

The Brown Daily Herald just published a great feature on Overhead.fm’s founding and progress.

“Where we are sitting right now in Blue State, they need public performance licenses,” he said.

That is where Overhead.fm comes in. The company, founded last spring by Hebson and his partner Parker Wells ’12, supplies licensed music to businesses over the Internet. Like Pandora, the company provides playlists that stores, restaurants or coffee shops can play using any phone, computer or tablet they already have with no extra hardware needed.

“There are other providers that license music for stores, but we are the first ones to move it entirely online,” Hebson said, adding that this reduces costs and makes the process easier for customers.

“We’ve taken the idea that the Internet is the future of how we listen to music and implemented that in a new market,” Wells said.

Check out the full article.

The Providence Business News just published an interview with Parker Wells, Overhead.fm’s CEO and co-founder. Parker talked to the PBN about Overhead.fm and his experience as an entrepreneur.

Parker’s advice for young founders:

I recommend going for it. This is a great time to start a technology startup. As far as advice goes, I would say that the most important thing is the team you work with. If your team is dedicated, skilled, and works well together, you can overcome a lot of challenges.

Check out the full interview.