DoubleTwist ran out of money before it could prove that scientists would flock to its Web site to get the latest research software.

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Still, if you're a doubleTwist fan it's certainly worth checking out.

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That would be welcome news to music app developer doubleTwist Corp.

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"With digital media such as video from a friend's cell phone or your own iTunes playlists, it's a jungle out there, " said Monique Farantzos, co-founder of DoubleTwist.

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The new software from his San Francisco-based company DoubleTwist will allow users to share both user-generated and professionally created music, photos and video clips between computers, mobiles and game consoles.

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We couldn't find any reliable numbers about the current size of that service's catalog, but at the time of its 2011 IPO there were only 800, 000 tracks available, which make' doubleTwist's claim seem perfectly reasonable.

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It's been nearly a year since DVD Jon made some noise about doubleTwist by promising to "liberate" iTunes purchases from their DRM, and while that's no longer particularly relevant in light of Apple's decision to go DRM-free, we're actually really digging this newly refocused public beta of the doubleTwist app, which promises to seamlessly manage all your devices from a single interface.

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