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Turntable.fm has an iPhone app, hooray!

Turntable.fm has an iPhone app, hooray!
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(CBS) - Now you can take Turntable.fm, the addictive music streaming service, on the road with its new iPhone app.

If you're not on Turntable.fm, here's how it works: Users simply pick a music venue to join. There, they can listen to music, discover tunes and chat with other members. Plus, the coolest feature, by far, is playing DJ. During stints in rooms, users take turns DJing. But beware, room residents can vote your songs "lame" and if enough of them say that, the player will skip your song entirely. If you fear bad-music-taste shame, luckily, your Turntable.fm self is represented by a cute avatar of your choosing. Essentially, no one has to know it's you unless you log on with your Facebook account, that is.

One of the tech scene's most-buzzed about start-ups, Turntable.fm launched in January. It wasn't long until tech greats like Mark Zuckerberg and celebrities got in on the action. According to CNN, "That means they've been spending time in virtual rooms, represented by an avatar, spinning music for a crowd or listening to other virtual DJ's play songs."

The site is now streaming millions of songs daily with 40 percent of the 600,000 members using the service daily, CNN points out.

Yesterday, the music service launched its first mobile app for the iPhone. It's available for free at the App Store. Here's a full how-to from CNET if you need help downloading.

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