This morning I received an e-mail telling me that new HD music video / social networking site PluggedIn launched in beta today. PluggedIn is apparently a venture by actor / recording artist Will Smith in association with Sony, EMI, and other big name record labels.
What immediately one me over when I loaded up the site this morning was that in spite of it’s slick interface and decent selection of music videos, it runs from a Java-based client that works in Firefox on a Mac. Quickly it works, with next to no loading time to operate.
I just watched “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails (a live performance) and it was awesome. If you sign up for an account (also free), you can queue up a playlist of videos and get artist bios and shop for music in an online marketplace.