3Plet Publishing Taking Music Albums As Mobile Apps To The West @Midem
Back in 2010 you may have heard of FlySoft and the launch of the Appbum, a music album in app form. In 2012 the music project relaunched as 3plet Publishing. Continue reading
Music App Revenue Up 75% In 2013
Revenue from music apps jumped a whopping 75% in 2013, according to analytics firm App Annie. The music category is now the 3rd most popular, up from 7th in 2012.. Continue reading
How To Get Millions Of People To Download and Use Your Music App
As Co-founder and CEO of Khush, Prerna Gupta led the company to a huge success with mobile music apps such as LaDIDa and Songify before they were acquired by Smule.. Continue reading
Music Tech Developers: Crowdfund New Features With App.net’s Backer
App.net has launched a new crowdfunding service for developers called Backer that focuses on funding a new feature or service. So, instead of getting quick misleading responses to questions posed. Continue reading
SXSW Announces 1st Official Music Hackathon Championship
SXSW has announced the first ever official Music Hackathon Championship, and Hypebot is proud to be a media sponsor. The SXSW Music Hackathon will take place over a 24-hour period from. Continue reading
Virgin Records Launches Innovative iPad App: 40 Years Of Disruptions
Virgin Records has launched a tablet app that chronicles the labels 40 years. Introduced by Virgin founder Richard Branson, it including a comprehensive video timeline of artists from Mike Oldfield. Continue reading
Shazam Turns Grammys Into Green Driving 54,000 Music Purchases
Music and sound recognition app Shazam had it biggest night ever during Sunday night's Grammy Awards telecast. The company notifies its 10 million app users to tune in for exclusive. Continue reading
SoundCloud Adds $60 Million New Funding, In Talks With Major Labels
Audio platform SoundCloud has closed a series D funding, raising $60 million ot a total valuation of $700 million. The round was led by led by Institutional Venture Partners along with the Chernin Group. In. Continue reading
Connecting Your Digital Music Kingdom With IFTTT
One of my big goals this year at Hypebot is to take closer looks at more services that either combine features typically offered separately or that connect separate services through. Continue reading
Last.fm To Go YouTube Powered In Last Ditch Survival Effort
Before Pandora, Rhapsody, and Spotify, Last.fm brought the world personalized online radio. But since 2007 when CBS bought the music service for $280 million, new competitors have left it in. Continue reading
GoPro Video Camera Maker Responds To Musicians with HERO3+ Black Edition/Music
We discuss video quite a bit at Hypebot, especially in the form of creative videos, software and services, but we rarely discuss hardware. However an effort by GoPro to better. Continue reading