F8 Keynote: Music & Media Apps Dominate New Facebook Timeline
(UPDATED) Despite the leaks and rumors, I in no way expected what I saw in Facebook's F8 Keynote presentation today. They are taking their game to a whole new level. Continue reading
The Facebook Music Effect: VEVO & Ticketmaster Add Facebook Apps
I'm going to start calling it the Facebook Music effect. Music video platform VEVO is rolling out a Facebook app that included the ability to sell albums and merchandise and. Continue reading
Should Musicians Convert Fans of Facebook Pages to Profile Subscribers?
As Facebook floods its users with a variety of changes in advance of Thursday's F8 Developer Conference, one is left wondering how this commotion will affect music marketing. In particular,. Continue reading
Sick Of Too Many Social Networks? Join NOT GOOGLE+ [Video Parody]
With Google+ open without an invite it's only natural to suffer a little social network burnout. To help cure "your irrational fear of missing something", College Humor Network has created. Continue reading
1 Day Before Facebook Music Launch, Here’s How Big Impact It Can Have [STATS]
The day before Facebook Music launches at F8 (Hypebot will have special coverage), there has been an overwhelming amount of speculation about just how big an impact it will have. Continue reading
Google+ Opens To All Users. Join The Hypebot Google+ Circle
Yesterday, Google dropped the requirement that you receive an invite to join its new social network Google+. As you might guess, activity on Google+ jumped which for me meant its. Continue reading
YouNow.com Mixes Live Web Performance With Instant Death
YouNow.com presented last week at TechCrunch Disrupt and received a warm welcome though I have to wonder if the deluge of startup conferences that week undermined the amount of publicity. Continue reading
MySpace Delays Announcement As Traffic Tumbles
(UPDATED) When Specifc Media bought MySpace for $30 million, they promised a summer launch press conference with creative partner Justin Timberlake to unveil plans to turn around the struggling social. Continue reading
SonicAngel Creates Hybrid Crowdfunded Label
SonicAngel is a unique hybrid of traditional record label and crowdfunding platform that allows fans to become investors and artists to reap a larger percentage of revenue. They began in. Continue reading
Coder Discovers More Facebook Music Details Including Featured Services
Dutch coder and digital detecive Yvo Schaap did some digging in the code underneath Facebook over the weekend and came up with a list of services particpating in Facebook Music. Continue reading
