How Instagram Has Eaten Snapchat’s Lunch In A Single Chart

Facebook and it's Instagram app have made a cottage industry out of copying features from Snapchat. As the chart shows, the result has been meteoric growth for Instagram and slowed. Continue reading

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Spotify Has Launched A Facebook Messenger Bot For Music Discovery And Sharing

UPDATE 2: Spotify has launched a bot for Facebook Messenger that lets friends share music within chats. The bot includes search, recommendations, sharing a 30 second song clip within Messenger,. Continue reading

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Facebook Owns 4 Of 5 Most Downloaded Apps

Facebook's march to world domination continues. New research by app analytics firm Sensor Tower shows that Facebook's WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Facebook owned Instagram and (those guys who refused to sell to. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Our tips for independent do-it-yourself artists this week covered a broad range of topics, from growing your fanbase through contests, to using Snapchat Stories to engage event goes, to how. Continue reading

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Millions More People Are Using Instagram Stories Than Snapchat

[UPDATED] Facebook has shared that 200 million people are now using Instagram's Stories feature – Snapchat-like disappearing photo and video collections – which launched in August . That’s up from. Continue reading

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How To Use Snapchat Stories To Engage Event Goers

Having now surpassed both Twitter and LinkedIn in number of users, Snapchat continues to grow, even among an older audience, meaning its an excellent way to engage a wide swath. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Some the chart-toppers on Hypebot this week included articles looking at a new strategy for releasing music, how Apple is further crowding Snapchat out of the market, Facebook's hiring ramp-up,. Continue reading

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Emoticast Raises $5 Million As Sean Parker, will.i.am, David Guetta Back Mobile Music Messenger

Emoticast believes it has found the best way make sure that music and music marketing take advantage of the current explosion in mobile messaging. Today, a group of all-star investors. Continue reading

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Conceptualizing Music Stories For The Snapchat Generation [Bas Grasmayer]

Whether you're a user of the service of not, Snapchat, and the app's design and overall aesthetic, have had a profound impact on the social/tech industry landscape. How this will. Continue reading

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10 Key Social Media Tips For Musicians, Bands

If handled correctly, social media can be one of the best free ways for artists to gain exposure and get their work in front of fans, as well as potential. Continue reading

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Live Video Streaming? Which Platform Delivers The Biggest Audience? [CHART]

36% of  respondents to a new survey said they watched live video. That jumps to 63% of millennials. It's no wonder, since Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter and other social. Continue reading

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