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YouTube Gets Social

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

As socialization continues to dominate the web, YouTube, once satisfied with being the top online video site, is taking steps not to be left behind. They've built some tools into YouTube itself including friend suggestions based on your Gmail address book and connecting your YouTube account to social networks via an AutoShare feature. Some of this activity is hard to quantify - every day millions of YouTube links are sent via email, IM, Twitter and other communication methods - but ...

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Some Milestones for ArtistData

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

A lot has happened since we last heard from Brenden Mulligan. On a personal level, je got married (congrats!), honeymooned, and traveled around the country speaking at 5 music conferences from LA to Seattle to NYC. But his baby ArtistData, which allows artists to input their info once and spread it across the net, reached a few milestones as well:

Why Music and MP3 Blogs Are the New Radio to the Beggars Group

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

A guest post by Australian freelance music writer Andrew McMillen.

“It's kind of crazy how the music industry works; we shout and tell everyone about a new record. “It's really exciting, it's great, you can hear it on the radio.. oh, but actually, you can't buy it for two or three months. Is that okay? Can you just not download it off of anywhere? Just wait two or three months, we'll get it in the shops soon!"

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Why Myspace and Wikipedia Pages Are More Important Than Ever

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

MySpace is over. Traffic is falling. Google's new enhanced music search has pushed my Wikipedia entry further down the page. Why should I care what a bunch og geeks write about me anyway, right? Wrong. First, both MySpace and Wikepdia still get massive amounts of traffic; and to the degree that you can control anything on the net; both offer opportunities for you to shape your own message.

Bringing Digital Music to the Masses

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

If digital music is to reach mainstream adoption, the music industry must eliminate the barriers that confuse many non-techie consumers. That's the conclusion of Forrester analyst Mark Mulligan's new report “Taking Digital Music To The Mainstream: The Music Product Features For The Living Room".

Easier and cheaper hardware if the key to the conversion according to Mulligan, “Our conceptual technology is a hard drive, midi-sized music hi-fi that with a detachable touch screen display / remote control." On his blog ...

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Falling Traffic at Myspace Will Cut $100 Million from Google Ad Payments

Source: HypeBot
November 8, 2009

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My Top 15 iPhone Apps

Source: Fully Altered Media
November 8, 2009

A couple people I know have recently acquired iPhones and Ive been asked a couple times which applications (aka apps from the App Store) I like/use the most. Heres a list: I could definitely not live without Twitterific Premium ($3.99), Yelp (free), Facebook for iPhone (free) and NetNewsWire (my RSS reader). This app hooks up with a desktop version which you have to download online at NewsGator.com for free). Most banks have Mobile software so you can check your balance ...

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Lost in a Sea of 100,000 iPhone Apps

Source: HypeBot
November 6, 2009

Apple announced this week that developers have created more than 100,000 apps for its App Store for iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries. Users have downloaded two billion apps to date. Some music apps are instant hits. “With 10,000 downloads a day, worldwide customer response to our I Am T-Pain App has exceeded our wildest expectations," said Jeff Smith, CEO of Smule. “The App Store has given us a unique opportunity to create and ...

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