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Why You Should Buy the Next Song You I.D. - Soundhound is All-Time, Top Paid iPad App

Source: HypeBot
January 21, 2011

Apple's counting down towards its 10 billionth download from the App Store worldwide. In light of this, they have released a page within the iTunes Store that shows the top app downloads of all-time. The lists are heavy on music, with Pandora charting just below Facebook in the All-Time Free iPhone Apps section. However, the most interesting chart topper in the Top Paid iPad Apps section is SoundHound. Not only is the fact that the company beat out other song ...

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Roostie - We're Not Myspace, We Don't Have Everything, but Here's 3,000 Awesome Bands

Source: HypeBot
January 20, 2011

Roostie is a new artist portal, but with a twist. They're only going to have 3,000 hand-picked and talented acts profiled on the site. The company has a music panel that decides who gets on the site and who stays on MySpace. The owners don't want to be the next MySpace nor can they afford to be. Behind the scenes, they want to help out the artists on the site out and gain them the support and connections they need. Artists will be ...

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Full Text of Steve Jobs Letter to Apple Staff as He Takes New Medical Leave of Absence

Source: HypeBot
January 18, 2011

(Updated) In a major blow even for a company flying so high, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has stepped away from day to day operations citing health reasons much as he did in January 2009. While he will continue as CEO, the Board have passed the day to day responsibility for running the Apple to COO Tim Cook. Jobs will be involved in “major strategic decisions" and will “be back as soon as I can." He has battled pancreatic cancer and ...

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How To: Engage Fans on Twitter Like Snoop Dogg

Source: HypeBot
January 18, 2011

This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. As a Hypebot reader, you're undoubtedly informed on the importance of artist-fan relationships and how Twitter has broken down the walls between the artist and the fan by keeping each one at arm's length from another. Yet still, many artists I know refuse to enter the “Twittersphere" as they are still not fully convinced that they need it to communicate with their fan base. While an artist may not necessarily need to ...

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We7 Makes First Move out of UK, Enters Ireland

Source: HypeBot
January 18, 2011

UK music streaming service we7 launched in Ireland today. This is their first move outside of the UK since their founding in 2008. Users will be able to create personal radio stations and request songs for free. As well, for 4.99 a month, they will gain access to on-demand streams and lose the advertizing. For 9.99, their music can be accessed on iPhone and Android devices. Commenting on the launch, Steve Purdham, we7's CEO told Hypebot: “We're delighted to be ...

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Social Music Games - Lackluster or Blockbuster?

Source: HypeBot
January 18, 2011

Are social gaming and music the perfect match? MXP4 thinks so. In recent months, they've designed many apps that combine these two elements, which have been very successful. Each one appears to have increased engagement among fans and gotten shared widely on social networks. But are their efforts ones that we can count on interesting fans in the long-term or has MXP4 merely succeeded at giving fans something new and shiny to play with? It's a hard call. During the ...

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An Argument for Headphone Use Moderation

Source: HypeBot
January 15, 2011

Headphones have become a fact of life for many of us. They accompany us at home, at the gym, and even to the grocery store. Now that gyms have TVs mounted on the workout equipment, everyone is wired into their world. Apartment dwellers like myself have had to stow away our 505-watt 5.1 surround sound speaker system and settle for headphones. As much as I love my speakers and how they sounded, I'm also not a fan of having the ...

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The Beginning of the End for Facebook

Source: HypeBot
January 15, 2011

Media critic Douglas Rushkoff believes that the hype surrounding Facebook will fade. Just as all signs are pointing up for the social network and MySpace is showing symptoms of decline, he asserts that they're going down. This stark forecast comes at a time when many musicians are wondering where to invest their time. MySpace is out and for the moment, Facebook is in. However, Rushkoff says the history of the web has another lesson for us. Genius or not, Zuckerberg's ...

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