At the investors day presentation, Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek confirmed that the company is working launching its services in India. Apart from India, the company is also working on bringing its services to other major markets in the world like Russia, and Africa which according to Daniel has rich musical culture. Continue reading “Spotify working on launching its music streaming service in India soon confirms CEO Daniel Ek”
Spotify has acquired sound identification startup Sonalytic. The UK based firm specializes in audio and music recognition system. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading “Spotify acquires sound identification startup Sonalytic”
Spotify, the popular US based music streaming service is exploring entry in Indian markets, as per a latest report from TechCrunch. The move comes from the service as part of it’s expansion plans for Asia.
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Spotify is all set to introduce a new service on its mobile apps this week, according to a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The US-based popular streaming service is rolling out a video service on its Android and iOS app.
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Chromecast owners are also being treated to Black Friday deals. If you are the owner of a Chromecast, then you are eligible to get 3 months free subscription of Spotify Premium.
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Sony and Spotify have teamed up to bring a new music streaming service that is dubbed as PlayStation Music. The latest service will replace the existing Sony Music Unlimited service.
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Xiaomi has hired Spotify’s Donovan Sung to lead international product development, according to a latest report from TechCrunch. The report comes weeks after the Chinese telecom maker hired Jai Mani as lead product manager in India.
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Spotify made its iOS and Android apps free back in December last year that doesn’t require you to buy premium subscription for listening music. Today the company has announced that it has updated its Windows Phone app offering free access to Spotify. This introduces shuffle play that lets you play any artist, album, or playlist in shuffle mode. Free access to Spotify is available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps in select markets worldwide where it is live. Continue reading “Spotify for Windows Phone finally goes free”
Samsung and Spotify have teamed up to make its easy for users to listen to Spotify on Samsung speakers. The latest partnership will let more than 10 million premium Spotify users control their Samsung Shape wireless audio-multiroom speakers straight from the Spotify app.
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Spotify, one of the world’s leading streaming music services, has long neglected the Windows Phone platform, even when it already had an archaic version for the yesteryear Windows Phone 7 operating system, but times are a changing. A much needed makeover has finally happened and the update is now available for all Windows Phone 8 users. The update not only includes a visual makeover, but also new features of the service like “Spotify Radio”, a Pandora-like auto-recommendations. But the biggest catch is, the app still requires you to have a premium account, whereas free streaming is available on other platforms since the end of last year. We should hopefully see another update to address this issue.
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Pacemaker for iPad has landed on Apple’s app store and it is free. Pacemaker is a virtual DJ application that allows users to mix songs and create effects. The application is free to download and users can choose to buy effects, filters and extended functionality from the in-app store.
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Back in June, Spotify added a radio feature to its iOS app for premium subscribers. The Swedish company has now done the same for Android users. The feature which works in a way quite similar to Pandora radio, allows premium subscribers to listen to an unlimited number of stations and songs.
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Reports have emerged which suggest that Beats might be about to outright buy the MOG music subscription service. HTC owns a controlling stake in the headphone manufacturing company (Beats) after they put $300 million in the company last year.
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Spotify app is now available for download for select BlackBerry devices. They introduced the preview release in October and Spotify for Windows phone was launched last month. Continue reading “Spotify for BlackBerry out of Beta, now available for Download”
Spotify, online Music streaming app is now available for the Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) devices. The Windows Phone 7 is their 7th mobile app, and it is already available for iPhone, Android and Symbian. It also has an Offline mode option that lets you listen without an internet connection. Continue reading “Spotify app now available for Windows Phone 7.5 devices”
