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Few names in digital music history are as recognizable as Napster. Launched in 1999, this pioneering service completely upended the music industry ......
The legendary music player Winamp dominated our desktop computers for the first decade of the millennium, until Spotify and other streaming ......
We received the Garmin Forerunner 955 smartwatch for review a few months ago, just after it was released in the summer of 2022. Depending on ......
Sure, there were digital music players well before Apple introduced its first iPod back in 2001. But iPod was the device that made digital music ......
Sometimes history is shaped by small steps, leading into giant leaps. Those steps were taken in late 1990s by several tech companies - and as ......
After the initial developer edition, Google has now launched the first official beta version of Android 13 operating system.
While the developer ......
Alternative YouTube player for Android, YT Vanced, is being discontinued. The app has been loved by its users and is probably one of the most ......
Today, at around 18:00 UTC, Spotify went burning down - globally. Users haven't been able to log in to the streaming service since the service ......
Currently, there's a major web outage in the world, as several major web services have been experiencing outages durign the past 45 minutes ......
According to reports, Spotify is testing a new subscription model in the United States with limited user base. The new subscription model costs ......
About ten minutes ago, some part of the internet's structure crashed. The fingers are pointing to some of the various large CDN and cache providers ......
According to a report from Digital Music News last week, Spotify will resume removing Joe Rogan Experience podcasts from its inventory.
The ......
Modestly priced, awesome battery life, and from a brand known for its quality products! What could go wrong? This is exactly what many of us ......
As the world is littered with online streaming services, the habit of sharing streaming service passwords with your friends has become a standard ......
Users of Android TV and Google TV set-top devices can use Amazon Music properly from today.
Amazon Music is now available for set-top boxes ......
The cybersecurity company Avast has released a review on web browser extensions and found out which ones might contain malware-like behavior.
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Spotify crashed globally about ten minutes ago. Problem is widespread and neither paying customers or those using free version can't access ......
The discovery of a security bug that leaked user information to third parties has prompted the action.
Spotify is forcing some of its subscribers ......
Spotify is ever changing and challenging the streaming music landscape. One of the more important focuses lately has been the introduction of ......
World's leading music streaming service is having issues at the moment. Spotify has been down for users in United States and Europe.
Down ......
Epic Games has received support from gamers and from other firms as it takes on Google and Apple in court over their App Store policies.
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World's largest music streaming service has made immense investments recently in non-music audio. Most importantly the company acquired the ......
If you have a significant other and you are sharing a music streaming service, especially Spotify with all kinds of algorithmic magic, you've ......
European Commission has begun investigating Apple's services for violations in EU law. Two different branches of the investigation take Apple ......
The media personality, stand-up comic, UFC commentator and perhaps nowadays most importantly podcast host Joe Rogan has shared a huge announcement ......
Apple is taking streaming media seriously. Not only did it finally challenge Spotify a few years ago with Apple Music, now the company has announced ......
The rise of Netflix, and emergence of competition from all sides, is a clear indication that no physical method of content delivery or even ......
Amazon Music can now be enjoyed by subscribers on their Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD devices running tvOS 12.0 or newer.
Spotify became available ......
Many homes now have multiple media and entertainment devices spread throughout, and Google wants to make it easy to switch the device you are ......
The ability for Spotify users to control the music app through Siri on Apple devices has not softened Spotify's criticism of Apple.
The Swedish ......
Google has tried to capture the music market with different iterations of streaming services for quite a while without much success. Previously ......
Tesla has yesterday announced the largest software update to its vehicles in some time. In fact, the version 10.0 update is the largest ever, ......
Spotify has become truly a force to reckon with in the music industry. Even giants like Apple, who used to be the top dog when it comes to digital ......
Streaming music has been a thing ever since Spotify launched in 2006, but started off really, really slowly. It took years upon years for the ......
World's largest streaming music platform Spotify is known for having apps for every platform. Even when your device hasn't got an app installed ......
In our article series, we're digging into AfterDawn's news archive and looking what happened exactly 20 years ago. This article series also ......
Spotify is by far the largest streaming music platform in the world. However, in the U.S. Apple has closed the gap, and according to some reports ......
As Netflix made it obvious, for Redbox and Blockbuster painfully so, that streaming is the new medium for TV and movies, every major player ......
Subscription services are the key to success these days. If you don't believe, ask Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon.
Of course mammoths like ......
King of streaming music, Spotify, has released their quarterly earnings, and while there are things to be happy about, the financial figures ......
In our article series, we're digging into AfterDawn's news archive and looking what happened exactly 20 years ago. This article series also ......
Spotify has released a Lite version of its music streaming app designed for slower networks and older Android devices.
At just around 10MB ......
A U.S. Congress financial services committee has written to Facebook requesting that it halt its Libra digital currency plans so they can be ......
Apple Music has reached 60 million paying subscribers, according to services & software boss Eddy Cue.
The number was reportedly confirmed ......
Spotify and Apple became fierce rivals the moment Apple Music was introduced in June, 2015. The (near) trillion dollar company has put immense ......
Our dear website, AfterDawn, officially launched in 10th of June, 1999. To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we start a year-long project to look ......
Many people prefer to go to sleep while listening to soothing music. To help with this, Spotify has finally added a sleep timer to its Android ......
Google has some massive services that reach hundreds of millions or even billions of people. Whether it is the all-encompassing search or Gmail, ......
Apple has revealed latest quarterly results, and as expected revenue went down from last year. However, figures weren't as bad as expected and ......
Streaming music pioneer Spotify has grown with a stable and fairly rapid pace for years now, and there seems to be no stopping it. Not even ......
Switching smartphones can be a pain in the behind, especially if you are switching platforms. However, even getting a new Android phone to replace ......
Amazon has introduced a new tier to its subscription music streaming service. Prime Music is from now on available also for free, and without ......
Spotify has started testing a new subscription tier which would allow two users simultaneously. Premium Duo offers a discounted price if you ......
Spotify has announced an update to one of its most liked features. The music streaming king has been working on improving its artificial intelligence ......
Spotify and Apple are one of the more important modern day tech rivalries. The David vs. Goliath setup is definitely there, and makes it all ......
Spotify, the Swedish music streaming powerhouse, is one of the toughest competitor to the near trillion dollar behemoth that is Apple.
While ......
You know, and hate, Apple for their closed ecosystems, which grow and thrive because of their exclusive features and apps. One of the Apple ......
At Samsung's press event in San Francisco today, the South Korean firm has unveiled three new wearables alongside its Galaxy S10 handsets and Galaxy Fold.
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The world is filled with Android devices. While Apple might be king of high-end smartphones, Google's operating system has conquered the world in numbers.
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Spotify has released their fourth quarter results today, and furthermore announced two acquisitions in the podcast space.
The world's largest ......
Spotify might be a behemoth in the music streaming world, and even Apple Music is having trouble catching up to them, but there are problems ......
Spotify's latest app allows users to mute and block artists they don't want to hear while using the music streaming service.
With its latest ......
The world's leading music streaming service has managed to keep itself on a narrow path not expanding the scope of the operation beyond simple ......
If you happen to own a 16 GB, or even a 32 GB, version of any iPhone or iPad, you are probably familiar with the Storage Almost Full notification. ......
Amazon has released an Alexa App for Windows 10 that is available to download now.
It has already been present on some Windows 10 devices ......
Spotify will allow free tier users of its music streaming service to use its Connect function to stream music to devices.
Spotify Connect ......
Music business is tough, they say, but streaming music business might be tougher. If there's one streaming service that has been through it ......
Spotify has been doing some new A/B testing, reports from social media confirm.
The world's leading streaming music service is looking to ......
While Spotify has been growing at an impressive rate for years, it has not managed to turn its core business into a money-making machine.
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Spotify announced a new feature today, integrating the popular streaming service app to Google Maps navigation on Android and on iPhone.
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Spotify has significantly increased the number of songs you can download to your mobile or other devices for offline listening.
The music ......
Twitter announced today that it too has permanently banned Alex Jones from its platform, along with his Infowars media outlet.
Last month, ......
As everyone knows, Apple is raking up major profits. One of the more impressive money making machines is the app ecosystem that rains straight ......
Samsung has revealed the new Galaxy Watch with LTE connectivity, long-lasting battery life and a bunch of Health and Productivity focused elements.
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In a seemingly coordinated manner, multiple platforms have removed content from Alex Jones' Infowars outlet, citing violations of terms of service.
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There are now 83 million Spotify customers paying for premium service as the Swedish streaming firm holds its lead in face of competition.
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The Official Charts Company in the UK will begin counting YouTube video views in its singles chart ranking from Friday.
User-uploaded videos ......
The revolutionary peer-to-peer technology of the early 2000s, BitTorrent, has been in a decline after the likes of Netflix and Spotify have ......
According to Billboard, Spotify is offering financial advances to Indie artists and managers to license music directly to its streaming service, ......
Just as Spotify entered the stock market in an unusual direct listing that determined its market value at nearly $30 billion, Apple has announced ......
The king of music streaming, Spotify, completed the public listing process yesterday. The company officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange ......
Swedish telecom giant Telia has sold its share of Spotify for appx. $272 million (SEK2.3 billion) to institutional investors.
Both companies ......
Pandora takes a leaf out of Spotify's book by introducing personalized soundtracks that are based on your listening tastes.
Personalized ......
Spotify appears to be cracking down on the use of unauthorized applications that allow users with Free accounts to get benefits of its paid Premium tier.
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Apple finally managed to release their smart speaker to the public last week. First shown to the public last summer, Apple HomePod, was supposed ......
According to reports, Google is developing its own game streaming service that would allow users to pay a monthly fee and play all the games ......
Kids nowadays might not even remember, but most of the music was sold in physical format still back in last decade or so. Actually, in 2001, ......
As popular as the world's largest music streaming service, you can only attract that many paying customers with music. For some people radio ......
More than 70 million users now pay a premium subscription fee for unlimited music streaming from Stockholm-based Spotify.
Spotify is the ......
The world's leading music streaming service has filed for an initial public offering with U.S. regulators, eyeing a direct listing in Q1 2018.
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Music streaming giant Spotify was hit with a $1.6 billion copyright lawsuit for allegedly streaming thousands of songs without permission.
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European streaming music services aren't happy with Apple taking royalties from them, and they've signed a plea for European Commission to pressure ......
We at AfterDawn followed the early days of digital music very closely, and that meant obviously reporting on the historical Metallica vs. Napster ......
Spotify has added its streaming service another AI powered features. This time around Your Time Capsule brings you songs from the past according ......
Spotify and Apple became direct competitors in June 2015 when the world's largest company decided to up their game in terms of music services. ......
The consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany is officially open to public starting tomorrow but the press has been roaming the trade show ......
comScore has released its latest chart showing which apps are the most used ones in the United States. As the American mobile phone culture ......
Spotify has been steadily gaining ground for years but many expected that Apple's unveiling of the new Apple Music two years back would change ......
Google has a huge lead in smartphone numbers around the world. 85 percent of new smartphones come installed with Google's platform but it hasn't ......
Music streaming firm Spotify is close to securing a royalty deal with Warner Music, according to a report.
The service has already managed ......
Spotify is introducing Group Playlists for Messenger, allowing for a group to build playlists even if some of the group don't use Spotify.
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Starting today, Spotify is now available as a downloadable app from the Windows Store in all 60 countries it operates in.
It is available ......
Spotify has been killing it for years. After a rough start for a couple of years not being able to gain the trust of the big record companies, ......
We built a tool to check if your Spotify account has been leaked, along with its password details, to public. Today, a list of more than 6'000 ......
Apple and Spotify are not necessarily the oldest and the most typical competitors. However, especially since Apple decided to launch their new ......
Streaming company Spotify has managed to grow the number of paying customers immense in the past couple of years. Even after Apple unveiled ......
Streaming media has changed how people behave in the age of the internet. People have largely given up music piracy because of services like ......
At least four people were killed and another 15 injured in what has been classified as a terrorist attack last Friday in Stockholm, Sweden. ......
As part of its new deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), Spotify is allowing artists to limit the availability of new albums on its platform ......
Piracy has definitely been in decline during the past decade but there are still some industries that are suffering a lot – at least by their ......
Google Play Music now lets users select what quality level they would like to hear from the service while using WiFi.
Previously, quality ......
Music streaming service Spotify may delay the availability of certain new albums to its millions of users who listen for free.
Spotify is ......
More than 50 million Spotify users now pay for its Premium music, podcast and video streaming services.
The Stockholm-based firm announced ......
Spotify is preparing to offer high quality lossless audio to subscribers for $20 per month, according to reports.
Along with competitors ......
YouTube has paid over $1 billion to the music industry from advertising revenue, and that is apparently not enough!
Earlier this week, Robert ......
Apple's music subscription service has already hit an impression 20 million paying subscribers.
Apple Music launched on June 30, 2015, and ......
Why would you pay for something that you get for free? That is a question that streaming services like Spotify and YouTube have been trying ......
Internet radio giant Pandora has unveiled a new logo and a new paid tier, Pandora Plus.
Pandora Plus allows listeners to pay $5 per month ......
Amazon's oft-rumored Music Unlimited service has gone live, available to Prime members for $79 per year, or $7.99 per month if you choose that route.
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Spotify and Apple Music have signed new deals with music rights management service Dubset, bringing unofficial remixes to the two most popular ......
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has noted that there will be an uphill battle in Japan for the streaming service, a nation where CDs remain king.
The ......
World's largest music streaming service Spotify has reportedly started talks about acquiring a competing streaming service SoundCloud. According ......
Music industry, like many others, are slow to adapt and because of that slow adaption they've had to come up with all kinds of reasons to why ......
Pandora might be entering the streaming market properly with a new service, WSJ suggests. The move might be happening as soon as next month ......
The newest addition to the list of artists to feature an Apple Music exclusive, including of course Taylor Swift, is Frank Ocean. Apple has ......
Apple recently announced that it has surpassed 15 million subscribers on Apple Music but the fight for the number one spot is still far away ......
Apple has released a new version of its music streaming app for Android, 9to5Mac reports. The new app is finally and officially out of beta ......
Deezer, an on-demand music streaming service popular in parts of Europe, has launched in the U.S.
The company was available in 180 countries ......
Just 18 months after rapper Jay Z purchased the service for $56 million, it appears that tech behemoth Apple is close to acquiring Tidal.
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Spotify has told The Telegraph that it has surpassed the 100 million mark in subscribers. Paying subscribers was earlier this year reported ......
Music streaming service Rhapsody will soon begin using the Napster brand name.
The service currently has 3.5 million customers, a respectable ......
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has unveiled a 4K Android TV-powered set-top box called the Mi Box.
The Mi Box supports 4K UHD content, as ......
Released last summer Apple Music was expected to become a success that quickly rivaled and possibly even surpassed Spotify as the leading streaming ......
Despite an overall rough earnings report, Apple did have some promising tidbits of note.
One such note was Apple Music, which now boasts ......
As many of you know, the music industry, just like Hollywood, loves to play the blame game. Whether it's Napster or Spotify, the new technologies ......
In their efforts to take on Apple Music, Spotify has raised another $1 billion, although this time the terms do not appear to be too favorable.
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The RIAA has announced that revenue from streaming has surpassed digital for the first time ever.
In 2015, streaming accounted for $2.4 billion ......
Spotify founder Daniel Ek has proudly announced that the company has reached 30 million paid subscribers.
The last milestone was reached ......
Spotify has agreed to pay $21 million in unpaid royalties to the NMPA (National Music Publishers Association) over tracks that were missing ......
Streaming giant Spotify has ended support for its Windows Phone apps, although you can continue to use the app indefinitely without any new updates.
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A few months ago, it was rumored that HiFi music streaming service Tidal and its majority owner Jay-Z were in talks with Samsung over a possible acquisition.
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Hundreds of Spotify Premium accounts have been compromised - with the details showing up on Pastebin in at least three data dumps.
Spotify ......
According to multiple reports, Spotify is nearing 30 million paying subscribers, a large increase from previously announced milestones.
Spotify ......
Apple Music continues to quickly gain subscribers, says SVP Eddy Cue, with the service now boasting 11 million paying members.
It had been ......
As reported last month, Apple's free, ad-supported iTunes Radio service is now dead.
The free, streaming radio service will live on only ......
According to the New York Post, Amazon is preparing a 'Spotify-killer' although the plan is still in its early stages.
The sources claim ......
As rumored, Spotify is launching a video streaming service to compliment its popular music streaming, and the product is ready to launch this week.
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Spotify has acquired Soundwave and Cord Project this week, two apps it hopes will help make it easier to discover music and then share it with friends.
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Apple Music's launch was far from the perfection we're used to seeing from Cupertino. Quickly Apple racked millions of users and by August 11 ......
Cracker frontman David Lowery has filed a class action lawsuit against Spotify seeking, at least, $150 million in damages over unpaid royalties.
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According to numerous reports, Beatles songs were streamed 50 million times in the first 48 hours after they became legally available on sites ......
The most notable holdouts in the streaming era, the Beatles, now have their music available via the most popular streaming services.
As of ......
According to Spotify, Drake was the world's most streamed artist in 2015, with 1.8 billion streams this year and 46 million listeners.
Rounding ......
Adele's latest album, '25,' is available via Pandora, despite the artist and label specifically keeping it away from streaming services.
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Following in the footsteps of its parent company, MetroPCS has begun offering 'Music Unlimited' and 'Data Maximizer' features allowing customers ......
Ever since rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z acquired high fidelity music streaming platform Tidal this year, there have been questions about whether ......
TiVo's latest set-top box, the Bolt, is making a play to be your primary streaming device.
The Bolt supports cable and Verizon FiOS, has ......
According to a new report, Google is expected to soon announce that Spotify will be supported on the streaming dongle.
Other companies have ......
As we have reported in the past, some local municipalities have begun taxing streaming services like Netflix, Spotify, and Amazon in an effort ......
Internet radio giant Pandora has officially made their previously announced "Day Pass" subscription available.
Pandora will now allow you ......
According to a new survey, 48 percent of consumers who have tried using Apple Music have already stopped using it.
The survey comes via MusicWatch, ......
Earlier this week, Spotify updated its privacy policy and it quickly angered and outraged users.
Under a section that read "Information Stored ......
First teased in 2011, music streaming service Baboom has finally launched.
The service is inviting consumers to sign up and begin creating ......
The European Commission has concluded their investigation into Apple Music and claims of anti-competitive behavior.
Rivals services such ......
Apple's Eddy Cue told USA Today earlier this week that the company "thrilled" about the Apple Music numbers. According to Cue, Apple Music has ......
The U.S. FTC has begun an initial investigation into Apple's treatment of rival music streaming apps and whether the practices are illegal under ......
Musician Prince has sent take down notices to most of the major streaming services to have his music removed.
As of writing, Spotify, Rdio, ......
AC/DC, one of the most notable bands to not be available on streaming services, is finally signing up.
The rock band - which has sold over ......
Sonos users who were considering Apple Music based solely on what their speakers support should be happy as Apple has confirmed that the service ......
Apple Music has done it. Convincing Taylor Swift that streaming music is a good thing. Well, good enough even for her newest baby, 1989.
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Taylor Swift doesn't like streaming music services. I depends on their business model how much she dislikes them but there has yet been a good ......
An acclaimed music critic and analyst Bob Lefsetz has published his (strong) opinions about Apple's new music service. The former record label ......
Apple has confirmed that Apple Music will stream at 256kbps, lower than the industry standard 320kbps for premium subscribers.
Spotify, Google, ......
Among a plethora of announcements today at Apple's WWDC event, came the most awaited of them all: Apple Music.
The tech giant has been planning ......
Apple's long-awaited streaming music service is scheduled to be unveiled tomorrow.
The news comes via Sony Music CEO Doug Morris, who confirmed ......
Spotify is broadening its content distribution platform to include support for podcasts and short videos as it stares down rapidly growing competition ......
Spotify and Starbucks have announced a new deal in which employees and customers will be able to influence the in-store music played at local ......
Warner Music Group, the second-largest record label on the planet, has announced a major milestone in the industry's shift towards streaming.
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Pioneering streaming service Rhapsody has taken out a $10 million loan as its losses unexpectedly deepen.
Thanks to a filing with the SEC, ......
Spotify has reported their earnings figures for 2014, showing huge growth in revenue and an even larger growth in losses.
For the year, revenue ......
Spotify has brought back their popular introductory trial offer for Spotify Premium: 99 cents for three months of the service.
Spotify Premium ......
Music streaming giant Spotify has raised another $350 million at a valuation of about $8 billion.
Reportedly, one of the largest investments ......
Although most people probably thought it was shuttered years ago anyways, the music sharing service Grooveshark has officially shut down.
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Tidal, the high-fidelity music streaming service recently acquired by Jay-Z, has announced a new partnership that will help rival service users ......
Apple has unleashed their hefty checkbook in an effort to bring exclusive music to their new Beats Music streaming service.
Among the hit ......
A few months after announcing the service, Sony has launched PlayStation Music on the PS3, PS4 and Xperia devices in 41 markets.
PlayStation ......
According to reports, Universal Music Group - the world's largest label, is pressuring Spotify to limit its free streaming service that is used ......
Music streaming service Deezer has launched its 'Elite' HD offering globally, following a beta period in the U.S.
Deezer normally costs $9.99 ......
After about 15 months of exclusivity, Spotify appears to have lost their hold on the popular Led Zeppelin discography.
As of this week, fans ......
Despite what Taylor Swift would have you believe, there is money to be made on streaming services like Spotify.
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' ......
Thanks to 9to5Mac, we have some details about how Apple finally plans to use Beats Music, which they acquired last year.
According to the ......
According to the latest IFPI report out of Norway, music piracy has been eliminated in the nation in just 5 short years.
In the countrywide ......
Thanks to a new report from Ernst & Young in conjunction with French record label trade group SNEP, we can see that artists and songwriters ......
After nearly two years of development, Canonical has confirmed that the first Ubuntu smartphone is scheduled to go on sale in Europe starting next week.
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Earlier this week, Sony announced the end of their own Sony Music Unlimited service and the introduction of PlayStation Music, powered by Spotify.
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Unlimited streaming music giant Spotify is working on raising $500 million in new funding valuing the company at about $7 billion.
The raise ......
Just two months after unveiling 50 million active users, Spotify now has 60 million active users and a full 15 million paying subscribers.
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The web is quickly shifting towards the mobile and not unlike web, the music streaming is one of the more popular activities on a mobile device. ......
Over the last 11 days, Microsoft has been running their "12 Days of Deals" promotion for the holidays, offering discounts on everything from ......
Ford has announced that its new in-car entertainment system, newly updated to version 3, has replaced Microsoft with BlackBerry for the underlying ......
Spotify has gotten into the holiday spirit, discounting their premium package for new customers.
Anyone new to the service can get the Premium ......
Spotify saw its revenue grow significantly in 2013, but the large losses remain as the company continues to iron out a business model that will ......
Earlier this year, T-Mobile made waves by announcing that its customer's data caps would no longer be affected by music streaming.
Unfortunately, ......
Billboard has announced that it will begin counting plays from streaming services when calculating its namesake music rankings.
1500 streams ......
According to multiple reports, Apple is looking to make their newly acquired Beats Music a pre-installed iOS app.
The update could come as ......
Streaming music service Rdio has dropped the price of their family plans to better compete with Spotify's new offering.
Rdio launched family ......
Last week, pop artist Taylor Swift made headlines when she removed all her music from popular streaming service Spotify, stating that the best ......
Speaking today at a Web summit in Ireland, music publisher Kobalt shocked by stating that its European artists actually collected more from ......
As you may have noticed, Taylor Swift has had a public break-up with Spotify, prompting sadness from the service and anger from some fans.
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Spotify has unveiled a new "Spotify Family" plan that will allow up to four family members to share one account but keep their listening separate.
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Thanks to new leaks, we have a pretty vivid picture of what Google's upcoming unified music subscription service will look and feel like.
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SoundCloud, the extremely popular streaming site that allows anyone to upload audio, will soon have a business model.
Tracks from major artists ......
Sony Music has introduced a new app in the U.S. that will offer deep discounts on music albums from its artists on a daily basis.
One album ......
Amazon has added hundreds of thousands of tracks to its fledgling Prime Music streaming service.
In June, the e-commerce giant said the service ......
A major deal is in the works between music service SoundCloud and the record labels.
The deal, which could close this month, will give the ......
Although there are currently no cars that have Apple's CarPlay support built in, the tech giant has added even more partners to the list.
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Google has unveiled its plans for your car, offering a rival to Apple's CarPlay.
Android Auto will take the operating system and morph it ......
Nokia has surprised the market this week unveiling their new 'Z Launcher' for Android devices.
Z Launcher is a home screen replacement for ......
T-Mobile US continues to go for the jugular of the U.S. wireless industry, introducing unlimited music streaming that will not go against your data cap.
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After weeks of rumors and a leak last night, Amazon has officially unveiled its Amazon Prime Music streaming service.
The e-commerce giant ......
Unlimited music streaming service Deezer, one of the largest rivals to market leader Spotify, has announced a new deal with major German broadcaster ......
Spotify, the world's largest streaming music service, is working on a new partnership with Vodafone that would bring the service to the African continent.
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According to a new report, Amazon is preparing to get into the streaming music business, adding such an offering to its Prime service that costs ......
Spotify has notified its users of unauthorized access detected in its systems and has pushed out an updated Android app in response.
The ......
Spotify has announced today that the unlimited streaming music service now has 10 million paying subscribers, along with 40 million monthly ......
The major record labels: Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music have all taken $3 million stakes in the popular music identification ......
The Trichordist has posted a very interesting document this week, one that shows some in-depth figures about the Beats Music service that is ......
Sonos has unveiled a huge refresh for their mobile iOS and Android apps, including the addition of universal search.
If you use multiple ......
According to the Financial Times, and later vetted by other outlets, Apple is preparing to purchase Beats Electronics for up to $3.2 billion.
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Sprint has officially announced a partnership with Spotify for its Framily plan customers, as leaked two weeks ago.
The carrier is offering ......
Streaming music giant Spotify has announced it is adding users in the UK at a very brisk pace.
In the UK alone, the company added 1 million ......
Beats Music has bitten the bullet and has added in-app purchasing for subscriptions of the streaming service through the iOS app.
The service ......
According to reports, Apple is planning to build a song ID (discovery) feature right into iOS that will work just like Shazam and rival services ......
The music industry trade group RIAA has added to Megaupload and owner Kim Dotcom's woes, filing a new civil lawsuit.
Megaupload was shut ......
According to a new report, Sprint and Spotify are preparing to team up in an effort to get the carrier's customers set up with the unlimited ......
YouTube was reportedly preparing to launch a subscription music service to rival Spotify and others by the end of 2013, but it was delayed.
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Music streaming veteran Spotify is welcoming you to the dark side with its gorgeous new design and feature enhancements.
Spotify 1.0 has ......
Speaker hardware company Jawbone has confirmed the acquisition of Playground.fm, the social music playlist app.
Although the terms were undisclosed, ......
Philips has decided to downgrade the size of some of its 4K TVs for 2014, but its added numerous interesting features.
First, the company ......
Klout, the service that hooks up to your social media and measures your influence on followers with an extremely controversial score, has been ......
According to Billboard, Apple is finally considering launching iTunes for Android, as well as an unlimited on-demand streaming service to rival ......
Two more streaming radio services have dropped music curating provider The Echo Nest, less than a month after it was acquired by market leader Spotify.
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As implied earlier in the year, Amazon has raised the price of their Prime membership.
Reads the email I received as a Prime user early this morning:
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Last week, Spotify announced it had acquired The Echo Nest, a company "that powers the vast majority of internet radio" with its technology ......
New streaming music service Beats Music has opened up its API to the developer world.
The service costs $9.99 per month and gives users access ......
Spotify has acquired The Echo Nest, a company "that powers the vast majority of internet radio" with its technology.
Echo Nest powers Twitter ......
This morning, Apple announced the launch of CarPlay, bringing the iOS experience to automobiles starting in 2014.
iPhone 5, 5C and 5S users ......
Amazon is reportedly in talks with the major music labels to start a streaming service that would be included in its Prime service.
The service ......
Giant online music streaming service Spotify is preparing for an IPO, say new reports, going public in a deal that could value the service as ......
A new Chrome extension, Streamus, will allow you to turn your Chrome browser into a Spotify alternative using YouTube's massive music library.
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Beats Music is now available in the U.S. on iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, PC and Mac.
The headphone company, run by music industry exec ......
Spotify has removed all playback limitations on their free, ad-supported versions for all countries.
Until this week, web users who did not ......
Beats Music, the streaming service run by Beats Electronics, will launch on January 21st.
The headphone company, run by music industry exec ......
For the first time ever, the U.S. music industry has seen a decrease in digital music sales.
Digital track sales as well as digital album ......
Even though Winamp's supposed shut down date of December 20th has come and gone and the software is still available, streaming giant Spotify ......
As part of its press event today, Spotify has also announced it will be expanding to 20 new markets, its largest expansion ever.
After the ......
Led Zeppelin, one of the most celebrated rock bands of all-time, has finally embraced the streaming model, making their tracks available on Spotify.
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As has been rumored for the last few weeks, Spotify has expanded their free desktop streaming service to mobile, at least if you own an iOS ......
Spotify, the popular music streaming service, is preparing to launch a free mobile service in the near future, says the WSJ.
The company, ......
According to sources, streaming music giant Spotify has secured $250 million in financing that now values the company at over $4 billion.
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Google has finally made its Google Play Music app available for the iPhone.
At its core, the free download allows you to listen to any song ......
"How much money you can earn with Spotify?" is the question that has popped up during the past couple of years. Some big name artists have pulled ......
Video-streaming startup PLAiR, which last year released an HDMI-dongle very similar to what Google released this year, has now scrambled to ......
According to Billboard, YouTube is developing its own premium subscription on-demand music service, one that should rival Spotify in scope.
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According to multiple reports, Apple will bring its iTunes Radio streaming service to Canada and the UK next year.
The service launched on ......
According to sources, Google is planning on releasing a native Google Music app for iOS as soon as this month.
Google Music, along with its ......
Spotify has expanded to Argentina, Greece, Turkey and Taiwan, meaning the platform is now available in 32 nations.
The music streaming company ......
Google has expanded their Play Music All Access service to numerous new nations.
The service rivals Spotify, Rdio and others, and should ......
Spotify has reported its latest earnings, and despite huge growth across the board, profits remain elusive.
The company doubled its revenue ......
After a busy WWDC keynote, Apple has finally confirmed the worst kept secret in the world, its iTunes Radio streaming music service.
The ......
The new Napster, owned by Rhapsody, has now expanded to 14 more European countries.
Already available in the UK and Germany, the streaming ......
According to Bloomberg, Apple will unveil its long-awaited iRadio unlimited music streaming service.
The company has reportedly secured key ......
Google's popular cloud music streaming service Google Music is finally headed to iOS, years after its debut on Android.
Android boss Sundar ......
Popular music streaming service Spotify has announced today that it will begin publishing top 50 lists for its most-streamed and most-shared songs.
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Spotify has announced they will be updating their desktop standalone application to display play counts for popular tracks when viewing the ......
Google used their I/O conference today to unveil their oft-rumored unlimited streaming music subscription service, dubbed "Google Play Music ......
According to The Verge, Google has taken the next step in their plans to launch a subscription streaming music service.
The report says the ......
For the fith time since the 1950s, the RIAA has changed the way they calculate gold and platinum certification for single tracks.
Under the ......
Spotify has quickly patched its Web player to block the Chrome extension "Downloadify."
The extension had allowed users to download any song ......
Voddler, the "Spotify for video" film and TV streaming service, has expanded globally.
The service had been available in Scandinavia and ......
In February, the U.S. House of Representatives banned Spotify from member's computers.
Citing a decade-old rule that was put in place during ......
Rockstar Games has announced today that it has made all of its original 'Grand Theft Auto' radio stations available via iTunes and Spotify, ......
Google has announced that its Google Play Music service has been expanded to seven new nations.
The new countries are Australia, New Zealand, ......
According a new report, Amazon is looking to get into the streaming subscription music business, following other giants into the ring.
So ......
Rdio continues its global rollout.
The streaming music service will now be available in seven new nations; Mexico, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, ......
Spotify has made its browser-based beta Web player available to users in the UK a few months before its full launch.
The Web-player will ......
Apple allegedly had talks with Beats Audio on a potential partnership in an upcoming music streaming service.
Beats, which was started by ......
According to Fortune, Google will launch a subscription streaming music service later this year.
The service will be backed by the YouTube ......
Spotify has given iOS device owners a nice overhaul for their favorite app.
Version 0.6 brings most of the updates Android users have had ......
According to NPD, users of P2P services to download unauthorized music has fallen 17 percent year-over-year in the U.S. as consumers move towards ......
According to a new report, Google is now in talks with the major labels in an effort to launch an unlimited streaming music service.
In the ......
Spotify has proudly announced today the beta launch of their Windows Phone 8 app.
The company says the app will work for all WP8 devices, ......
The U.S. House of Representatives has strangely blocked streaming music leader Spotify from its member's computers.
Citing a decade-old rule ......
According to a new report by Mintel, sales of MP3 players fell 22 percent in the UK year-over-year, a very strong decline even for an industry ......
Long-standing streaming music company Rhapsody has finally launched an app for the iPad.
The move comes months, if not years, after rivals ......
Trent Reznor, lead singer for Nine Inch Nails, has announced a new partnership with Beats Audio.
The project will be a music streaming service ......
Spotify has proudly announced that Metallica music is now available via the streaming service.
Metallica became infamous in the digital music ......
According to Business Insider, MySpace is trying to raise $50 million in funding so it can re-invent itself as a rival to Pandora and Spotify.
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Spotify has completed their most recent funding round.
The new round of financing will bring the company $100 million and give it a value of $3 billion.
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According to TC, Spotify's revenue could jump to $500 million this year thanks to strong growth all around.
Last year, the company lost $60 ......
Early this morning, Microsoft formally announced their long-awaited Xbox Music streaming service.
The service will allow some Microsoft customers ......
According to the latest Digital Music Index (DMI) report, Gainesville, Florida is the new 'pirate capital' of the world.
The report is a ......
The latest rumor, from sources out of Europe, claim Microsoft is preparing to purchase digital music streaming company Rdio.
So far Microsoft ......
According to multiple sources, Spotify is preparing to launch a browser-based version of its popular service.
Additionally, the company will ......
Deutsche Telekom, the owners of T-Mobile, have announced a new partnership with Spotify.
Starting in October, the telco will make 18 million ......
Chinese OEM Hisense has announced their entry into the Google TV set-top box market, with their 'Pulse' device.
Like rival devices, the Pulse ......
Google has updated their search algorithms, which should be really bad news for sites that engage in piracy.
Going forward, Google will begin ......
It appears that Spotify, Pandora and YouTube have helped boost Warner Music's earnings this quarter.
Overall, streaming services accounted ......
Spotify has announced some new milestones for the company, with some impressive figures.
Speaking at the 'Global Business Summit on Creative ......
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to unveil a large Xbox music service that will include Spotify-esque streaming and a la carte downloads.
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The unlimited music streaming service Spotify will offer a free radio service to iPad and iPhone users in the U.S.
Spotify's move will put ......
After going into public beta in April, Spotify has now launched officially for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The application is available ......
Pandora has strong quarter, raises outlook.
The service benefited from growth in listeners since the start of the year. It reported on Wednesday ......
Popular music streaming service Spotify has expanded to Australia and New Zealand.
Spotify's full offering of 16 million tracks will be available ......
Spotify, the popular social music service, has just been valued at $4 billion.
The company is starting to raise money this week in a new ......
New weekly chart tracks streamed music.
The Official Charts Company (OCC) in the UK is to compile a top 100 chart of music streamed from ......
Pandora is second most downloaded app from Apple's App Store.
Chief Executive Joe Kennedy said in a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless ......
According to sources, Spotify is creating an Internet radio service that will rival Pandora directly in the U.S.
The new format will launch ......
Spotify has created their new "Play Button' which will allow bloggers and other sites to embed songs from the company's vast catalog of streaming music.
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Although the service was supposed to end after six months, Spotify has announced it has extended its unlimited free streaming indefinitely.
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According to multiple investors, the unlimited music streaming service Spotify is raising money again, with a huge valuation.
If accurate, ......
Sean Parker, former Facebook president and founder of Napster, has claimed today that Spotify will overtake iTunes in two years due to the store's ......
Spotify finally entering Europe's largest market.
The music streaming service is already available in the United States and many European ......
According to inside sources, it appears HTC is on the verge of unveiling a streaming music service.
The company is working with Beats Audio, ......
Spotify goes 'extreme.'
Premium users of the Spotify service have access to unlimited streaming on their mobile devices, but there has always ......
According to the most current market data, it appears that Spotify has doubled its market share in just one year.
In 2010, the unlimited ......
Warner Music Group saw its sales stay flat in the last quarter at $780 million, thanks to a boost from Spotify and iTunes.
Digital revenue ......
Last week, the U.S. government shut down Megaupload.com, one of the largest and longest running cyberlockers in the business. Its founders, ......
Spotify finally made its way to the U.S. on July 14th, and hundreds of thousands of early adopters got a peak at the new service from invites ......
According to a report from the BPI, digital music continued its gradual growth in the UK, but physical CD sales fell so far that overall the ......
Spotify has introduced their take on Internet radio for users of their new app enabled client.
To use the new feature you will need to be ......
Spotify has introduced its new Spotify Apps features today, with the company opening up the Spotify platform to third-party developers.
The ......
Spotify has said today that it has reached 2.5 million paying subscribers, with growth accelerating by the day.
The company launched its ......
Spotify has now expanded to three new countries, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria.
Last month, the company expanded to Denmark, the ninth ......
For the first time since 2004, album sales have actually increased although revenue continues to fall.
Thanks to Spotify, discounts and major ......
According to VB, Facebook users have already listened to 1.5 billion songs since the launch of the service's social music tools.
Introduced ......
Spotify has announced the expansion of their streaming service to Windows Phone 7 devices.
The app is the 7th mobile app for the unlimited ......
MOG, the unlimited music streaming service, had a good month and plans for bigger one this month.
In September, social networking giant Facebook ......
Spotify has expanded its mobile app line to include BlackBerry.
Months after expanding to the U.S. and launching iOS and Android apps, the ......
According to different sources close to the company, Spotify U.S. now has 250,000 paying subscribers.
The number is certainly notable as ......
Spotify has announced today their expansion into Denmark, the ninth nation to get access to the unlimited streaming music service.
The streaming ......
Spotify, the unlimited music streaming service that launched in the U.S. earlier this year saw a huge growth in revenue in 2010, but still posted a net loss.
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Western Digital has introduced its updated TV Live set-top box today, this time adding support for Spotify.
For Spotify, premium subscribers ......
Popular music streaming service Rdio has now gone free and without ads.
Anybody using a free plan will have a meter of how much free music ......
Rhapsody is buying Napster from Best Buy. Details of the deal weren't disclosed, except that Best Buy will be getting a minority stake in Rhapsody.
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Spotify seems to be completely missing the point when it comes to concerns with their new signup system which requires a Facebook account.
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A coalition of US privacy and civil rights groups wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook over alleged deceptive trade practices.
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According to a new report, it appears that music piracy has consistently fallen since 2009, thanks to the popularity of Spotify, at least in Sweden.
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A new requirement to sign up through a Facebook account isn't sitting well with a number of potential Spotify users.
What has probably made ......
MOG will be launching their own free streaming music service tomorrow, rivaling Spotify in the U.S.
Supported fully by ads, the service will ......
CNBC is saying today that Facebook will launch a streaming music player, likely in partnership with MOG or Spotify.
Says CNBC's Jon Fortt:
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After three weeks of availability, Spotify reportedly has 1.4 million users.
Perhaps more importantly, the service already has 175,000 paying ......
Small label Century Media, along with its associated labels "InsideOutMusic", “Superballmusic” and “People Like You" have pulled their music ......
It's only been in the U.S. for two weeks (read our review here) but Spotify is already facing a patent lawsuit.
The unlimited streaming music ......
Following almost two years of delays, Spotify for the U.S. has launched today, in three variations.
Spotify U.S. has an invite-only free ......
Spotify will launch in the United States tomorrow, says FT.
The unlimited streaming music service is very popular in Europe but has been ......
Software developer Jeff Rose has uncovered 'Vibes,' an unannounced Facebook music service.
Whilst examining the code for Facebook Video Chat, ......
Spotify is ready to launch in the United States by the middle of next week, with the company having notified the major labels of their intent.
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A few new Spotify rumors have hit the Web this week, mainly thanks to a leaked e-mail exchange between record label execs.
If accurate, the ......
It took six months, but it appears that Spotify has closed its last funding round.
Raising $100 million from DST, Accel and Kleiner Perkins, ......
It appears that popular European music streaming site Spotify has signed a deal with Universal Group, meaning it is one step closer to launching ......
Facebook is reportedly set to add streaming music to its site, through a partnership with Spotify.
If accurate, the social networking giant ......
Although the CEO of the company has denied it, Crunch is reporting that as Spotify continues its efforts to launch in the U.S., it will also ......
Cnet says that Google has asked Spotify, once again, to power its oft-delayed Google Music service.
Talks started last year but were broken ......
Spotify has confirmed today that they will begin limiting free music starting in May.
Beginning on May 1st, all new free users will get unlimited ......
Rovio and Microsoft have confirmed this week that the blockbuster game 'Angry Birds' is headed to Windows Phone 7 devices on May 25th.
Delayed ......
Popular digital music service Spotify will soon broadcast its first live gig for its users.
The first ever live gig broadcast by Spotify ......
Users of the popular Spotify music service were hit by malware on Thursday.
Only users of the ad-supported version of Spotify were affected, ......
Spotify has announced today that they have reached their first major milestone, one million paying customers.
Says the streaming music company:
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On-demand streaming music service Rhapsody has begun giving away two-month free trials to new users via a promotion with MTV.
The move has ......
Last week, popular European streaming music company Spotify announced it had signed a deal with EMI, following a licensing deal it signed with ......
According to AllThingsD, Spotify has signed a distribution deal with EMI, bringing the streaming service one step closer to a launch in the U.S.
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The oft-rumored Facebook phones are a reality, despite the social networking giant's repeated denials of their existence.
INQ Mobile has ......
Following up on last week's rumors that music service Spotify was close to a deal with a major American label, the WSJ is reporting today that ......
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has said today that the service will likely not hit the U.S. this year, despite promises since 2009.
While still hopeful, ......
Spotify has revealed their 2009 financials today, and it appears that the company saw a hefty loss for the last year.
Revenue grew to £11.32 ......
Spotify is not in talks with Apple about a possible takeover of the music streaming service despite several media reports.
Apple had been ......
Spotify, which has long announced its ambitions to expand to the United States, may be getting quashed by Apple in its efforts, if a Cnet article ......
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that Spotify is now available for Windows phones 6.X. The ......
Since the announcement of iOS 4 earlier this year, millions of iPhone users have drooled over finally being given the ability to multitask their apps.
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According to VG247, Sony will finally reveal its plans for PlayStation Network premium subscriptions at the upcoming E3 event in June.
The ......
Spotify, the popular music streaming service available in Europe, has announced today the launch of two new variations of the service, Spotify ......
The popular streaming music service Spotify, which continues to see a delayed launch for the United States, is headed to the Netherlands on May 18th.
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According to Bloomberg, the unlimited music streaming service Spotify will finally get to America in the Q3 2010.
Spotify is available in ......
Voddler, an internet-based on demand video service, has just received 2.6 million euros in venture capital. Based out of Sweden, Voddler offers ......
Rob Wells, the senior vice-president Digital for Universal Music Group International, talked to the Telegraph this week about his label's relationship ......
The U.S. launch of Spotify was delayed in November after it was learned that the record labels wanted users to pay for the normally free ad-supported ......
Despite a recently publicized 18 percent jump in legal music sales following the launch of Ipred in Sweden, the Local is reporting that illegal ......
Spotify has announced the launch of the music service for the Symbian operating system, available on Nokia smartphones as well as phones from ......
According to a report today from Expressen.se and translated by TorrentFreak, blockbuster star Lady Gaga made a measly $167 USD (SEK 1150) from ......
According to a new survey of university students conducted by the University of Reading, the overwhelming majority would prefer to download ......
The billionaires Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the creators of the Kazaa P2P client as well as Skype, have developed and financed a new ......
The French free music-streaming service Deezer has brought in about $9.6 million in second round capital funding, this time from private equity ......
I rarely endorse any product wholeheartedly, but I must confess that Spotify has really, really made a difference to my music listening habits ......
The the unlimited music streaming service Spotify has signed their second (and only active) ISP deal today, making a two-year contract with ......
After announcing it last month, Spotify's offline service is now available in Europe, allowing users to listen to their music and playlists ......
In August, RealNetworks submitted their Rhapsody app to Apple's App Store, and today it has finally been approved, bringing the music subscription ......
According to paidContent:UK, Spotify has been closing free European accounts that have accessed its song library from countries outside their ......
Spotify recently made its way onto mobile phones with the iPhone and Android applications for premium users. However, Spotify put up an article ......
Spotify, the unlimited music streaming service, has gone live today for Android and iPhone/iPod Touch owners, allowing European (so far) users ......
Apple has approved the Spotify application today, meaning the service will be hitting the App Store soon.
European users must pay a 10 euro ......
Tom Group, a Chinese conglomerate, announced on Wednesday that it plans to bring the popular music streaming service Spotify to the Chinese ......
Spotify, the music streaming service, has announced it will be bringing its first ever mobile app within the next month, to the Apple App Store.
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Yesterday we reported that the streaming music store Spotify was finally expanding to the United States.
Spotify, once dubbed "the music ......
It is so rare nowadays to see any cool web-based service to be first available in Europe rather than in the U.S. that Spotify is really worth ......
According to a Telegraph report, Microsoft is set to launch their own streaming music site which will offer free streaming and pay-for downloads.
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According to new data reported by The Guardian UK, the amount of UK teenagers sharing unauthorized music has fallen dramatically since 2007, ......
