Spotify
Every article we've written on Spotify. The popular music streaming, podcast and video service was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. Spotify is based in Stockholm and London.
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Ancestry creates you a custom Spotify playlist for $99 and some spit
The world's most popular genealogy company, last week, teamed with Spotify in hopes of answering a simple, albeit loaded question: "What is the sound of you?" A partnership between Ancestry.com and Spotify still seems unlikely, but the gist of the value proposition is this: Plunk ...
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A new Spotify initiative could spell trouble for record labels (or kill Spotify)
Billboard first let the cat out of the bag in June. In an exclusive, the publication revealed that Spotify had been chasing independent artists, offering sizable advances on future work as well as numerous perks, not the least of which was full control, and ownership, of their future ...
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Spotify now lets you ruin your favorite songs by setting them as an alarm
You won't listen to Daphne and Celeste in the same way again.
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Spotify is expanding in the Middle East, with its UAE launch this year
Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming service is expanding to MENA with its UAE launch planned for Q4 this year, a source close to the development told MENAbytes. The Swedish company that recently went public on the New York Stock Exchange in a direct listing, which is different ...
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March in Africa: Uber on motorcycles, Spotify’s arrival, and solar panels
It’s been on the cards for a while, and now it is finally here. Introducing “Uber for motorcycle taxis” in Africa. Yes, Uber has finally introduced a ride-hailing service for motorbike taxis -- locally called “boda bodas” -- in Uganda. Uber has company, however, in ...
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Spotify's newest podcast is about mental health and startup life
Spotify has launched a new podcast, Killing It, which tells the stories of those who have attained success in the cut-throat startup world while simultaneously battling mental health issues. The show is hosted by veteran tech journalist Aleks Krotoski, alongside therapist Petra ...
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Spotify 'on its way' to creating first hardware product
Spotify is looking to create some combination of Snap's 'Spectacles,' Amazon's 'Echo,' and the Pebble watch.
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Spotify and Discord team up to add music to your gaming chats
The latest service to throw its weight behind chat client Discord is Spotify, as the two services today announced they're joining forces. As part of the new partnership Discord users can link up with their Spotify accounts. Starting today, users who link the two accounts will display ...
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Spotify launches a new free app for streaming its own curated playlists
Spotify has launched Stations, a new ad-supported app that lets you listen to playlists curated by the company at no charge. ...
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Report: Spotify secretly files for IPO this year
Spotify allegedly filed for its IPO in December, and will go directly to the New York Stock Exchange while bypassing many of the IPO conventions. According to a report by Axios, the music streaming service filed confidentially at the end of December. CNBC reports it will skip ...
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Spotify gives Linux users an early Christmas present: a new desktop client
Linux-loving users of Spotify have had it rough for the past few years. Spotify stopped active development on its desktop client back in 2016. This left users with an unenviable choice between a visibly outdated desktop client, or using the web app. Thankfully, right before Christmas, ...
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YouTube reportedly plans to take on Spotify with a streaming music service next year
YouTube is gearing up to launch a paid streaming music service by March 2018 to take on Spotify and Apple Music, reports ...
