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• Love music? Now’s the time to get a Last.fm account

  If you're a music fan, then you need to get yourself a Last.fm account. It's like Spotify Wrapped, BUT ALL YEAR ROUND! What ...

  • Callum Booth

• Spotify 2020 Wrapped is here — and it has some new features

  Its that time of year again: Spotify 2020 Wrapped is here! Yes, it's still December and we've got a full month of 2020 left, ...

  • Callum Booth

• Spotify's Stories should feature music suggestions, not artists' video messages

  If you're not over Twitter's shaky Fleets rollout, I have more "Stories" news for you. After social networks ranging from ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify will now allow you to stream songs directly from your Apple Watch

  Spotify is finally rolling out an update to its Apple Watch app that'll allow you to stream songs directly from the device. ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify’s song booster service offers better exposure for slashed royalties

  Spotify is an influential service for artists to make their songs reach more people. If a large set of people stream their ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify finally lets you search songs by lyrics — it's all I've ever wanted

  I often get annoyed when a song is stuck in my head and I can't find it because I only know a few words of its lyrics. I ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify now lets artists list virtual tour dates on their pages

  The coronavirus pandemic has forced many music festivals and venues to shut down or cancel events. Live performances are ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How to enjoy movies, games and more with friends online while social distancing

  As we're all keeping a responsible distance from our friends and family, we're going to need some solutions to keep socializing. ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• 8tracks wants to become your favorite place to discover new music all over again

  During 2012-15, when there were only a few streaming services in India, it wasn’t easy to share music, or discover new ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How to find your most played Spotify and Apple Music songs

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• This Chrome extension lets you share your Netflix and Spotify accounts with friends

  There's very little chance that in your lifetime, you've not used someone else's password to login to a service. And if you've ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• When two people love each other very much, they can get Spotify Premium Duo for $13

  Spotify doesn't want you fighting with your partner over who gets to play DJ — so it's rolling out a new subscription service ...

  • Mix

• A simple guide to visualizing your Spotify listening data… badass-ly

  No need to wait till your 'year in review'.

  • Yaron Yitzhak

• Spotify’s removed its 10K library limit — but it won’t replace my MP3 collection

  Yes, Spotify removing its 10k library limit for songs and albums is great, but it still has a long way to go until it replaces ...

  • Callum Booth

• $1 million per hour: Major music labels hit streaming milestone

  Almost 80% of the entire US music industry's revenue came from streaming services last year, as subscriber counts continue ...

  • David Canellis

• Marshall's tiny new Uxbridge speaker comes with Alexa built-in

  Thanks to the popularity of Amazon's Echo family, people have begun to expect voice assistant capabilities from their smart ...

  • Napier Lopez

• I listened to the coronavirus playlists on Spotify so you don't have to

  Plenty of Spotify users have made playlists themed around the coronavirus quarantine. So are they any good? We listened to ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• 7 tips for my fellow humans stuck working from home

  Struggling to work from home? We've put together 7 simple — but useful tips — to make it more bearable and help you stay ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• How to use Chrome's media controls to easily switch between videos and podcasts

  This is how you use Chrome's media control button to switch between YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify content without juggling ...

  • Mix

• How to add Spotify to Google Maps for your road tunes

  Google Maps has a feature that lets you play music directly on the map interface. You can connect your Spotify tunes -- here's ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Spotify's new iOS design makes it easier to navigate

  Spotify is rolling out a new design for its mobile app today, starting with iOS. Though the changes are relatively minor ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Spotify is finally showing lyrics synced with music so you can sing along

  Spotify is finally giving you the tools to sing along without embarrassing yourself — or mumbling while you pretend you ...

  • Mix

• Spotify just made it easier to see what podcasts are about

  Spotify wants to make it easier for you to discover podcasts you might dig, so it's revamped its podcast section to better ...

  • Mix

• Skype co-founder raises €757M fund to back European tech startups

  Skype's co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has raised €757 million ($820 million) for his VC fund Atomico to continue backing ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• How to connect Spotify to Discord and show off your bad taste in music

  Sharing music via Discord is a great way to show everyone what your taste is like (for better or worse). So here's how to ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• A love letter to my beloved NAS Drive, the WD PR2100

  I adore my NAS drive, the WD PR2100. It's become the center of my digital world, and is something you'd benefit from too. ...

  • Callum Booth

• Here's how to find The Ringer's podcasts on Spotify

  Spotify just bought The Ringer, which offers a ton of interesting podcasts. Want to see what exactly The Ringer has? Here's ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• All I want for Xmas: A macOS Catalina Music app that doesn't suck

  If you're pure of heart and noble of spirit, you might get a wish this Christmas. Mine? For a macOS Catalina app that's not ...

  • Callum Booth

• Netflix's newest original is a scripted series about Spotify

  Netflix today announced its plan for a scripted series about “Swedish music sensation Spotify.” The series, based on ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Spotify’s 2019 Wrapped has arrived: Here’s what you need to know

  It's that time of year again! Spotify's 2019 Wrapped list is out, meaning you can find out what music you listening to most ...

  • Callum Booth

• Spotify now suggests which podcasts you should listen to next

  Spotify is best known for music, but in recent years, it's made an effort to up its podcast game. Podcasts, after all, are ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Facebook's ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra unveils official backers, but its future is still uncertain

  Facebook has managed to officially sign up 21 organizations to its Libra Association following several high-profile departures ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Here’s how to hide what you're listening to on Spotify

  Spotify gives you some options to privatize your activity. The first is a private session. This can be easily done on desktop ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Spotify's family plan launches in India at Rs. 179 a month

  Spotify today announced it's bringing its family sharing plan to India for just Rs. 179 ($2.52) per month. The plan will ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google brags its Android alternative for low-end phones is now even faster

  Google is making its Android Go — a lightweight alternative of its mobile platform design to run smoothly on low-end phones — ...

  • Mix

• Google will reveal the Pixel 4 on October 15

  It's that time of year. Smartphone companies are preparing their fall launches, and next on the list is Google. The company ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Samsung says Galaxy Fold will run 'hundreds' of optimized apps at launch

  Samsung's Galaxy Fold was delayed so much we were beginning to think it wouldn't even come out this year. Luckily that all ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra may be in more trouble than we thought

  Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra may be in even deeper trouble than we thought if a recent report is anything to go by.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Just putting it out there: I still buy MP3s

  In this column, “Just putting this out there...,” we write about the odd ways we engage with tech and the unpopular opinions ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• The golden era of podcasts is yet to come

  Spotify has signalled it's optimistic about podcasts taking up more of your attention in the years to come. That's good news ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• No, you don't own your apps — here's why it feels like you do

  Possessions are going out of fashion. An endless stream of media reports claim millennials – that amorphous mass of people ...

  • The Conversation

• Spotify now has a Lite app for Android users in 36 countries

  Spotify has just launched a Lite version of its Android app that's designed to work well on low-end devices and spotty connections. The ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Praise (insert preferred deity), Spotify finally has a podcast tab

  After cramming the podcast section in library, Spotify has finally redesigned the interface by placing Podcast tab in the ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Square Enix just dropped almost every Final Fantasy soundtrack on Spotify & Apple Music

  Almost every Final Fantasy soundtrack just hit the major streaming services, with (ironically) no fanfair. At least your ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Amazon is reportedly building a high-fidelity music streaming service to rival Tidal

  Amazon is set to launch a new music streaming service later this year that will serve up tracks at higher quality than what ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast now - but you may have already heard it

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just launched a podcast the same day that his company issued its latest quarterly earnings report. ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Spotify ad draws criticism over how it (under)pays musicians

  Spotify tweeted an ad for its new partnership with Hulu, along with a comment about "budgets." Several people, including ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Discover Quickly is an excellent tool for finding new music you'll love on Spotify

  Tthere's an intuitive new app you can use to find new tracks and artists on Spotify quickly and easily - but be warned, it's ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Spotify acquires another studio to bolster its podcast efforts

  After snapping up Gimlet Media and Anchor in its bid to enter the podcasting arena, Spotify has just acquired Los Angeles-based ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Who are you siding with in the Spotify-Apple antitrust war?

  Apple and Spotify are locking horns over whether the iPhone maker is engaging in anticompetitive behavior with its App Store ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• YouTube Music launches in India to battle it out with Spotify et al

  At long last, YouTube Music has launched in India with a free ad-supported option, as well as its Premium plan at Rs. 99 ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Dry data analysis of Christmas songs to get you in the holiday mood

  Can we quantify different features of music? Apparently yes; folks at Spotify have identified and measured songs’ features ...

  • Preetish Panda

• Here's how to get Spotify Premium in India ahead of its official launch

  People in India have eagerly waited for Spotify to launch in the country. Well, that date might arrive real soon, as the ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• The best ways to move your music from Apple Music or Google Play Music to Spotify

  Spotify’s just launched in India, and I’m excited to try it out. However, I’ve been an Apple Music subscriber for over ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify officially launches in India, with free music on-demand

  After an excruciatingly long wait, music streaming service Spotify has finally launched in India. As we noted last night, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• 1TB phones are coming and I'm so fucking ready

  Samsung is mass producing 1TB storage chips for mobiles. In other words, your phone is about to store a lot more. We look ...

  • Callum Booth

• Spotify just inked a deal with the world's second biggest YouTube channel’s label

  Spotify has inked a deal with Indian music label T-series to make all 160,000 songs available to the listeners on spotify ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Facebook and YouTube aren't even trying to enforce the Alex Jones ban

  After Alex Jones was effectively banned from the internet — or at least his major distribution channels — last August, ...

  • Bryan Clark

• This website sets your Spotify playlists to private with a single click

  Nobody will know you love Peter Andre

  • Matthew Hughes

• November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife

  Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...

  • Tom Jackson

• Spotify unveils this year's hilarious Wrapped billboards

  Spotify started rolling out its Wrapped year-end billboards, where it blasts out trivia about its users and occasionally ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Spotify is giving away free Google Home Mini speakers to some paid subscribers

  Spotify today announced a partnership with Google that doles out free hardware to certain paid subscribers. As of today, ...

  • Bryan Clark

• The iPod is the greatest gadget ever – fight me

  The original iPod was released on October 23, 2001. 17 years later, we still believe that it's the greatest gadget of all ...

  • Callum Booth

• 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 ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Apple acquires Shazam and announces it'll now be ad-free

  Apple has officially acquired the musical identification app, Shazam. The hardware giant has also stated that the app will ...

  • Callum Booth

• 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 ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Twitter CEO's comments will ignite the right, context be damned

  Stripped of context, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's comments sound a bit like an admission. Speaking to members of congress, Dorsey ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Over 50k people have blocked Twitter's biggest advertisers over the Alex Jones debacle (and you can too)

  Alex Jones can't win these days. As the unofficial mascot of conspiracy theorists everywhere, Jones -- the man who answers ...

  • Bryan Clark

• And then there was Twitter

  Having been banned by Apple, Spotify, Facebook, and YouTube -- and having a significant amount of his content removed on ...

  • Bryan Clark