Monthly Archives: July 2009
Spotify’s latest headache: streaming music forbidden on O2 network
The past two days have been dominated by the announcement that Spotify is coming to the iPhone. Hopefully. It all depends on Apple, and whether they’ll let it through.
Let’s assume, for the sake of example (and hope), that Apple do indeed allow Spotify into the app store. Will users even be allowed to use it? [...]
Apple blocks Google Voice app, Spotify next?
Worrying precedent set by Apple today. From the Guardian:
Apple has rejected the Google’s Voice application for the iPhone saying that it duplicated features in the popular smart phone. The move has called into question the control that Apple exerts over approving applications and whether the rejection and others constitute anti-competitive behaviour.
Does Spotify duplicate an existing [...]
Spotify iPhone app release “within days”
It’s almost here! From BBC News:
The Swedish music streaming service Spotify is planning to launch its first mobile application within days.
The company has submitted the application to Apple’s iTunes App Store for its approval.
If given clearance, Spotify’s service will then be available for users to download onto iPhones.
Great! A post on the BBC’’s dot.life blog [...]
Apple may be about to join the streaming music race
Have a read of this from Distorted-Loop.com:
Apple is clearly aware of the trend toward streaming music services, and is slowly switching its iPod range from being de facto players for owner’s own music libraries to being wireless connected devices capable of accessing such streams – a la iPod touch.
With the next big moment on Apple [...]
The Best of the Worst of Spotify
Been meaning to post this great blog for a while. The Best of the Worst of Spotify logs some of the utter tripe found on the service. Magical moments like Dr Rick Collingwood’s Beating Marijuana Addiction, or my personal favourite, Eilert Pilam’s Best of Elvis (right).
If you find any howlers, you can email or tweet [...]
Wired: Spotify set to take America by storm
The imminent US launch is getting some massive press. This piece in Wired is the best so far:
“We feel very comfortable, in that the labels want to see Spotify in the U.S.,” said Ek. “Our hope is to get something up and running before the end of the year. We get around a thousand e-mails [...]
Will Apple allow a Spotify app?
If you went to McDonald’s, you wouldn’t expect to be offered a Whopper. But that’ll be the situation if Apple allow the Spotify app into their iPhone/iPod Touch app store.
From the London Evening Standard:
“We looked at the mobile market, and it just doesn’t make sense to stream music in the same way we do on [...]
Spotify in America: what we know so far
Have you heard? Spotify is heading to the US!
Of course you’ve heard. It’s everywhere. To save you the effort of going through the waffle, here’s a little round up of what we know so far.
The original story (I believe), came from the Observer:
The online music streaming service Spotify, which has more than two million users [...]
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Mercury prize nominees on Spotify [updated]
It’s Mercury prize time again. From the Guardian:
Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and Bat for Lashes are the favourites to walk away with the £20,000 prize, voted for by a panel of critics and music industry figures. Synth-pop duo La Roux and Scottish indie-rock quartet Glasvegas are also hotly tipped.
Among the lesser-known artists are south [...]
First Spotifailwhale day?