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Spotify gains Pink Floyd archives in full

, Jun 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Spotify have announced that they'll be moving forward with the full Pink Floyd collection: every track from every album the band has ever released. This service is part of Spotify's streaming music service and the tracks have been officially "unlocked" this week. This comes after the song "Wish You Were Here" over 1 million times, a challenge set by the company to fans of the music just this past week. Read The Full Story

Spotify to add Pink Floyd catalog after stream goal is met

, Jun 14th 2013 Discuss [1]

If you're both a Spotify and a Pink Floyd fan, you've likely been disappointed in the past months, with the former offering very little of the latter. That is about to change, however, according to a tweet fired off by Pink Floyd yesterday. Starting now, all streaming of "Wish You Were Here" on the music service will count towards the streaming goal that, when met, will unlock the rest of the catalog. Read The Full Story

Sonos tightens Spotify playlist support with new controller apps

, May 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Sonos has updated its controller app for iOS and Android, boosting Spotify integration with new playlist editing tools. The updated v4.1 apps, which turn your iPhone, iPad, or Android device into a remote for the multiroom streaming system, can now add a Spotify account simply by punching in your Facebook credentials, with support for creating and editing Spotify playlists directly within the Sonos software. Read The Full Story

Spotify Discover cuts catalog-intimidation with social

, May 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Spotify has launched "Discover", it's new social-enabled music discovery tool, aiming to cut through the surfeit of choice users encounter when they first face the streaming catalog. The service, which launches first on Spotify's web-based player, adds a new Discover page to the interface, with curated content from various partners like Pitchfork, Songkick, and Tunigo. Read The Full Story

Spotify shareable top 50 charts planned to combat Google’s jukebox

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [1]

Spotify plans to launch Top 50 lists of the most popular content on the streaming music service today, complete with on-demand preview access so that even those without accounts can listen to the tracks. The new scheme – which will see the most-streamed songs listed in the “Spotify 50″ and the most-shared songs in the “Social 50″ – will be updated weekly, and is part of the company’s attempt to fight back against new cloud jukebox options like Google Play Music All Access.

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Google Play Music All Access takes on Spotify with music streaming

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

We heard rumors during the calm of the storm last night before Google I/O, and now it’s official. Google today announced what they’re calling Google Play Music All Access, which is the company’s own take on music streaming, and they look to take on Spotify and Rdio, which are the two main heavyweights in this category.

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Spotify acquisition of Tunigo brings music discovery boost

, May 4th 2013 Discuss [1]

Spotify has recently acquired Tunigo, a music discovery app that creates themed playlists based on your mood. Spotify will transfer all of Tunigo's 20+ employees to its offices in both Stockholm and New York, where they will be focusing their efforts on Spotify's main service. Tunigo will still continue to run, however it's still unknown what Spotify plans on doing with it. It may integrate Tunigo's playlist feature into its service. Read The Full Story

Daft Punk’s Get Lucky sets streaming record

, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [1]

Daft Punk launched a new single on April 19 called Get Lucky. That single proved incredibly popular and the duo has crushed the streaming record for the number of streams on the first day of songs availability on Spotify. The new track was listened to more times in a single 24-hour period the any other song in the history of Spotify. Read The Full Story

Spotify launches in 8 new markets

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Spotify is expanding to more locations throughout the world today. The music streaming service announced today that users in Mexico, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Iceland, bringing Spotify's reach to 28 markets around the world. The expansion should increase the service's total number of users. Read The Full Story

Grand Theft Auto soundtracks now available on iTunes and Spotify

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [2]

We're not sure if this could have come soon enough, but it's here, at last. Rockstar Games announced today that the radio playlist soundtracks from all of the Grand Theft Auto titles, starting with the classic Grand Theft Auto III, are now available either for purchase on iTunes or for streaming on Spotify. Read The Full Story

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 relaunches with Spotify integration

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Bang & Olufsen has relaunched its slick looking BeoSound 5 music system. The relaunch of the high-end music system brings with it complete integration with the streaming music service Spotify. The integration of the music device with Spotify brings users access to an additional 20 million songs with premium sound quality. Read The Full Story

Apple will reportedly launch iRadio by Summer

, Mar 31st 2013 Discuss [6]

Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch its own web-based music streaming service, and one that will rival Pandora. The new music service will be called iRadio, and will follow Pandora's example of music streaming. Music services like Spotify and Pandora provide a great revenue stream for music labels. According to the labels, Pandora accounted for 25% of their revenue last year. Read The Full Story
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