Latest Spotify Stories

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online With the exception of some UI tweaks here and there, iTunes has mostly looked and worked the same since its introduction. Now, Bloomberg has been talking to those stealthy People Familiar With the Matter and is reporting Apple is planning to issue iTunes a pretty big revamp by the end of 2012. According to Bloomberg, it will be the largest change to iTunes since 2003. At nearly 10 years, it’s about time. The People...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Tumblr has been a popular blogging platform for many years, and while it’s been the choice of many who simply want to share quick, brief thoughts or re-share pictures they’ve seen elsewhere on the site, the iOS app for the service has often been seen as a giant sore spot on the otherwise fine platform. On Thursday, Tumblr released a long-awaited update to their iOS app. And there was much rejoicing. The new update to the popular blogging app is...

NEW YORK, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- On Monday, hypetree opened its doors to the general public, following several months of a closed beta. The site invites people to discover, rate, and save songs uploaded directly by musicians and independent labels. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/CG16973) The website went viral on StumbleUpon in October, garnering over 6,000 signups in the first week. Since then, it has undergone a ground-up redesign, adding many...

The CEO of one of the world's most popular social networks has apparently joined a high-end, consumer-focused image-sharing website and rival to Pinterest, and this seemingly innocent news has led to some speculation that his involvement may run deeper than just being another user of the service. The webpage in question, The Fancy, describes itself as "part store, blog, magazine and wishlist," as well as "a place to discover great stuff, to curate a collection of things you love, to get...

Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com Daniel Ek and Sean Parker—co-founder and Director of Spotify, respectively—took to the red chairs last night at the All Things D conference and were interviewed by the Wall Street Journal’s tech journalist extraordinaire Walt Mossberg. During the interview, Mossberg took the time to ask the two streaming music providers about their legal negotiations in the States and their relationships with the record labels. Surprisingly, Mossberg was also able to...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New publishing tool helps musicians power tour listings across all of their pages and profiles...enter once, publish everywhere If you're a band looking to tell hundreds of millions of fans around the world where you'll be playing live, look no further. Songkick Tourbox for artists automates the publishing of your concert dates across the Internet, helping you reach hundreds of millions of existing and new fans with...

SOMERVILLE, Mass. and PORTLAND, Ore., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Echo Nest, a music intelligence platform powering smarter apps across the web and devices, has incorporated Discogs into its Rosetta Stone platform, a universal music data translator that facilitates "big data" integration into apps on all platforms. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101214/NE17511LOGO ) As part of the deal, Discogs' rich database of user-generated music information -- one of the...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: TuneWiki, the leading provider of lyric apps, today released updated versions of its Spotify web app, Android mobile app and website, designed to make discovering and sharing lyrics a truly social experience. With more than 2.1 million unique users, the TuneWiki Spotify app is the #1 ranked app in the Spotify network. New features...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In Jacobs Media's new study of core radio listeners, the high-tech revolution continues - but broadcast radio's pathway to success may turn out to be more high-touch. The media habits of twelve different format core audiences are examined in the largest technology survey ever conducted for radio. Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs comments, "Techsurvey8 strongly suggests that focusing on connecting emotionally with...

PHOENIX, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 101 Distribution has announced the launch of 101 Arena, the first and only free streaming music service to pay 100 percent of all advertising revenue generated directly to artists and film makers. This solution comes in response to growing controversy surrounding marginal payments for unlimited listens through popular services like Grooveshark, Spotify, RDIO, Rhapsody and others. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120424/LA86301)...