Tag: Digital Music
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: Spotify v Tidal. BUT who ripped who off?
Spot the difference: Top, Spotify’s User Interface and below, Tidal’s UI Seems like the gloves are well and truly off in the digital music streaming wars. On Twitter a row […]
Xbox Music browser version launched
Xbox Music is now available as a browser based player, with Microsoft's streaming music streaming service continuing to spread its wings beyond the company's existing apps for Windows Phone, Windows, and the Xbox 360 games console. The Xbox Music web…
Top of the Spotify Pops: Music streaming service launches top 50 tracks widget
Spotify have launched a new widget for websites, displaying both the weekly top 50 most-played tracks on the music service and the top 50 "social" tracks, showing which songs were the most shared across services like Twitter and Facebook for…
Spotify lifting the five-play track cap for free UK users
Spotify is today set to remove the cap that limits those using the service for free in the UK to only five plays of each track. According to Musically, as of today, all UK non-paying Spotify users can listen to…
Spotify now has 6 million paying subscribers, 24 million active users overall
Spotify continues its charge towards mass-market adoption, revealing that they now serve streaming tunes to over 6 million paying subscribers. Those subscribers have now brought in over $500 million in revenue for the Stockholm-based company, while ad-funded revenue still keeps…
Spotify suspend MP3 music download purchases, bought songs may expire
Spotify has suspended the purchase and download of tracks through its music streaming service. As well as offering streaming of its 20 million song library, Spotify had offered iTunes-style MP3 track downloads for a one-off fee. However, this feature has…
Sonos updates wireless streaming abilities for iPhone and iPad users
Sonos have updated their controller app for iOS devices to improve its wireless streaming capabilities. iPhone, iPod and iPad users running iOS 6 will be able to stream tracks direct from their devices iTunes library. Prior to the update, users…
Spotify Premium price-cut coming? Browser-based version too?
Big shake-ups in the music-streaming world of Spotify are on the way, according to new reports that suggest a browser-based version of the online tune library is incoming. Though it's not clear whether or not the browser version will completely…
Four new Sony Walkman on the way: Android 4.0 and FLAC support coming
Sony have today lifted the covers off four new Walkman models; the F800, S770BT, E570 and E470. Top of the line is the F800. Running Android Ice Cream Sandwich, it has a 3.5-inch touchscreen and has full access to the…
Tesco buy We7 digital music service
Tesco have purchased UK digital music site We7 for a reported £10.8million, with the supermarket chain looking to further establish themselves in the entertainment market. Tesco have bought 91% of the stake in London-based We7, with the company aiming to…
