Spotify’s freemium model comes good
January 31, 2012
Spotify continues to go from strength to strength. Proving its freemium model is the correct one for the business.
Category: Music
Purdue’s new medical sensor is powered by rap music
January 29, 2012
How many times have pulled up to a light and felt your car vibrate because of the heavy bass beat coming from the car next to you? Probably quite a lot. Now that low barely audible but definitely felt beat can power a medical sensor created by scientists at Perdue.
Megaupload chiefs to defend legal action
January 20, 2012
The operators of major filesharing website Megaupload say they’ll defend themselves against criminal charges. Their lawyer plans to argue that not only do the charges themselves not hold up, but the enforced closure of the site before trial is a violation of due process.
Digital music outsells physical music in 2011 sales, but there’s a bigger story…
January 7, 2012
The switch from physical music formats to digital is complete, with the latter beating out the former in 2011 for the first time ever.
How much would you pay for Spotify?
December 18, 2011
I’m currently paying £5-per-month to listen to almost all the songs in the world for free and without advertising whenever I want to. That’s an absolute bargain by anyone’s definition of the word. I’d pay more for Spotify. Would you?
Spotify Apps ups Spotify addictiveness
November 30, 2011
Spotify today revealed its latest plans to take over the world. And while I was skeptical at first, I now think they may be on to something.
2.5 million now paying to use Spotify
November 23, 2011
Spotify has hit a new milestone in its aim to turn users into subscribers, with 2.5 million people now paying to use the service.
In what direction is Spotify headed next?
November 22, 2011
I rather like the direction Spotify is currently headed in. That is, creating a global service for people to discover and listen to music without turning to piracy. But Spotify looks set to change course.
Indie labels: ‘Keep music special, eff Spotify’
November 20, 2011
It’s been repeated ad naseum that Spotify isn’t iTunes. No one knows that better than the independent labels that increasingly dominate the creation and distribution of music. That said, pay forever music isn’t paying the bills for indies and provides little if any long term value for users.
238 record labels abandon Spotify, Rdio, etc. – ignoring the big picture
November 19, 2011
Well done, STHoldings, well done. You’ve just withdrawn from the future in order to try and hold onto the past. Good work.
Google Music now open for business
November 16, 2011
Google Music has officially launched, with everyone in the U.S. now invited to sign up and begin using the service. But is it worth doing so?
iTunes Match a match made in Heaven?
November 15, 2011
Apple has finally unveiled iTunes Match, at least in the U.S. But I can’t quite work out whether it’s a stroke of genius or an unnecessary hassle. As usual it depends on whether you’re a fanboy or not. They will love it, the rest of us won’t care.
Google Music missing music
November 14, 2011
Try to challenge iTunes and your biggest enemy is often the record industry rather than Apple. It turns out that could be the case even for Google, which looks set to launch a music sales service with some major gaps on its virtual shelf.
RIAA goes after Google Android apps
November 12, 2011
The RIAA has a new target in its sights: Apps on the Google Android platform which could be used to download copyrighted music to smartphones.
Spotify already showing its age and lack of teeth
November 9, 2011
How hip is Spotify? Their current VP of engineering is a former LimeWire VP of engineering and peer to peer is cool, right? Thereupon, I’m guessing the blush has come off the original launch bloom, which saw millions sign up and thousands pay.
Coldplay shuns Spotify, welcomes pirates
October 27, 2011
Coldplay are the latest music act to decide that streaming services such as Spotify, Rdio, and Mog aren’t for them. Because they’re idiots.
You may never want to leave the bathroom of the future
October 23, 2011
Most bathrooms contain toilets, bath/showers, sinks and a mirror. Redecorating a bathroom could mean simply adding a personalized shower curtain, soap dish and toothbrush holder. It usually isn’t a room that you want to spend hours in, but that just might be changing with the bathroom of the future.
