Amit Chowdhry | January 12, 2012 | 331 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Facebook, Facebook Chat, Rdio, Spotify

Facebook is starting to roll out a new feature that allows you to listen to the same music that your friends on Facebook Chat are listening to. If you see a music note next to one of your friends on Facebook Chat, you can listen to the same music they are using services like Spotify or Rdio. To listen with your friend, hover the mouse above their name and click the “Listen With” button. If you do not want to share what you are listening to, visit the App Settings page after installing the app. [Facebook Blog]
Amit Chowdhry | December 12, 2011 | 600 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Spotify

Spotify is my favorite music service and I hope that they keep growing and doing well. However their business model automatically puts them in a risky position. As a matter of fact, details about Spotify’s music licensing deals have been leaked and it reveals why Spotify will never be profitable.

Amit Chowdhry | November 30, 2011 | 262 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Android, Google Android, John MacFarlane, Slacker, Sonos, Spotify

Wireless streaming music service, Sonos, has updated their Android application to support music streaming applications Slacker and Spotify. The Sonos System Software version 3.6 also adds Sonos Wireless HiFi, and support for Android tablets running 2.2. or higher. Below is the press release:

Amit Chowdhry | November 30, 2011 | 204 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Daniel Ek, Spotify

Spotify has announced a new app platform today at a press conference in New York City. Some of their earliest app platform partners include Rolling Stone and Last.fm. Third party application developers will be able to build HTML5 applications that utilizes Spotify’s features. Spotify will be able to find apps through the “App Finder” section in the desktop Spotify software.

Amit Chowdhry | November 23, 2011 | 330 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Spotify

Spotify has hit 2.5 million paying subscribers. The company was at 1 million paying subscribers as of this past March, which is a substantial increase in only 8 months. Launching in the United States within those 8 months was a major reason for the increase in subscribers.

Amit Chowdhry | November 7, 2011 | 455 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Microsoft Windows Phone, Spotify

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has added Spotify to the Windows Phone Marketplace. Spotify was designed for Windows Phone Mango and they said that it took time to make it look perfectly Metro. The app is very responsive and easy to navigate. You can see the playlist info from the live tile and the app gives you the ability to pin your favorite playlists on the home screen. [Gizmodo]
Amit Chowdhry | September 26, 2011 | 2,048 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Facebook, Spotify

Facebook’s integration with Spotify has really been pissing a lot of people off. A lot of people have been asking me how to disable Spotify from automatically posting to your Facebook ticker. Here is how you do it:

Amit Chowdhry | August 8, 2011 | 486 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Spotify

Spotify is a streaming music service that recently launched in the U.S. About 1.4 million people in the U.S. had joined for the free trial and now Spotify has 175,000 paying subscribers. It has been less than a month after they launched in the U.S. This is a 12.5% conversion rate. In Europe, Spotify hits about a 15% conversion rate. The main reason why users pay for Spotify is so that they get access to the music on their iPhones and Android handsets for $10 per month. [AllThingsD]