Spotify Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Spotify offers API to iOS developers

by Mike Schramm (Sep 1st, 2011)

Spotify has launched an API service that could have some really interesting results for both iOS developers and users of the music-sharing program. The API allows access by iOS developers to all of Spotify's 15 million music tracks, which can be played or used as they see fit. There are some ...

Spotify iPhone users jump after US launch

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2011)

Here's an interesting stat I think tells a bigger tale: Onavo is a service for iPhone which claims to shrink your data as it goes in and out, and that service has been monitoring data coming back and forth from its users' iPhones. Spotify, as you probably know, is a music cloud service that ...

Apps in our lives: Audio Hijack Pro

by Erica Sadun (Jul 15th, 2011)

"Recording" is the phrase that many people think of when then hear Audio Hijack Pro. This venerable Mac app has been helping users record system audio for years. But if recording is all you think of, you're missing a large part of what AHP can do for you. Yesterday, I installed Spotify, the new ...

Spotify goes live in the US, iOS app now available

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 14th, 2011)

As expected, Spotify went live in the US at 8 am ET. The free service which limits the amount of time you can listen will be available via invites which will roll out gradually starting today. If you don't want to wait, you can grab a paid Spotify plan right now. Subscribers in the US can ...

Spotify coming to the U.S.

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 6th, 2011)

Spotify, the streaming music service that is well-known in Europe, is finally coming to the U.S. There's no word on a time frame, but a signup page for Spotify invites is now available for U.S. residents. We knew this was not far off as Spotify reportedly signed a deal with Sony back in January. ...

SpotiMy brings Spotify playback control to the menu bar, but that's it

by Samuel Gibbs (May 23rd, 2011)

Spotify might not have made it across the pond just yet, but that doesn't mean millions of Mac users aren't getting their music fix via the ad-supported or premium streaming service. A new Mac App Store app called SpotiMy aims to enhance the Spotify experience of Mac users by letting them ...

Spotify adds iPod sync and MP3 downloads to its music streaming service

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2011)

Spotify expanded its online music streaming service to include MP3 downloads, iPod playlist sync and more. The music service will now let free and premium users sync their iPod classic, nano or shuffle with the service. Simply connect your iPod, and Spotify will add the portable media player to ...

Spotify reportedly signs US deal with Sony

by Matt Tinsley (Jan 21st, 2011)

Just a week ago, we covered a New York Post story indicating that Spotify, the ad-supported or subscription based all-you-can-eat music streaming service, was about to sign a deal with Sony Music in the U.S. -- taking Spotify a step closer to the U.S. market. Now, according to MediaMemo, that ...

Spotify moving closer to US release

by Matt Tinsley (Jan 14th, 2011)

It seems, according to the New York Post, that Spotify is coming to the US imminently. Spotify is a Luxembourg-based streaming, ad-supported or subscription based all-you-can-eat music service, currently only available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands -- much ...

Spotify "can't commit" to launch US service in 2010

by Dave Caolo (Dec 8th, 2010)

Label negotiations will keep Spotify out of the U.S. for what's left of 2010, according to an interview conducted by Mark Sullivan of PC World. While at the Wall Street Journal's Dive Into Mobile event, Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek said that his company "can't commit" to a 2010 launch. ...

Hands on: AirPlay for audio streaming in depth

by Richard Gaywood (Nov 23rd, 2010)

My colleague Mike Rose has already taken a long look at video streaming via AirPlay and found it a rather mixed bag. Although it works well as far as it goes, it doesn't support non-Apple apps -- even video streaming ones such as Netflix -- and can't even manage to stream video footage shot on an ...

Spotify denies talks with Apple

by Dave Caolo (Oct 27th, 2010)

Despite rumors to the contrary, UK-based Spotify denies being in talks with Apple over a possible acquisition. In an interview with CNET, Spotify representative Jim Butcher said that is company has "...absolutely no intention" of selling to Apple or anyone for that matter. That takes care of ...

Rumor: Apple looking at buying Spotify... to incorporate it or close it?

by Sam Abuelsamid (Oct 26th, 2010)

Fans of streaming music service Spotify might not want to read this story. The last time Apple bought such a company, it lived on for about six months before being unceremoniously shuttered. Hopefully if a rumored buyout of Spotify does go through, the service will face a happier outcome than Lala ...

Rumor: Apple pursuing iTunes music subscription

by Dave Caolo (Oct 8th, 2010)

Apple is rumored to be discussing music subscriptions with major labels that would bring unlimited, streaming music to its iTunes customers. According to the New York Post (NYP), Apple's VP of iTunes, Eddy Cue, has been in talks with major labels about a subscription model that would give ...

Apple approves Spotify app

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 27th, 2009)

The Telegraph from the UK reports (via Paid Content) that after more than a month in limbo, the music-streaming app Spotify for the iPhone has been approved. Spotify is to Europe what Rhapsody is to the U.S. -- and we even took a look at Rhapsody's iPhone offering just a couple days ago. Spotify ...