by Surur
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Microsoft has applied for a new patent which would turn Cortana into your personal DJ. Well beyond just making personalized playlists, the service would use AI and draw from a wide variety of information sources (such as your cal...
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Spotify went public earlier last month, opening itself up to more scrutiny from walls quarterly basis, and that’s already beginning to bear fruit. In its first earnings report, the firm revealed it had 170 million subscribe...
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Microsoft isn’t the only one who’s taking a hatchet to its streaming service. Google is also killing off its Google Play Music service this year. The firm will be replacing it with the YouTube Remix platform this year,...
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Last week it was reported that Spotify was planning to make some changes to its free apps for users who didn’t want to pay for premium. With a new update, we may just know what those changes are. Spotify is rolling out some ...
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Spotify has always been available for free and as a paid service, with the paid service naturally being leagues better, that may be about to change. The firm is tweaking its free service so that it can work better for users. The d...
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With Cortana, Microsoft offers users the ability to play, music from commands. Earlier this year, the firm replaced Groove with Spotify integration due to the removal of its own music streaming service. As part of their integratio...
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Last month, we noted that Spotify appeared to be gearing up to launch a smart speaker to rival the Home Pod, Google Home and Alexa style smart speakers on the market, now it appears that launch may be closer than we anticipated. S...
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YouTube wants to convert users of its free music service to its paid service, and it plans to use frustration via ads to get it done. In an interview with Bloomberg, Google’s Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen revealed that th...
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Spotify is finally expanding to India, Russia and some African countries, the firm’s CEO confirmed. In an investor day presentation, CEO Daniel Ek said: “We are working on launching in some of the biggest markets in th...
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Spotify is launching a new feature — Amplify — to highlight the voices of select creators. This feature has been made available to users in the US and Canada first, as well as a launch yesterday on International Women&...
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Spotify is testing out a new app for Android users, Spotify Stations. Much like the name implies, Spotify Stations is a stripped down version of the app that focuses near exclusively on Spotify’s radio stations like feature....
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Microsoft is beginning the first step of winding down its music sales and streaming services. Now, the Microsoft Store has been updated to remove the music section completely for Insiders, On these store builds, you now aren’...