Pandora – Signature9 http://198.46.88.49 Lifestyle Intelligence Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:04:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 Spotify Takes On Pandora with Spotify Radio App http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/social/spotify-takes-on-pandora-with-spotify-radio-app http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/social/spotify-takes-on-pandora-with-spotify-radio-app#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:28:29 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=21977

Spotify has only been available in the US since July, but they aren’t wasting any time going after as many corners of the online music market as they can.

Today at LeWeb, Spotify founder Daniel Ek announced that the company will be launching “Spotify Radio,” with a few features that they are surely hoping will make it a Pandora killer.

Unlike Pandora, Spotify Radio will allow users unlimited skipping of tracks and unlimited stations. Spotify Radio will be available on free accounts, with no paid subscription required.

Building on their recently launched platform, Ek says the Spotify team attributes their success to the fact that “people buy music because they want to take it with them.”

Since announcing a partnership with Facebook at the F8 conference in September, Spotify has added 7 million users. Ek says that 2.5 million Spotify users pay for the service at an average of €10 per month, which would give the music startup revenue of €25 million per month, though there’s no word on how much licensing fees represent, and if there are any differences in radio fees and the licensing fees Spotify currently pays as an on-demand jukebox.

 

 

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Tweet Tweet: Ford Announces Car Tweeting Technology http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/tweet-tweet-ford-announces-car-tweeting-technology http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/tweet-tweet-ford-announces-car-tweeting-technology#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:02:07 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=8621 ford-twitterFord CEO Alan Mulally announced the world’s first tweeting car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. If you just can’t find a radio station that’s annoying enough, you’ll soon be able to listen to a stream of messages as you drive. We’re filing this innovation under the “not sure about this” category. Initially, the audio tweets will be one way only: AAA, and presumably someone with foresight on the Ford team have decided that two-way tweets would be too much of a distraction and present a safety concern, though the possibility of audio replies haven’t been ruled out for the future. Do you really want to share your road rage with everyone?

We’re all for advances in technology, but this seems like the next installment in the texting while driving PSAs waiting to happen.

In less likely to cause a car crash innovation news, it was also announced that drivers would be able to stream music from popular music service Pandora and Stitcher, a service that streams podcasts, radio shows and news.

Read more {Telegraph}

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