Spotify has removed the 10,000 song limit it imposed on user libraries. This means that you can now save as many songs and albums as you like to the My Library section.
Apple Original Podcasts, Laptop Evolution – TMO Daily Observations 2020-05-26
Charlotte Henry and John Martellaro join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s hiring a Podcast lead, and John’s take on the Macbook’s future.
Apple Siri Grading Whistleblower, Podcast Exclusivity, with Andrew Orr - ACM 530
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr talk about surveillance capitalism and the former Apple employee and Siri grading whistleblower who recently went public. They also discuss the growing battle for podcast exclusivity between the tech giants and Spotify.
Spotify Web Player Supports Safari Again
In 2017 the Spotify web player removed support for Safari without telling customers why. But functionality has now been restored.
Spotify CEO Says Apple Will Open its Platform More
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says he expects Apple to open its platform more to third party services.
“Long term, we do expect Apple to open up,” Ek said in an interview with Bloomberg TV that aired on Tuesday. Spotify has criticized Apple for taking a 30% cut of subscriptions and accused it of limiting app updates and preventing functionality on the Apple Watch and Siri.
Spotify will only be satisfied with the cancellation of Apple Music and the preinstallation of its app on iOS. But that still wouldn’t change the fact that it doesn’t pay artists a fair wage.
Podcast Listeners Turning to Spotify in Some U.S. States
Spotify’s investment in podcasts appears to be starting to pay off as in some U.S. states, listeners are moving away from Apple.
Spotify Finally Works With Siri on The Apple Watch
The latest update to the Spotify app means that it will now work with Siri on an Apple Watch running watchOS 6.
Apple Could, And Should, Create Original Podcasts
Apple is now making original video content, but could it make original podcasts, a format its products basically invented, and, if so, how?
Spotify Encourages Journalists to Plug in Random USB Drives
As part of a promotion for a podcast, Spotify sent USB drives to journalists. But the move was criticized by computer security researchers.
But anyone with basic security training under their hat — which here at TechCrunch we do — will know to never plug in a USB drive without taking some precautions first.
Plugging in random USB drives is a bigger problem than you might think. Elie Bursztein, a Google security researcher, found in his own research that about half of all people will plug into their computer random USB drives.
I doubt anyone at Spotify was clueless about the security risk. But negative publicity is still publicity.
Apple Podcasts Come to Alexa Devices
Apple Podcasts are now available on Amazon Echo devices via Alexa, as are podcasts that are available on Spotify.
Apple Music Users Teased As People Share Their #Spotifywrapped Playlists
Spotify users have been sharing their #spotifywrapped playlists of 2019, and teasing Apple Music subscribers at the same time.
Spotify Reaches 113 Million Paid Subscribers
Spotify announced that it reached 113 million paid subscribers around the world, and it’s growing twice as fast as Apple Music.
We continue to feel very good about our competitive position in the market. Relative to Apple, the publicly available data shows that we are adding roughly twice as many subscribers per month as they are. Additionally, we believe that our monthly engagement is roughly 2x as high and our churn is at half the rate.
How to Transfer You Music Library From Spotify to Apple Music With SongShift
Moving from Spotify to Apple Music? SongShift for iOS is an easy way to transfer your entire music library from one service to another.
Spotify Wants to Track Your Location so Friends Don't Use a Family Plan
In more location tracking news today, Spotify wants to track yours because non-family members sometimes use Family Plans *gasp!*.
“The changes to the policy allow Spotify to arbitrarily use the location of an individual to ascertain if they continue to reside at the same address when using a family account, and it’s unclear how often Spotify will query users’ devices for this information,” said Christopher Weatherhead, technology lead for UK watchdog group Privacy International, adding that there are “worrying privacy implications.”
Gimlet and WSJ Launching New Podcast
Gimlet, the Spotify-owned podcasting firm, and the Wall Street Journal will formally launch their podcast collaboration, ‘The Journal’, today.
Spotify Offering Three Months of Premium for Free, Matching Apple Music
Spotify is giving users the first three months of a Premium plan for free, bringing it in-line with Apple Music’s offer.
Battery/Email PSAs, Siri Spotify Teamup – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-14
Andrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to talk about a couple of PSAs for Apple folks and how Siri and Spotify might team up.
Siri May Soon be Able to Play Spotify Content
Spotify and Apple are reportedly in talks to allow Siri to play content from the music streaming service, despite an ongoing antitrust battle.
Apple Still Dominates Spotify in Podcast Turf War
New data showed that Apple still dominates in the podcast field. However, Spotify is making ground in key countries.
FaceApp Terms, Inside Podcasting Baseball – TMO Daily Observations 2019-07-18
Dave Hamilton and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the current FaceApp situation, and the current podcasting landscape.
