Tag archive: Last.fm

Spotify is now an app platform. At an event in New York today that is ending now, Spotify CEO and Founder Daniel Ek revealed its newest plan to edge out its streaming rivals: apps. As Facebook and so many other services are slowly doing, Spotify is planning to allow developers to make custom apps that interact with its streaming music service. Examples of apps that could appear on the service include an app that displays song lyrics, a concert… Read More

Paying Spotify users in the U.S. can now stream the lauded music service on desktops, mobile devices television sets. Last week Spotify announced a deal with WD's TV media player, and today the streaming music company pushed further into the living room by launching an app for the Boxee Box. The app gives premium Spotify users access to the catalog, playlists and more on the TV screen. However, it might be worthy to note that users… Read More

The music industry has been in a state of flux for awhile now. It feels like the moment Napster debuted, the entire market turned on a dime and has been grappling with the constant change every since. P2P download sites, iTunes, and the near-death of CDs has not been kind to music’s profitability – but there is hope. The Internet may have been too big a game-changer for the industry to immediately adapt to, but now it’s shaping and creating new… Read More

It all started with Pandora back in 2000, but now the Internet is swamped with music downloading services, streaming sites, and Internet radio. Yes, you probably have a music library at home and on-the-go with your smartphone or iPod, but Internet radio is one of the best ways to change things up and discover new artists. We've rounded up the best free Internet radio services and highlighted what makes each of them unique. Willing to drop… Read More

Last.fm is one of the most popular streaming radio sources out there on the Internet, offering a full-featured website, smart music recommendations based on your listening tastes, apps that serve content to mobile devices, built-in support for a range of home devices and a reasonably priced subscription service promising an ad-free listening experience. It's that last point which is the subject of today's news. Last.fm staffer… Read More

If you're a fan of free online streaming music services like Last.fm or Spotify, your music selection might be getting a lot smaller. Warner Music Group, one of the big four record labels, has apparently decided that free music streaming sites aren't doing it any good, with CEO Edgar Bronfman saying yesterday that such services were “clearly no positive for the industry.” Warner Music Group has yet to make any… Read More

Microsoft has rolled out an update to its Xbox Live online service that integrates the gaming platform with widely-use social networking platforms, and rolls in more music and video options to expand the appeal of the service beyond merely logging in and fragging enemies. Beginning today, Xbox 360 owners with Xbox Live memberships can tap into social networking service Facebook, microblogging service Twitter, plus tap into music from Last.fm and… Read More

You might not care who’s top of the pops, but even in this digital age, a lot of people still do. It’s especially important to European music industry publication Music Week. That’s why they’ve begun publishing the chart from Last.fm, based on the listening habits of its users.It’s the first time a chart from an online supplier has been used by the magazine.   Last.fm users download a program that keeps track of every song played through the… Read More