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Downdetector’s biggest outages of 2022
We're all living a connected lifestyle these days, with social media, emails, messaging, streaming and gaming being part of our lives. Each of these services is dependent on Internet connectivity for functionality, so when...
A simple mistake took Spotify hosted podcasts offline including Joe Rogan
A simple, yet easily avoidable mistake at Spotify has taken the company's hosted podcasts offline. The error: A lapsed SSL certificate preventing secure connections from being made with the server.
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Spotify spreads the love with paid podcast and synchronised lyrics for all
Following successful tests in some pretty big markets (primarily the USA) Spotify has rolled out their synchronised lyrics more widely. The announcement outlines taht the feature is now avaialble globally.
Using the feature is...
I got caught out with ongoing subscriptions: You could be burning money and not...
So, it’s confession time: I recently did a bit of a deep dive into some of the recurring subscriptions I have and, to say I was surprised is an understatement. Hundreds of dollars...
Spotify now lets you login with Google accounts, but there’s a catch
If you're a fan of single sign-on options, then the ability to login to services like Spotify at a touch is welcome. But until now with Spotify that's been with Facebook only and...
You can now set Spotify as your default Podcast player on Google Assistant
As spotted a few days ago Google was rolling out functionality for setting up a default Podcast player in Assistant settings. Now Spotify has been added into that list, making Spotify the first official...
Spotify Duo appears for couples, same services just a touch cheaper!
Spotify is the king of streaming music, with a truly staggering userbase of both free and paying users. For many of those paying users, there are several people in the same house accessing...
Spotify takes YouTube Music’s lead and rolls out real-time lyrics — but not to...
Spotify has been testing real time lyrics synced to music in some areas for a while now and now it seems that the feature is leaving the beta stage and is being rolled out....
Spotify set to follow YouTube Music into tabbed browsing, including video
Spotify is the biggest streaming music provider around and has a very loyal client base. That being said, it's hardly surprising that when one of their competitors has a great feature that Spotify...
Opinion: Spotify just made a first strike against the open podcast ecosystem, they may...
Open source, open standards -- it shouldn't come as a big surprise that we're strong supporters of open technology, after all the foundations of Android is open source. Unfortunately, for the capitalist machine open...
Spotify spruced up their app UI with easier access to your favourite tunes
Spotify is the leader in streaming music and their user numbers show this very clearly. With the continually evolving streaming market and changes from competitors it can be hard to keep up. ...
Spotify free accounts can now be used on Amazon Echo speakers
Following closely behind Sonos offering use of free Spotify accounts, Amazon Echo speakers now share the same functionality. This is a big shot in the arm for current Echo speaker users as well...
You can now ask your Google Assistant speaker to play recommended Spotify music
Sometimes when you listen to music on your home speakers you want to listen to something different, discover some new music and until now you have been unable to get your Assistant to play...
Spotify brings lyrics for some songs to smart displays
Spotify seems set to follow (in part at least) in the footsteps of the Google Play Music platform on smart displays, rolling out function to display song lyrics and the stories behind the songs.
The...
Spotify trialling a system where artists can pay to send you notifications
Anyone else get the feeling that this could blow up quickly? Spotify is trialling a new system in the USA where artists can pay to send users notifications.
Clearly this is about getting ears listening...