Online streaming music service Spotify has launched a free ad-supported player for smartphone and tablet users.
Previously the company’s mobile service was only available as a chargeable option.
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Shazam, which enables users to identify or ‘tag’ music tracks and learn more about TV shows via a smartphone app, has predicted the music artists that it expects will ‘break’ during 2014.
Overall, more than 400 million people use Shazam worldwide, with more than 15 million Shazam searches taking place every day.
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Podcast - 23rd October 2013
There's plenty of product news in this week's podcast, with a new Apple iPad and new tablets from Nokia and Argos as well.
We also talk about HMV's battle with the Apple App Store, new 4G tariffs from Tesco Mobile, Samsung's patent proposals and a complaint about coverage maps.
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Less than a week after HMV announced its new digital music service and mobile apps, the company’s iOS app has been suspended from the Apple App Store.
Android and iOS apps were both launched by HMV on Thursday 17th, offering users the ability to browse HMV’s digital catalogue, listen to audio clips and buy MP3 downloads.
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Interview with Florent Stroppa of OnMobile
Mark Bridge writes:
Ring-back tones offer consumers yet another way to customise their mobile phone service. Yet despite this – and the revenue opportunities they provide – many mobile network operators don’t offer them.
Recently I spoke to Florent Stroppa, General Manager Europe for value-added service specialist OnMobile, to find out why the UK doesn’t really seem to be bothered about ring-back tones… and whether the next-generation of ring-back services will change this.
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